Finland’s government has launched an official assessment of whether the longstanding prohibition on gifting scratchcards should be reversed under its newly adopted gambling law. The review is part of the broader reform of the nation’s gambling regulatory framework and seeks to determine whether changes are needed to allow prizes won on scratchcards to be legally claimed by someone other than the purchaser....
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