The Finnish National Sports Council (FNSC) has issued a cautionary statement regarding the country’s plans to introduce a regulated online gambling market. Under the new Finnish Gambling Act, the government aims to end the long-standing state monopoly and open the sector to competition in 2027. While the reform is intended to modernize the market and provide greater consumer choice, the FNSC has raised concerns that this shift could weaken existing monitoring mechanisms and create new vulnerabilities for match-fixing in Finnish sports....
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