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Gambling Act

General information
Official title Bundesgesetz über Geldspiele (Geldspielgesetz)
Voting day 10.06.2018
Voting result Accepted (72.94% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 619
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area Economy > Economic policy > Structural policy
Economy > Tourism and leisure > Lotteries and gambling
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Description by Année Politique Suisse Link (in German / French)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 15.069
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 709 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (124 Yes, 61 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (43 Yes, 1 No)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Komitee unter Führung von Jungparteien (Jungfreisinnige, Junge SVP, Junge Grünliberale, Junge Grüne)
Signatures 60,744
Time used to collect signatures 100 days
Success PDF (in German)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
Online information by the federal authorities Link Federal Council
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
CVP
EVP
KVP
PdA
SD
SPS
No
BDP
EDU
FDP
FPS
GLP
GPS
Free vote
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 33.3% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
KDK
SGB
SGV
No
eco
Piratenpartei
JCVP TG
Gewerbeverband SO
Deviating party sections
Yes
BDP BE
BDP BS
BDP GL
BDP GR
EDU SO
EDU TG
FDP BE
FDP SH
FDP UR
GPS SH
SVP GL
SVP SH
No
EVP TG
JCVP SO
JSVP CH
JUSO CH
SPS SZ
SVP AG
SVP BL
SVP LU
SVP SG
SVP SZ
SVP TG
SVP UR
SVP ZG
SVP ZH
Free vote
GLP SH
None
GPS GL
Number of adverts in print media 386
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 64%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 369
Media coverage: tonality -5 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (72.94% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (23.0 Yes, 0.0 No)
Accepted
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 34.52%
Decree on voting result PDF (in German)
Result by canton, district and municipality Excel (in German)
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery Link (in German)
Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Display the map
Post-vote polls
Full analysis of VOTO post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Results of the LeeWas post-vote poll PDF (in German)