Finnish Gambling System Reform – Part VI – Sanctions & Dispute Resolution

In our blog series regarding the Finnish gambling system reform, we have previously published five blogs (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV and Part V), where we reported that the Finnish Government was reforming the gambling system and opening it to competition under a licence-based model. In our last blog post, we focused on possible tax implications of the gambling reform. In this post, we turn our attention to the content of the new Gambling Act concerning sanctions and dispute resolution.

Since the publication of our latest blog, the President of the Republic of Finland has confirmed the new Gambling Act on 16 January 2026.

The new Gambling Act introduces a new framework for sanctions and dispute resolution mechanisms intended to ensure regulatory compliance while also protecting player rights. The legislation provides for different administrative sanctions including prohibition of gambling operations and marketing, licence revocation, publication of