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Gambling harms caused by electronic gambling machines should be prevented with state control
Unlike in other Nordic countries, most of the electronic gambling machines (EGMs) are placed outside the Casino Helsinki and the gambling arcades in Finland. The placement of EGMs in non-casino locations, such as supermarkets, kiosks, and petrol stations, is matter of serious concern. We argue that...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8900179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35309854 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14550725211034030 |
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author | Järvinen-Tassopoulos, Johanna Marionneau, Virve Nikkinen, Janne |
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description | Unlike in other Nordic countries, most of the electronic gambling machines (EGMs) are placed outside the Casino Helsinki and the gambling arcades in Finland. The placement of EGMs in non-casino locations, such as supermarkets, kiosks, and petrol stations, is matter of serious concern. We argue that availability and accessibility of EGMs has led to normalisation and banalisation of gambling in Finland. Exposure to EGMs also put at risk vulnerable populations and problem gamblers, who already suffer from the negative consequences of gambling harms. Gambling companies’ self-regulation initiatives and corporate social responsibility programmes are not enough to prevent and limit EGM related gambling harms. We suggest that Finland should follow Norway’s example and limit the availability of EGMs and transfer them from non-casino locations to gambling arcades. Finnish EGM policy should be a question of public policy guided by public health concerns. |
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spelling | pubmed-89001792022-03-17 Gambling harms caused by electronic gambling machines should be prevented with state control Järvinen-Tassopoulos, Johanna Marionneau, Virve Nikkinen, Janne Nordisk Alkohol Nark For Debate Unlike in other Nordic countries, most of the electronic gambling machines (EGMs) are placed outside the Casino Helsinki and the gambling arcades in Finland. The placement of EGMs in non-casino locations, such as supermarkets, kiosks, and petrol stations, is matter of serious concern. We argue that availability and accessibility of EGMs has led to normalisation and banalisation of gambling in Finland. Exposure to EGMs also put at risk vulnerable populations and problem gamblers, who already suffer from the negative consequences of gambling harms. Gambling companies’ self-regulation initiatives and corporate social responsibility programmes are not enough to prevent and limit EGM related gambling harms. We suggest that Finland should follow Norway’s example and limit the availability of EGMs and transfer them from non-casino locations to gambling arcades. Finnish EGM policy should be a question of public policy guided by public health concerns. SAGE Publications 2021-09-09 2021-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8900179/ /pubmed/35309854 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14550725211034030 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | For Debate Järvinen-Tassopoulos, Johanna Marionneau, Virve Nikkinen, Janne Gambling harms caused by electronic gambling machines should be prevented with state control |
title | Gambling harms caused by electronic gambling machines should be prevented with state control |
title_full | Gambling harms caused by electronic gambling machines should be prevented with state control |
title_fullStr | Gambling harms caused by electronic gambling machines should be prevented with state control |
title_full_unstemmed | Gambling harms caused by electronic gambling machines should be prevented with state control |
title_short | Gambling harms caused by electronic gambling machines should be prevented with state control |
title_sort | gambling harms caused by electronic gambling machines should be prevented with state control |
topic | For Debate |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8900179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35309854 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14550725211034030 |
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