1.9 Current debates and reforms
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Forthcoming policy developments
Based on the Finnish Government’s decision on the 2nd of March 2023 (in Finnish), the relationship between gambling revenue and the state budget will be organised differently in the future. This means that from January 2024 the income from gambling revenue, which is allocated to science, art, sport, health and social and youth work, has been taken into the state budget without the current uses stipulated in the Lotteries Act. It is not yet known what kind of impact this change has on the funding of youth policy. The obligating force for the system’s renewal is the will to reduce gambling-related harms with more effective action for responsibility. For more details about financing youth work in Finland, see the Youth Wiki/Finland 1.7 Funding Youth Policy.
Ongoing debates
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