Travspelarna raging – after the SVT's decision

SVT removes the ATG and the Swedish Games from the text-tv

new year select SVT to delete all game content from Svenska spel and ATG from text-tv.

A blow against the several travspelare.

– I check the racetrack on the teletext every day. This is very sad, " says travspelaren Lars Andersson, 47, from Söderhamn.

”When the gaming monopoly disappears, the risk of SVT to the benefit of a commercial gaming market, which is not in line with the public service mission, hence the decision to remove all the game content on the SVT-text”, writes the Swedish Television on its website.

this means, among other things, that the pages 551-553 and 568-579 disappear from the text-tv.

”How is he going to be able to check the results?”

V75-start lists and results service disappears from the text-tv lost has stirred up emotions in travspelarkåren where primarily the older target audience will be affected.

– I check the racetrack on the teletext every day. This is very sad. You always check the start lists where, say, the hardcore travspelaren Lars Andersson, and continues:

– From the first sat a man and sneaked out the results on text-tv. Then used the tv the can to hide the results, but didn't want to have it all in the face. Sometimes they took a journal and la in front of the tv, so you could sneak up platsoddsen first, and so on.

Lars believes that he is doing though, then you can check out the results on the internet, but seeing the problems among his friends.

" I was talking with a friend about this so late in the day. He has no smartphone and no computer, how is he going to check out the results now? Go to spelombudet and check the day after? I can handle myself, but it is worse for those older, I feel most sorry for them. They may well look on TV4's text-tv, but for how long is there left? It you don't know how...

another travspelare as Trav365 been in contact with greets:

– My life is empty.

the Majority think it is bad

Christina Tallberg, chairman of PRO, the fear that many older people will suffer.

– the Public service should be for everyone. This with text-tv is very valuable from a democratic point of view, " she says.

and with that news came during Monday la Sportbladet out redirected:

”Do the SVT right to remove Svenska spel and ATG from the text-tv?”.

Where have the majority, 69 percent voted no, while 31 per cent voted yes.