Two Swedes Jailed for Organising Poker TournamentTwo Tournament Organisers Get Six and Eight Months in Prison for Running Event |
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Swedish news outlet TheLocal.se today reported that two men were found guilty of organising an illegal poker tournament and were jailed for six and eight months, respectively.
The court also fined two others the equivalent of 80 days’ wages, while two more were cleared of all charges relating to the illegal tournament.
The two were sentenced by Uddevalla District Court, and the lawyer of the man who received and eight month sentence, Henrik Olsson Lilja, said an appeal was in the cards.
“We think the district court has gone too far with a prison sentence. A reasonable consequence might have been a suspended sentence coupled with community service," he told The Local.
The SEK 1 million (€106,000) tournament attracted 700 players in March 2007, according to authorities, but was broken up by police who deemed the activity illegal. Two of those charged were employed by the gaming company which sponsored the tournament and two were locally-based organisers, while the remaining two worked for the conference centre which rented out the hall for the game.
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