Finland’s planned overhaul of its gambling system has entered a critical phase as new survey data indicates that many citizens support financial restrictions against illegal gambling operators more strongly than technical internet blocking measures. The findings arrive while Finnish lawmakers continue preparing one of the country’s most significant gambling policy changes in decades. The reforms are expected to gradually dismantle the monopoly structure dominated by Veikkaus and replace it with a licensed market model designed to regulate private operators under Finnish supervision....
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