Compliance Updates
EGBA Welcomes Plans for Overhaul of Finland’s Online Gambling Monopoly
The Ministry of the Interior in Finland has announced a legislative project to reform the country’s gambling monopoly system by introducing a license system for online gambling, including casino games and betting activities. EGBA, representing Europe’s leading online gambling companies, has welcomed this announcement as a crucial milestone in addressing the shortcomings of Finland’s outdated monopoly framework for online gambling.
The legislative project aims to draft necessary proposals for the reformation of the gambling system. These proposals will cover various aspects, including the gambling activities to be included in the license system, license fees, taxation, safer gambling rules, prevention of gambling-related harm, and advertising regulation. The project will run until 31 December 2025 and aims to conclude with a legislative proposal in spring 2025.
Finland is the only EU member state still operating an exclusive monopoly regime for all online gambling activities. However, the effectiveness of this system has drawn increasing public scrutiny due to Finnish gamblers migrating to international websites that offer them greater choice and more competitive betting odds compared to the monopoly. As a result, Finland has faced a loss of significant taxable revenues from online gambling, diminished control over its online gambling market, and Finnish players utilising gambling websites that are not subject to Finnish laws.
Maarten Haijer, Secretary General of EGBA, said: “This is a welcome step towards meaningful and overdue gambling reform in Finland. The introduction of multi-licensing would provide greater choice and safeguards to Finnish consumers, ensure fairer competition between operators, and enable the Finnish authorities to have greater control over their online gambling market. With these changes of the Finnish legislation, all member states of the EU will now have some form of licensing regime for online gambling. We look forward to continuing dialogue with the Finnish Government and local stakeholders as the regulatory discussions develop.”
The Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has published its Match-fixing Trend Analysis for 2025.
The number of reports of possible match-fixing in 2025 remained roughly the same as in 2024. However, there was a change within the reports: gambling providers reported more athletes betting on their own competition, which wasn’t the case in 2024.
Gambling providers are obligated to prevent match-fixing as much as possible. They can do this, for example, by not offering bets on high-risk matches. If a provider suspects match-fixing, it can report it to the Sports Betting Intelligence Unit (SBIU) of the Royal Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA). In recent years, the KSA has actively worked to raise awareness about filing these reports.
In 2025, the KSA received 12 reports of match-fixing from 9 different license holders, compared to 13 reports the previous year. It is striking that 4 of these reports concerned betting on the club’s own competition, while this category did not occur in 2024. In this context, the KSA increased its focus on preventative education for athletes in 2025, informing them about what is and is not permitted and the associated risks.
Last year, the KSA published a guideline, “Commitment to Integrity,” to provide providers with additional tools to combat match-fixing. Furthermore, an ongoing investigation into the sports betting offerings of various providers was conducted throughout 2025. This investigation resulted in several warnings and a penalty for prohibited offerings.
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Liquor & Gaming NSW (L&GNSW) is putting gambling operators on notice that social media influencers are a key focus of its regulatory priorities for 2026.
L&GNSW is responsible for monitoring online wagering and gaming machine advertising visible to the NSW community, including posts on social media, to ensure they comply with NSW laws.
Hospitality and Racing Deputy Secretary Tarek Barakat said with the rise of social media influencers promoting gambling, it was important businesses including online bookmakers and gaming machine operators understood the law and their responsibilities.
“We are putting gambling operators on notice that a key priority for us this year is examining their marketing and customer retention practices, including the use of social media personalities,” Mr Barakat said.
“Gambling operators should be careful about any affiliate or partnership arrangements as we are holding them responsible for the advertising of their products.
“The things we are targeting include paid and unpaid promotional partnerships with wagering operators and gaming machine operators, influencer content that normalises betting behaviour or glamorises gaming products, and in particular, the use of platforms, including podcasts, with large youth or vulnerable audiences.
“These practices may increase the risk of gambling harm by blurring the line between entertainment and marketing, and by exposing at‑risk groups to persuasive promotional content.
“L&GNSW will require social media content creators to demonstrate that their social media and website content complies with legal requirements.
“We also work with other responsible agencies as required to ensure people abide by the law and gambling harm is minimised.”
Mr Barakat said other 2026 regulatory priorities are targeting:
• barriers to closing gambling accounts, VIP or loyalty programmes and other marketing practices, including direct advertising used by casino and gaming venue operators
• casino governance and integrity
• alcohol-related harm hotspots, including areas experiencing increasing rates of alcohol-related crime and high-risk events.
By publishing its annual regulatory priorities, L&GNSW aims to communicate the key regulatory issues that it is addressing and provide industry with an opportunity to proactively modify or cease behaviour that may raise concerns.
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REEVO, the iGaming aggregation powerhouse, has announced that its aggregation platform has received official certification in Peru, enabling operators in the region to seamlessly integrate a wide range of premium third-party content through a single, high-performance API connection.
With this certification in place, Peruvian operators can now:
• Launch faster with a single API, robust orchestration, and a proven back-office system.
• Optimize performance through real-time insights, flexible promotional tools, and streamlined content management.
• Localize efficiently with market-ready technology built for compliance, reliability, and growth.
“Peru is a rapidly developing iGaming market in Latin America, and this certification marks another milestone in our mission to deliver seamless, compliant aggregation solutions across the region. Our focus remains on speed, scalability, and content excellence, helping operators bring quality entertainment to players faster and smarter,” said Karl Grech, Head of Business Development at REEVO.
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