Our two Bingo Street news items today come with a Nordic North theme where the governments of Sweden and Finland are both in the spotlight for their online gaming policies, albeit for slightly different reasons.
In the Swedish case, two exasperated journalists from that country are practically begging the European Commission to take action against Sweden’s insistence on running a state gambling monopoly. Over in Finland, where online gaming restrictions are virtually non-existent, the government is starting to make noises about a growing level of problem gambling and possible underage gambling via the Internet.
The Scandinavian countries are proving to be a growing market for online bingo and free online bingo games have become a popular form of online gambling for the female demographic. I hope the Finnish government does not succumb at this stage to the temptation to introduce restrictive measures on online gaming and that the bingo online market is allowed to flourish.
As for the Swedes, let’s hope they see sense sometime soon and open their market up to all EU-based operators so that Swedish players can enjoy the best in online gaming.
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