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Payment blocks in gambling
Finland’s gambling system is undergoing reform. Please note that bans on gambling payment transactions are among the supervisory measures in the old legislation.
Bans on gambling payment transactions will remain in place until the end of June 2027.
Payment blocks restrict outgoing payments from the player to those gambling companies that the National Police Board has given a decision on prohibitions to market gambling services in violation of the Lotteries Act.
Payment service providers are in a key position to enforce payment blocks as they have the duty to block payments as required by the National Police Board. Examples of payment services are account transfers, card payments and direct debiting.
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The National Police Board’s website provides an up-to-date list of gambling service providers who market gambling services that breach the Lotteries Act and have been banned by the National Police Board. If the list on the website is empty, there are no payment blocks for gambling companies.
Payment service and virtual currency providers are obligated to block payments targeted at companies on this list, in which the payer is a natural person.
The payment service provider should prevent your payment from being transferred to a gambling company on the ban list. In other words, your payment should not go through.
No. The regulations on payment bans are only binding on payment service providers and virtual currency providers. Players are not held liable for any transactions that are completed and not prevented.
Payment blocks are not applied to consumers living in the Åland Islands.
Payment blocks apply to all forms of payment.