🇫🇮 Veikkaus “returned to a growth path” in H1 2026 with a 2% year-on-year uptick in profit to €234.2m.
But these positive results arrive as Veikkaus announces a significant restructuring of the organisation to prepare for a radically altered operating environment from next year. In December 2025, a resounding parliamentary vote in favour of reform meant that Veikkaus will no longer have an exclusive run at the country’s online betting and iGaming demand from 1 July 2027. However, lottery rights will remain exclusively with the state-owned operator.
Veikkaus will participate in the newly competitive marketplace, while also paying approximately €1bn in compensation for its ongoing lottery monopoly, which will last for a 10-year licence period.
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