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Unfunny Finnish Changes

It’s really getting pretty tiresome to continually report on the state of the online casino gambling industry in the European Union – about a dozen nations refuse to comply with the European Commission’s requests for a fair and open market. Finland is one of the troublesome countries that insists on operating a state owned gaming monopoly while also maintaining controversial legislation and regulations aimed at criminalizing and preventing foreign online casinos from entering the market. The newest news out of Finland indicates that online casinos and internet gambling companies will not be allowed to advertise within the Finnish market.

The only fair part about the new legislation is that Parliament has made the change effective on all gambling companies – Finnish gambling is illegal and state and foreign online casinos and land gambling companies are banned from advertising within any medium. The new restrictions would apply to all of the gaming companies and even indirect forms of advertising such as sponsorship deals – the government feels that this may be a pretty positive option because of support for the Finnish monopoly with the state citizens.

One surprising fact about the Finnish online casino gambling market is the fact that many Finlanders are supportive of the government’s decision to close the Finnish market to foreign gambling companies. A fairly recent survey in the market indicates that nearly 82 percent of the Finnish people poled support the government’s monopoly – that’s particularly surprising when you consider that outside competition means more options and often better odds at the betting sites.