The government in Sweden has decided that all the computers in the Internet-Café will be classified as gambling machines and therefore they also need a permit to have computers and this for a fee of 2000 SEK (213 euro) per computer according to the rumors. Hannif Akhlaghi from Inferno-Online denied in an interview with Counter-Strike.nu that this amount that was published on for example Rakaka was false and the fee is a thing that has to be paid every other year but didn´t reveal the exact amount.

The reason behind this new law in Sweden is to prevent minors to be in unsuitable environments. The background though is an incident for a couple of years when a city in Sweden considered that those called nightgibs (People playing a whole night in an Internet-café) was unhealthy.

Obvious all this will have a huge influence for all the Internet-café in Sweden and companies like Inferno-Online with 200 computers will have to pay if the amount is right 400 000 SEK (42 600 euro). How will it affect the market that's the big question here? Higher prizes, less Internet-cafées or both? And when the law will take effect is uncertain. One thing that is certain though is that this is not good for Sweden and for all persons that love games instead of running around in the streets all night long.

To be continued....