Blocking measures against offshore online gambling: a scoping review

Egerer, Michael; Marionneau, Virve

doi:10.1080/14459795.2023.2190372

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“…As previous studies have shown, different jurisdictions have tackled the issue of offshore gambling by different measures depending on how their legislation regulates online gambling ( Gainsbury et al, 2018b ; Egerer and Marionneau, 2023 ). According to the representatives of Veikkaus, the state-owned gambling company’s ability to compete with the offshore gambling companies was undermined by the regulators, which did not quite understand the consequences of the decreasing online market share.…”

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“…Some measures are available for regulators to curb offshore provision. These measures include, e.g., blacklisting offshore websites, blocking IP addresses and monetary transactions to these sites, informing consumers, and charging offshore providers with fines and sanctions ( Hörnle et al, 2018 ; Gainsbury et al, 2018a , b ; Egerer and Marionneau, 2023 ). While in most contexts these measures have only been modestly effective, they are widely employed to advance the channeling objective.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Conversely, channeling can be also accomplished by making unregulated offer less appealing for consumers. Measures to accomplish this may range from criminalizing playing on offshore gambling sites to softer measures (e.g., limiting or banning advertising) ( Lycka, 2014 ; Hörnle et al, 2018 ; Egerer and Marionneau, 2023 ). National and state-owned gambling companies are more dependent of the jurisdiction’s channeling policy, as they cannot compete with the private gambling companies with a multitude of attractive games, welcoming bonuses, and intensive marketing ( Nadeau et al, 2014 ; Littler and Järvinen-Tassopoulos, 2018 ; Borch, 2022 ).…”

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Strengthening channeling policy: the Finnish approach to protecting domestic online gambling market

Järvinen-Tassopoulos,

Marionneau,

Egerer

2024

Front. Sociol.

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Many jurisdictions struggle to curb offshore gambling as established approaches to gambling regulation no longer apply to online gambling. This study aimed to examine the arguments used by Finnish stakeholders who discussed channeling as a tool to curb offshore gambling and the monopolistic gambling regime as a sustainable framework to tackle the issue of offshore gambling. In total, 18 Finnish public servants employed in ministries in charge of gambling matters and representatives of Veikkaus, the state-owned gambling company, were interviewed for the purpose of this study. Channeling was described by the interviewees as an important policy tool but without a regulatory framework to block offshore operation, it would remain an ideal type of political strategy. Beside the monopolistic gambling regime, the pros and cons of a potential licensing regime were discussed. This study showed that legislative and regulatory changes form a lengthy political process; the decrease of the market share of online gambling marked the beginning of a new era in Finland’s gambling policy.

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Strengthening channeling policy: the Finnish approach to protecting domestic online gambling market

Järvinen-Tassopoulos,

Marionneau,

Egerer

2024

Front. Sociol.

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“…With regard to unregulated offshore gambling, availability has been restricted using a variety of blocking measures, such as IP/DNS blocking or payment blocking. These can be effective in preventing some traffic, but comprehensive implementation is resource-consuming [ 6 ]. For instance, gambling providers can easily change IP address or use fourth-party payment platforms (a kind of ‘mixing service’) to hide payment channels [ 32 ].…”

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“…This digitalisation of gambling markets has also translated to an increasing interest in targeted harm prevention and reduction measures in online environments. Jurisdictions have focussed on questions including online advertisement and social responsibility, measures to block unlicensed online competition, as well as online-based treatment and information [ 1 – 6 ].…”

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Gambling harm prevention and harm reduction in online environments: a call for action

Marionneau,

Ruohio,

Karlsson

2023

Harm Reduct J

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Background Gambling is increasingly offered and consumed in online and mobile environments. The digitalisation of the gambling industry poses new challenges on harm prevention and harm reduction. The digital environment differs from traditional, land-based gambling environments. It increases many risk-factors in gambling, including availability, ease-of-access, but also game characteristics such as speed and intensity. Furthermore, data collected on those gambling in digital environments makes gambling offer increasingly personalised and targeted. Main results This paper discusses how harm prevention and harm reduction efforts need to address gambling in online environments. We review existing literature on universal, selective, and indicated harm reduction and harm prevention efforts for online gambling and discuss ways forward. The discussion shows that there are several avenues forward for online gambling harm prevention and reduction at each of the universal, selective, and indicated levels. No measure is likely to be sufficient on its own and multi-modal as well as multi-level interventions are needed. Harm prevention and harm reduction measures online also differ from traditional land-based efforts. Online gambling providers utilise a variety of strategies to enable, market, and personalise their products using data and the wider online ecosystem. Conclusion We argue that these same tools and channels should also be used for preventive work to better prevent and reduce the public health harms caused by online gambling.

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