Sweden: Lucky Bar Restaurant Casino Closure Due To Disorder

Svenska Spel will no longer be operating its Lucky Bar restaurant casino in Sundsvall, the Swedish Gaming Inspectorate has informed.

The closure was on the cards as the Police Authority in Vasternorrland has reported ninety-two occasions of prepared violence and threat-related incident reports coupled to the Lucky Bar. With concerning twenty-five of them having had an instantaneous association to the venue.

According to the Swedish vice Inspectorate assessment, the stipulations are a part of an operation of gaming hawking machines. They operated it in place of moral order.

The assessment further added that when considering whether Svenska Spel ought to keep its license. This was thanks to disorder on the gaming place Lucky Bar in Sundsvall. The Swedish Gaming Inspectorate is taking into consideration how closely the events are occurring during the year and how they connect to the venue and nature of the events.

The Police reports linked the incidents to Lucky Bar, Sundsvall. The events that have occurred during January-September 2020 refer to black-market threats, assault, aggravated possession of a knife, theft, minor drug offenses on many completely different occasions, and violence against an official. The Swedish Gaming Inspectorate states that the incidents reportable by the police are heavy in nature. Serious Order problems have existed frequently. Moral order cannot be thought about prevailing there”.