The Institute serves as the general provider of economic assistance and securities for Finnish communities and citizens.
With the new policy, KELA will now examine both winnings and gambling expenditures when assessing economic support for individual recipients.
Previously, KELA only considered gambling winnings in its evaluations of social assistance. This policy change comes from KELA’s decision to monitor gambling expenditure to reduce financial difficulties caused by gambling.
The updated guidelines aim to prevent social assistance recipients from being unfairly impacted by gambling winnings and to help address financial issues linked to problem gambling.
Starting in October, KELA will assess customers’ gambling accounts by calculating the difference between stakes and winnings, focusing on gambling activities over a longer period rather than just..
