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ATG complains to Finnish competition authority over Veikkaus partnership changes

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Swedish horseracing betting operator ATG has complained to Finland’s Competition and Consumer Authority, alleging that Veikkaus is abusing its position as it scales back their partnership. ATG says Veikkaus plans to stop distributing Swedish trotting races and data in Finland and to stop taking bets; Finland’s proposed law would allow licensed online gambling competition from 2027.

The complaint concerns the incumbent’s conduct and access to a partnership ahead of Finland’s planned online gambling market opening.

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Lords committee urges UK gambling advertising ban

The House of Lords Liaison Committee urged the UK government to ban gambling advertising. Its follow-up report also called on ministers to drop the aim of growing the licensed industry and return to a policy of tolerating gambling without promoting it. Industry figures and researchers dispute the report’s treatment of survey data, advertising measures and illegal-market risks.

The House of Lords Liaison Committee has urged the government to ban gambling advertising "as soon as practicable" and to abandon its aim of growing the licensed industry, in a follow-up report published on 17 September. The committee said there is "no evidence for the safety of gambling advertising" and that voluntary measures "have not gone far enough". The government has two months to respond.

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