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iGaming Business

EveryMatrix wins Veikkaus’ online casino games tender

The six-year tender will allow EveryMatrix to supply its catalogue of 65 online games to Veikkaus, which in turn will be offered to players in Finland. This will include content from EveryMatrix's own design studios, Spearhead Studios and Armadillo Studios, as well as its SlotMatrix partners. This will take place once Veikkaus integrates…

Games ・ 04 October 2022

Helsinki Times

The Finnish gambling act designed to protect problem gamblers, or ensure a state monopoly?

The first of the reforms introduce payment blocks for any iGaming operator advertising for Finnish players except for state-owned monopolies. On top of this identification will be rolled out to extend to land-based slots, which currently sit outside of the monopolies' control. The last major changes are that advertising by private individuals,…

Law ・ 04 April 2022

iGaming Business

Finnish parliament passes gambling reforms at first reading

Reforms in the act include the introduction of payment blocking for any operators other than monopoly Veikkaus. In addition, mandatory identification - already introduced to Veikkaus slots earlier this year - will also extend to all forms of gambling. This is expected to be implemented no later than 2024. Marketing regulations would also change…

Politics ・ 17 December 2021

Gambling News

Finland Now Has Two Land-Based Casinos as Veikkaus Expands Reach

Yesterday, Veikkaus, the Finnish state-owned gaming operator, opened its second casino in the country. This comes as Veikkaus faces questions about its future as Finland's gambling monopoly. It follows only months after the operator opened its first casino, Casino Helsinki. Casino Tampere is a new casino that offers both classic table games as well…

Land-based ・ 17 December 2021

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BOS Wants Early End to Sweden's Online Casino Curbs

Fair play? A Swedish gambling trade body has called on its national government to lift online casino restrictions on the same date the country lifts its general COVID-19 measures. [Image: Shutterstock.com] The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling, Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS), has posited a September 29 end to Swedish online…

Covid ・ 08 September 2021

European Gaming

Swedish Parliamentary Committee Terms Minister’s Claims on Casinos Unfounded

A Constitutional Committee formed by the the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament, has rejected the the claims of Minister Ardalan Shekarabi that gambling at online casinos would have increased during the covid-19 pandemic. Temporary restrictions were enforced on casinos functioning on several occasions, following the minister's claim. The Constitution…

Politics ・ 08 June 2021

SBC News

BOS welcomes Constitutional Committee criticism of gambling restrictions

Swedish gambling regulator BOS has called for the country's government to end temporary restrictions on the gambling industry, following criticism of the constraints by the Constitutional Committee of the Riksda g. The temporary measures, aimed at'particularly risky forms of gambling', first came into force on 2 July 2020. They have been extended…

Law ・ 04 June 2021