Online Betting Regulations in Switzerland






The 20th century’s end was marked by more amendments in Swiss legislation. Nevertheless, online sports betting in this country practically remains an illegal activity. One important change took place in 1998, when the Casinos Act was passed. It was officially enforced in April, 2000. Thus, gambling activities on the territory of the country were split into two categories – games of chance, and lotteries and sports betting.

Lotteries are still banned federally although each canton, or state, is allowed to run their own. While lottery companies control sports betting in Switzerland, regular betting is not allowed. With the exception of some local events, the only bets available are pools-style betting on a limited number of sporting events. Pari-mutuel betting on horse racing is also permitted in the French cantons and there are now several horse racing tracks located around the country.

In 2009 a preliminary report came out from the Swiss Federal Gaming Board recommending the regulation of online gambling. Its recommendations included setting up an agency to combat gambling addiction, a comprehensive structure for taxing the industry and the blocking of unregulated sites to ensure tax income is not lost abroad.

There is no law forbidding Swiss citizens to place bets with foregin bookmakers. However, the government is continuously making efforts to make it more difficult. In July 2019, the gambling act came into effect. And in September the same year, 토토사이트 Swiss internet users were denied access to several international bookmakers, via DNS blocks from Swiss internet providers.

When a major sports event approaches, bets can be accepted, but generally the number of the available options is quite limited. However, in 2004 Swisslos was authorized to offer sports betting in the German-speaking cantons as well as in the canton of Ticino. A large portion of Swisslos’ revenues are used on charity and various projects in the fields of culture, social affairs and nature. Some of the funds are reserved for non-profit sports organizations and projects.

Despite the Swiss authorities being aware of this, there was no action taken and no concerns raised until the economic crisis began to take hold in 2012. Bricks and mortar casinos began to see their revenues drop by 43% in the period between 2008 and 2012, blamed primarily on Italian gamblers preferring to play online rather than make the journey to Swiss casinos, although the amount of tax lost domestically to international businesses raised additional concerns. It was therefore decided that legislation was needed to regulate online gambling. In 2017 the Swiss parliament passed the new Money Gaming Act, which became law in summer 2019.

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