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Finally Addressing Underage Gambling

Finland has one of the lowest age limits for gambling activities in Europe – and really in the world. Most countries have set 18 as the minimum age to participate in land and online casino gambling activities, but Finnish law traditionally allows gamblers as young as 15 access to gambling machines and other forms of land gambling. The land and online casino gambling industry is growing extensively and foreign operators are pushing for entry into the Finnish gambling market. Add to that a global concern about the long-term negative effects of underage gambling, and the Finnish government a tad bit late on raising the gambling age – but at least within a year the law will come into full effect.

The Finnish government has already fully approved the new legislation and the new minimum age for gambling will take effect over the next year. The Veikkaus land and online casino gambling monopoly along with and venues with gambling machines will slowly transition to the new age limits with full enforcement a requirement with the year. Underage gambling is cropping up as a problem all over the world but strict and firm regulations are the best way to protect vulnerable youth gamblers.

Luckily, as the land and internet gambling and betting industries really spreads into the Finnish gambling market, the European online casinos will have no trouble conforming to the legislation. European gambling companies already have effecitive safeguards in place to block underage gamblers – and Finnish gambling age is now in line much of the rest of the world – some places have even risen the gambling age to 21!

The Finnish government stresses that the raising of the gambling age was necessary and that the authorities will prosecute any land and online casino betting companies not incompliance by the specified date.