According to population data collected in 2024, 3% of Finns aged 15 74 suffer from various levels of gambling problems. This comes up to around 112 000 Finns. Their proportion has remained on the same level since 2007. The most serious form, probable pathological gambling, affects 1.4% or around 52 000 Finns.
A government decree regulates the winnings paid to players, rounding off winnings, the maximum number of slot machines, casino games and specific game rooms, and the number of casinos, their locations and opening hours. The National Police Board supervises the running of gambling games and their marketing.
