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Official changes to Finland’s gambling rules and its regulators’ enforcement decisions, by official date, newest first, each checked against the official document. Last change listed 14 Oct 2026.

Country: Finland

3 updates

October 2026

  1. Proposed🇫🇮 Finland
    Scratch-card prizes claimable by someone other than the buyer (HE 225/2026)

    A government bill (HE 225/2026 vp) would let someone other than the buyer claim a scratch-card prize once the operator verifies they are at least 18, with no registration or identification; the buyer must still be an identified registered player. The Lotteries Act change would be temporary, until 30 Jun 2027, and the Gambling Act s. 28 change would apply from 1 Jul 2027. It is not law yet.

    Proposal, not law yetEduskuntaOfficial text

    Report pending
    Official words and status
    “Esityksen tavoitteena on mahdollistaa rahapika-arpojen eli niin sanottujen raaputusarpojen ostaminen myös niiden lahjoitustarkoituksessa. Rahapelien tunnistautunutta pelaamista ja voiton lunastamista koskevaa sääntelyä muutettaisiin siten, että rahapika-arpajaisissa arpaan sisältyvän voiton voisi lunastaa muu täysi-ikäinen henkilö kuin arvan ostanut henkilö. Arvan ostavan henkilön tulisi voimassa olevan arpajaislain ja 1.7.2027 voimaan tulevan rahapelilain mukaisesti edelleen olla rahapika-arpajaisia toimeenpanevan Veikkaus Oy:n ja jatkossa yksinoikeustoimiluvanhaltijan pelaajaksi rekisteröimä”
    Document
    Hallituksen esitys eduskunnalle laeiksi arpajaislain 14 §:n väliaikaisesta muuttamisesta ja rahapelilain 28 §:n muuttamisesta
    Our report
    Not yet in our report
    Status
    Accepted as a coming change on 13 Oct 2026; the next Finland research pass rewrites the answers it touches from the official text.

July 2026

  1. Proposed🇫🇮 Finland
    Draft rules for delivering game and account data to the regulator (TRIS 2026/0357/FI)

    The Finnish Police Board has notified a draft regulation under which each licensee keeps a data vault from which the authority retrieves game-event and account-transaction data over SFTP, delivered at most two weeks after the event ends, with the vault available at least 98% of each month. It would apply from 1 Jul 2027 and is not law yet.

    Proposed to take effect 1 Jul 2027EU TRISOfficial text

    In our report
    Official words and status
    “Finland: Technical Transmission of Game and Gaming Account Transaction Data under the Gambling Act”
    Document
    Finland: Technical Transmission of Game and Gaming Account Transaction Data under the Gambling Act
    Our report
    Our report reflects this (report of 14 Oct 2026)
  2. Proposed🇫🇮 Finland
    Draft electronic certificate for game and account data (TRIS 2026/0356/FI)

    The Finnish Police Board has notified a draft regulation requiring licence holders to have game and account transaction data signed through the authority's electronic signing service so it stays unaltered. Licensees would send a SHA-256 hash of game-event data at least every five minutes.

    Proposed to take effect 1 Jul 2027EU TRISOfficial text

    In our report
    Official words and status
    “Finland: Electronic Certificate for Game and Gaming Account Transactions under the Gambling Act”
    Also
    It would apply from 1 Jul 2027 and is not law yet.
    Document
    Finland: Electronic Certificate for Game and Gaming Account Transactions under the Gambling Act
    Our report
    Our report reflects this (report of 14 Oct 2026)

Law change: laws, regulations and regulator decisions that have been adopted (0 in 0 countries). Proposed: drafts and consultations on the way (3 in 1 country). Each item links to the official document and to the country page.

Our daily watch reads the official publishers we follow; a change is listed once it has been checked against the official document, by a person or, where marked, by our automated check. 1 of the 3 changes are confirmed in the official text but not yet in our report: the research report and the answers on the country page are rewritten in the next research pass.

Dates are the official dates, not the day we found the change or the decision. Informational only, not legal advice. Every country's full rules are on its page; start from the country list.