By 
Terry Davis ·
Veikkaus to invest between €4 million and €8 million in digital gambling reshuffle to blunt competition from offshore operators Veikkaus, Finland’s state-run gambling operator, is planning to invest up to…
By 
Robert Johnson ·
A recent survey shows that Finnish lawmakers, gambling operators need to do more to protect gamblers The difficulties surrounding problem gambling and those affected by problem gambling behavior have deepened…
By Robert Johnson ·
Veikkaus plans to cease table game operations due to heavy competition from the online gambling sector Finland’s state-owned gambling monopoly Veikkaus is considering the possibility to abandon its table game…
By Robert Johnson ·
A tech-savvy Finnish teenager who defrauded a Malta-based online casino out of €138,000 was given on Monday a suspended sentence of one year and eight months, local news outlet Yle…
By Robert Johnson ·
An observant Finnish teenager defrauded a Malta-licensed online casino out of more than €250,000 last year by spotting and exploiting a software glitch, local news outlet Yle reported on Monday.…
By 
Susan Sutton ·
The Finnish national betting agency, Veikkaus Oy, eliminated a total of 129 jobs after co-determination negotiations were brought to an end at the beginning of the week. Veikkaus is currently…
By Terry Davis ·
A group of Finnish scholars is planning to conduct somewhat unusual research, the results from which could help in curing problem gambling behavior, Finnish news outlet Yle has reported. Health…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare (Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos – THL) recommended that gambling machines at supermarkets across the country be removed in a bid for the…
By Robert Johnson ·
It is no news that the Nordic countries and players from the region have become particularly attractive to international gambling companies. And Finland has often been referred to as one…
By Terry Davis ·
Finland and Austria have agreed to share online poker liquidity in an industry-first deal between two of their leading gambling operators. Liquidity will be shared on Playtech’s iPoker network that…
By Terry Davis ·
Following the announcement that Finland’s merged gambling operator would officially be called Veikkaus as of January 1, 2017, FRV Evo Oy, the name under which the entity is operating temporarily,…
By Robert Johnson ·
It was announced on Thursday that Finland’s new gambling company will be called Veikkaus. That has been decided after a comprehensive consumer survey had been conducted. The new gambling organization…