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Veikkaus reports flat 2022 as customer care duties are increased

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Veikkaus OY has returned profits of €680m to the Finnish state, matching its previous year’s performance despite its business facing a “challenging operating environment”.  Publishing its full-year 2022 accounts, Finland’s state-owned gambling and lottery operator generated group revenues of €1.07b, corresponding to a 2% on FY2021 results of €1.1bn. The group’s lottery unit registered a sluggish performance, despite the full …

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Veikkaus records a 2020 slip as covid shuts down Finnish arcade venues

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Veikkaus, Finland’s state-owned gambling monopoly has published its full-year 2020 results,  disclosing total corporate profits of €680.2m, down 33 % from the previous year. Veikkaus cited that the decrease was primarily due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as slot machines were closed entirely or in part for a total of around five months. Lottery tax was €151.4m, …

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Veikkaus appoints 13 new supervisory board members

SBC News Veikkaus appoints 13 new supervisory board members

Finnish gambling monopoly Veikkaus has strengthened its supervisory board after making a dozen of new appointments in a bid to elevate its responsible gambling standards.  The supervisory board is due to be led by chair Jukka Gustafsson and vice chair Jani Mäkelä, and will oversee the company’s corporate governance strategy and the implementation of responsible gambling policies. “[These measures] will …

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Veikkaus Finland confirms Regina Sippel as inbound CFO

SBC News Veikkaus Finland confirms Regina Sippel as inbound CFO

Continuing its executive team restructure, Finnish gambling monopoly Veikkaus has confirmed the inbound appointment of Regina Sippel as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). A fresh industry executive, Sippel joins Veikkaus leadership team from LSE listed UK travel group Thomas Cook, where she served as CFO of the travel operator’s Northern Europe division. Sippel will be tasked with leading the financial …

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