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Finland Slots Debate
The global debate over the merits and pitfalls of slot machines has now
extended into Finland, a Scandinavian country that has had a strong and
quite commonplace presence of state-run lottery and slot machines for
several years now. Currently, the legal gambling age is fifteen, an
entire six year difference from what it is in the States.
When it comes to age limits and Prohibition-style legislation, there are
always two schools of thought. One always is on the side of caution,
where an older age limit would punish underage behavior. The opposing
school of thought always advocates a lower age limit, so as to demystify
the behavior and let the parents decide their own regulations. As history
shows, whenever something is fully prohibited, whether it be alcohol,
drugs, online slots and casinos, or slot machines, there will always be
people trying to break the law and the product in question becomes more
highly in demand.
Now Finland is going back and forth between those who want the slot
machines to stay where they are, that is, in shops, restaurants, and even
transportation, and those who want to limit the number of slots. Still
others want to change the legal age from 15 to 18, in an attempt to curb
the younger crowd’s involvement with a potentially addictive and
financially risky behavior. However, slot machines bring in such a large
percentage of the small country’s revenue, that Liisa Hyysala, the
country’s Minister of Social Affairs and Health is quite against the
idea. In fact, she would rather increase the number of machines that
Finland already has.
This whole discussion doesn’t even include the debate over online slots,
which has been causing a huge decrease in revenue for land casinos and
slots parlors due to the high competition, and is a whole other issue in
and of itself. That’s another article.
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August 2008 Archive.
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