Finland considers nationalizing online poker!
Feb 17 at 9:09pm by Mike
Around the end of January 2008, Finnish Minister Stefan Wallin suggested that the government should run an online poker service in order to better control the market and to protect Finland’s citizens.
This suggestion came just one week after a government commissioned academic report recommended that the government force financial institutions and/or online poker sites to refund losses incurred by online poker players.
The minister was quoted as saying, “It is difficult to halt the rise in the popularity of online poker. It would be better to offer players a legal and responsible alternative. Responsibility would mean setting an 18-age limit and requiring players to identify themselves”.
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