Does licens for betting in Sweden affects API?

[bnl]

Hi,
It seems like betting companies needs a license to have do business in Sweden from Jan 1st 2019.
I got notified that Betfair now has such a license. So far so good.
(A friend got a mail, but I don't seem to have got one - or maybe google's spamfilter killed it)

But the mail says also that www.betfair.com will be unavailable from Sweden, and www.betfair.se should be used instead.
I think this applies to betting via app and browser.
But does this change anything regarding access to the Betfair Exchange API ?

/Björn

[StrappaSoft]

At least for the time being there doesn't seem to be any www.betfair.se going on. See https://www.lotteriinspektionen.se/L...ed-spellicens/ There you see that there is only www.betfair.com , as usual. Of course this might change, but it doesn't look like Betfair applied for license for www.betfair.se ….

[bnl]

Interesting. But the mail is quite clear - I post it here in Swedish and below that google translated to English.
But the question remains - does the affect endpoints in the API?



Hej <user>,

Från den 1 januari 2019 måste spelbolag ha licens för att få fortsätta att verka i Sverige. Därför är vi glada att idag kunna bekräfta att Betfair har fått licens.

Det nya regelverket innebär att du kommer behöva göra några enkla åtgärder:

Från 1 januari och efter klockan 10 kommer vi att byta adress till www.betfair.se. Vår nuvarande site www.betfair.com kommer inte längre finnas tillgänglig i Sverige. Dina inloggningsuppgifter kommer vara samma som nu.
Ange ditt personnummer, övriga personuppgifter och bekräfta dina kontoinställningar för att bytet till www.betfair.se ska genomföras
Legitimera dig med BankID


Du kommer bara behöva gå igenom ovan nämnda process en gång för att kunna använda ditt Betfair-konto som vanligt igen. Varken din kontoinformation eller dina öppna spel kommer att påverkas och du kommer kunna placera spel precis som vanligt.

Bingo, Poker och Virtuell sport kommer tyvärr inte att finnas på Betfair.se. Pengarna i din Poker-plånbok kommer automatiskt överföras till din huvudplånbok innan 2019-01-01.

Vi vill även passa på att tacka dig för att du väljer Betfair och vi hoppas att du kommer fortsätta att njuta av vårt utbud på www.betfair.se.


and in English

Hello <user>,

From January 1, 2019, gambling companies must be licensed to continue operating in Sweden. Therefore, we are pleased to confirm that Betfair has been licensed today.

The new regulations mean that you will need to take some simple steps:

From January 1 and after 10 am we will change the address to www.betfair.se. Our current site www.betfair.com will no longer be available in Sweden. Your login details will be the same as now.
Enter your social security number, other personal data and confirm your account settings in order for the switch to www.betfair.se to be implemented
Identify yourself with BankID


You will only have to go through the above process once to be able to use your Betfair account as usual again. Neither your account information nor your open games will be affected and you will be able to place bets just as usual.

Bingo, Poker and Virtual Sports will not be available on Betfair.se. The money in your Poker wallet will automatically be transferred to your main wallet before 2019-01-01.

We also want to thank you for choosing Betfair and we hope that you will continue to enjoy our offer at www.betfair.se.



/Björn

[BetfairDeveloperProgram]

Hi bnl,

Yes, it does affect the API.

Once your account has been migrated to the .se endpoint you’ll need to update your API login endpoint to the .se equivalent.

The API login documentation has now been updated to refelrct this. See https://docs.developer.betfair.com/p...nagement-Login

All other endpoints will continue to work as normal.

Thanks

Neil

[StrappaSoft]

How come that Betfair.se doesn't show up on Lotteri-inspektionens official list of sites and urls? I totally understand that betfair.se is coming. Just surprised it is missing in the official list.....