The Ministry of the Interior previously pursued responses from various government agencies and departments on a proposal to Finland’s gambling system by 2027.
It comes as part of the 2026 roadmap to end the monopoly held on both land-based and online gaming in Finland by state-owned Veikkaus Oy company. The government aims to open up the online gambling market to competition in 2027, a process supported by Vekkaus.
It’s a modernisation that has been boosted by reformists, with the case being made that Finnish authorities can’t control how much consumers engage with unlicensed online gambling sites.
However, THL, the leading research agency on public health and welfare under the Ministry of Social Affairs, has doubts about the proposed policy.
The agency has urged the government to take note of the impact of the introduction of a competitive licensing fr..