Finland is in the midst of preliminary investigation whether or not to take the road of eight other EU countries who have made it harder for their citizens to play on online sites.
For over 70 years all gambling on the Finnish soil has been run inside a monopoly and that is not going to change. Yearly profits of this business are over billion euros and a large part of that sum is given to science, culture, veterans and to many non-profit organisations.
Undoubtedly Covid has taken a bite from monopoly's profits which has speed up the investigation process even further. The Finnish Ministry of the Interior is investigating if money transfers between a player and a gambling site can be forbidden if the player uses a Finnish bank account.
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On a personal level I'm a bit scared that stunts like these might scare the big game providers away from the Finnish markets. If such restrictions take place in the future the only viable option to continue playing is to open a bank account in a more gambling friendly EU country.
So my question is, if you are a citizen in a EU country what is your country's stand towards online gambling? Any problems with money transfers?
For over 70 years all gambling on the Finnish soil has been run inside a monopoly and that is not going to change. Yearly profits of this business are over billion euros and a large part of that sum is given to science, culture, veterans and to many non-profit organisations.
Undoubtedly Covid has taken a bite from monopoly's profits which has speed up the investigation process even further. The Finnish Ministry of the Interior is investigating if money transfers between a player and a gambling site can be forbidden if the player uses a Finnish bank account.
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On a personal level I'm a bit scared that stunts like these might scare the big game providers away from the Finnish markets. If such restrictions take place in the future the only viable option to continue playing is to open a bank account in a more gambling friendly EU country.
So my question is, if you are a citizen in a EU country what is your country's stand towards online gambling? Any problems with money transfers?
