Gambling on credit

The plan does not address gambling regulation. The nearest principle is that policy shall set limits for commercial logic and hold back large companies' intrusion into ever more arenas. A ban on credit gambling protects especially the most vulnerable from commercial exploitation and lies thereby in the plan's direction, but the conclusion rests only on a general principle.

• limit commercial interestsdecisive»Marknadsföring och andra marknadsaktiviteter tar former som gör att de stora företagen och deras intressen tar sig in på allt fler arenor.« (party programme ↗)“Marketing and other market activities take forms that mean the large companies and their interests enter ever more arenas.”
• policy sets limits for the commercial»Det är av stort strategiskt värde i vår socialistiska och feministiska frihetssträvan att värna och vidga det utrymme som finns mellan den kommersiella logiken och den statliga eller kommunala sfären.« (party programme ↗)“It is of great strategic value in our socialist and feminist freedom struggle to value and expand the space that exists between commercial logic and the state or municipal sphere.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The documents do not address gambling regulation. The nearest-lying principle is the programme's criticism that people's needs are made the subject of hard commercial exploitation and its warning that households compensate themselves with growing debt. Based on that principle, a ban on playing and buying lottery tickets on credit is in the plan's direction, but the conclusion is uncertain.

• against commercial exploitationdecisive»längtan efter gemenskap och uppskattning görs till föremål för en hård kommersiell« (party programme ↗)“longing for community and appreciation are made the subject of hard commercial”
• warning against debt»har människor kompenserat detta med att ta större lån« (party programme ↗)“people have compensated this by taking larger loans”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme establishes that greed, over-indebtedness and speculation shall be combated and that high private indebtedness is a risk for both individual and economic society. It also wants strong consumer protection and to ban gambling advertising, and sees misuse as a disease to be met with care. A total ban on credit-based gambling is thus in line with the plan.

• combat over-indebtednessdecisive»Girighet, överskuldsättning och spekulation ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“Greed, over-indebtedness and speculation shall be combated.”
• restrictive gambling policy»förbjudet, liksom reklam för spel och alkohol.« (party programme ↗)“prohibited, as is advertising for gambling and alcohol.”
• strong consumer protection»produkter och tjänster. Vi vill ha ett starkt skydd« (party programme ↗)“products and services. We want strong protection”
• addiction treated with care»Den enskildas missbruk är en sjukdom och vi vill se« (party programme ↗)“The individual's misuse is a disease and we want to see”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan does not address gambling policy or lending for gambling. The nearest lying principle is the state's task to protect the weakest and most vulnerable and that people with substance abuse problems shall get the support that is needed, which speaks for a ban on borrowing for gambling. The plan's freedom view tips in the opposite direction, but concerns rather the choice to gamble than the right to gamble on credit.

• protection for the most vulnerabledecisive»att skydda de svagaste och mest utsatta« (party programme ↗)“to protect the weakest and most vulnerable”
• support for substance abuse problems»psykisk ohälsa eller missbruksproblem måste ha inflytande över sitt liv och få det stöd som behövs« (party programme ↗)“substance abuse problems must have influence over their own life and get the support that is needed”
• freedom from paternalism»Alla ska kunna bestämma över sina egna liv genom egna och fria val.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone shall be able to decide over their own lives through own and free choices.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan does not address the gaming market. The nearest-lying principle is that the person who becomes dependent loses their freedom, together with demands for consumer protection, debt counselling and easier debt relief for over-indebted. That banning gaming on credit lies in line with this principle, but the basis is weak and the conclusion uncertain.

• dependence restricts freedomdecisive»Den som blir beroende av droger i någon form förlorar sin frihet.« (party programme ↗)“The person who becomes dependent on drugs in any form loses their freedom.”
• protection against over-indebtedness»Konsumenter ska ha tillgång till budget- och skuldrådgivning och opartisk« (party programme ↗)“Consumers shall have access to budget and debt counselling and impartial”
• help for over-indebted»Reglerna för skuldsanering ska ändras så att överskuldsatta får större möjlighet att bli skuldfria.« (party programme ↗)“Rules for debt relief shall be changed so that over-indebted people have greater opportunity to become debt-free.”
• stronger consumer legislation»vardagen behöver stärkas genom förbättrad konsument- och avtalslagstiftning.« (party programme ↗)“everyday needs to be strengthened through improved consumer and contract legislation.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The solidarity principle obligates the plan to shared responsibility especially for the vulnerable, and the plan wants to counter aggressive marketing methods and requires effective legal rules in the consumer area. Borrowing to gamble affects precisely the most vulnerable and dependent. A ban on gambling on credit therefore follows from the plan's principles.

• responsibility for the vulnerabledecisive»Solidaritetsprincipen motiverar oss att ta gemensamt ansvar för alla människor« (party programme ↗)“The solidarity principle motivates us to take shared responsibility for all people”
• counter aggressive marketing»aggressiva marknadsföringsmetoder ska motverkas« (party programme ↗)“aggressive marketing methods shall be countered”
• consumer-protective gambling rules»och välinformerade konsumenter samt effektiva rättsliga spelregler« (party programme ↗)“and well-informed consumers and effective legal rules for gambling”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan says nothing about gambling or gambling credit. The closest principles are that freedom in Sweden is large and shall remain so, that the regulatory burden shall be sharply reduced, and that politics must prioritize and leave things out. A total ban on gambling on credit with new requirements on lottery retailers goes in the opposite direction. The plan therefore does not support the counter-proposal's demands.

• freedom before prohibitiondecisive»I Sverige är friheten stor och ska så förbli.« (party programme ↗)“In Sweden freedom is large and shall so remain.”
• reduced regulatory burden»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one-third of companies' administrative costs and one-third of regulatory red tape”
• limited political ambition»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort« (party programme ↗)“Politics has an important task to prioritize and leave things out”

The documents do not address gambling or credit for gambling. The closest underlying principle is that protection of vulnerable and marginalized individuals is among the state's core tasks, and that efforts to improve young people's mental health shall be strengthened. A ban on gambling on credit protects precisely the desperate and gambling-addicted, therefore the plan's principles lean towards support, but the position is uncertain.

• protection of vulnerable and marginalizeddecisive»omhändertagandet av svaga och utsatta individer« (party programme ↗)“protection of vulnerable and marginalized individuals”
• efforts against mental ill-health»Stärka insatserna för att förbättra ungas psykiska hälsa« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen efforts to improve young people's mental health”