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Online Casino Affiliates Targeted

The Swedish government is quickly reigning in the past issues that country had with online casino gambling and the complying with EU Commission regulations. Now though, the renewed emphasis on online casino legislation in Sweden has led to a new taxing structure that will specifically target not just the internet gambling sites but also the affiliated sites that send Swedish players to gambling related sites.

Often online casino information sites will use dense sites packed with relevant information as a way to lure in potential gamblers. Then, the sites sell advertising space to online casinos and profit off of the players the information site sends to the gambling sites. This is by no means an illegal activity, but considering that the internet gambling sites make a profit off of the entire business, the Swedish government is now taking action with proposed taxes that will specifically target these types of sites.

The Tax Board in Sweden is anticipating that the new taxes will bring in millions of dollars to the government which will undoubtedly supplement the decrease in revenue the only currently legal government controlled online casino gambling site will lose once internet gambling is opened to all of the EU countries. The Swedish government was hesitant to allow outside online casino companies access to the internet gamblers who only had the one government monopoly to choose.

The Tax Board is firm on this new idea to tax the affiliated sites, and Dag Hardyson, Project Leader at the Tax Board, commented on why the Board has initiated this new focus. He says, "It's not individual poker players we're after, it's sites who live on sending players through to gaming sites."

The government in Sweden is going through a intense changes in regards tot the online casino industry, so the coming months, as more internet gambling sites pop up, it will definitely be interesting to see where the government focuses next in efforts to raise more gambling related funds for the country.