The Finnish government’s change of heart on the future of the Veikkaus monopoly has broad political support from the country’s political parties, according to media reports.
Local news service Yle.fl quoted three political stakeholders representing different political blocs in Finland’s parliament – the Centre Party and National Coalition Party (NCP), and the Labour Institute for Economic Research (Labore).
All three spoke positively of the plans outlined by Minister of Europe and Ownership Management, Tytti Tuppurainen, at the start of this month, which will commence with an investigation into replacing the existing monopoly before embarking on legislative changes.
Eeva Kalli, Chair of the Centre Party’s parliamentary group, said: “It’s unsustainable for gaming profits to increasingly end up outside of Finland while they cause harm here.”
