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FCCA opens competition investigation into Veikkaus after ATG complaint

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Finland’s Competition and Consumer Authority will investigate Veikkaus after receiving a complaint from ATG alleging anti-competitive conduct ahead of the planned 2027 market liberalisation. ATG cited five practices; Veikkaus said it had received a request for clarification, denied the allegations and would respond within the given schedule.

The investigation could clarify whether Veikkaus’s conduct affects competitors before Finland’s planned market liberalisation.

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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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