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Friday 18th April 2008

Finns Spend €50m on Online Poker

The Finnish news agency STT has suggested that Finnish poker players spending €50 million a year on poker sites run outside of the country. Veikkaus, which is the state-owned lottery and betting monopoly in Finland, feels that it could get some of that revenue for itself, a view which may see a review of Finnish policy.

“We could gather the majority of the revenue flowing out,” said Ilkka Juva, communications manager for Veikkaus. “Certainly not all of it, but two thirds of €50 million could be attainable.” Neighbouring Sweden has a state-owned company called Svenska Spel, who Veikkaus would use as a business model should the proposals come to fruition.

The STT news agency said recommendations for the reform of gambling in the country would be made around December.

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Source: OnlineCasinoNews

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