Suisseculture recommends Yes to the Gambling Act
Suisseculture recommends voting yes to the Gambling Act. According to the cultural umbrella organization, a rejection would mean that "hundreds of millions of francs would flow directly into dubious coffers abroad instead of into charitable activities and projects in the areas of culture, sport and social affairs".
The law would subject licensed gambling providers in Switzerland to what are probably the world's strictest regulations against gambling addiction. According to Suisseculture, the aim is "solely to prevent access to providers of illegal online gambling who do not comply with national regulations on protection against gambling addiction and money laundering or with the applicable levy rules".
The terms "Internet blocking" or even "Internet censorship" used by opponents, including the young parties across the political spectrum, are misleading: only access to those Internet gambling sites that illegally target Swiss customers is being blocked.
A corresponding resolution was unanimously adopted by the Suisseculture General Assembly on April 13, 2018.
