Mundane constructs of the third and public sectors in the Finnish welfare state

Kankainen, Veera; Lerkkanen, Tuulia; Hellman, Matilda

doi:10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2021-03-05

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“…Responsible gambling measures to prevent and minimize gambling harm, including but not limited to SE, have frequently been criticized as ineffective (41) and ethically problematic (3,7). Rather than continuously extending gambling provisions, these authors propose limiting or eliminating certain forms of gambling-related harm.…”

Section: Self-exclusion and The Responsible Gambling Approachmentioning

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“…In Australia, revenue from gambling taxes is estimated to account for 8.4% of the Victorian state tax revenue (4). However, along with the substantial growth of the gambling market, concerns about harms from gambling emerge, along with calls for measures to keep a balance between the societal benefits, the spread of fraud and crime, and the harms associated with gambling (5)(6)(7).…”

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“…7 The Totalizator act (Horse Race Bets)(Lov om Veddemål ved Totalisator av 07.01.1927, nr 3 Regulates all games currently provided by Norsk Rikstoto: https://Lovdata.no/ Dokument/NL/lov/1927-07-01-3; 8 Gambling regulation act, Australia Victoria, March 29, 2021: https://Content.Legislation.vic.gov.au/Sites/Default/Files/2021-03/03-114aa088%20authorised.pdf; 9 https://www.Legislation.vic.gov.au/in-Force/Acts/Victorian-Commission-Gambling-and-Liquor-Regulation-Act-2011/011; https://www.Govtmonitor.com/Page.php?Type$=$Document&id$=$3372020.…”

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Self-exclusion from gambling: A toothless tiger?

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While there is evidence for self-exclusion (SE) as an individual-level harm reduction intervention, its effects on reducing harm from gambling at the population level remain unclear. Based on a review of national legal frameworks and SE programs, including their utilization and enforcement in selected high-income societies, the present analysis aims to explore the reach and strengths of SE in the protection of gamblers in these jurisdictions. It places particular emphasis on SE programs' potential to prevent and minimize gambling harm at the population level. The overview examined SE in Finland, Germany, Italy, Massachusetts (USA), Norway, Sweden, and Victoria (Australia). These jurisdictions differ considerably in how gambling is regulated as well as in how SE is implemented and enforced. The reach and extent of enforcement of SE apparently vary with the polity's general policy balance between reducing gambling problems and increasing gambling revenue. But in any case, though SE may benefit individual gamblers and those around them, it does not appear to be capable of significantly reducing gambling harm at the population level. To render SE programs an effective measure that prevents gamblers and those linked to them from financial, social, and psychological harm, utilization needs to be substantially increased by reforming legal regulations and exclusion conditions.

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“…The moral dilemma of encouraging people to gamble and marketing Veikkaus as a societal benefactor has invited plenty of attention in recent years (Lerkkanen, 2019; Tuorila, 2019); it has appeared in interviews with citizens (Egerer et al, 2018a; Egerer et al, 2019) and has been scrutinised by experts in the press and scientific publications (Egerer et al, 2018b; Kankainen et al, 2021; Marionneau and Hellman, 2020). The contradictory values are seen to threaten the validity of the system (Kankainen et al, 2021; Marionneau and Lähteenmaa, 2020; Selin et al, 2019a, 2019b) and has shown to hit the most marginalised and vulnerable groups the most (Hellman and Alanko, 2021; Selin et al, 2018; Sulkunen et al, 2018). The public attention has led to Veikkaus becoming the elephant in the room – a situation that can no longer be overlooked.…”

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Being good while being bad: How does CSR-communication on the social media serve the gambling industry?

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Global businesses are known to use their social media accounts for legitimisation aspirations and national market assimilation. Still, we lack empirical tools for identifying the kind of public corporate social responsibility communication (CSRC) that helps along positive branding and social relevance. This is particularly important information in view of whitewashing aspirations by the vice industries. This study develops a content analytical tool for assessing gambling companies’ social media strategies by comparing CSRC by state-owned and licenced gambling operators in Finland and Sweden. The diachronic comparative design allows us to point out how the companies advance along ambitions to communicate responsible gambling (RG), affiliate with public interests, shape the companies’ public role as societal benefactors and normalise gambling as an activity. The concepts of tactical and strategic CSRC help us to expose these communication strategies in view of national policy changes, state control and public opinion.

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“…The Nordic countries are dependent on taxations, revenues and licence fees from the commerce with alcohol, tobacco and gambling. These state incomes, which vary depending on control policy system, can cause ethically questionable dependencies that are hard to justify in view of the welfare states’ tasks ( Egerer et al, 2018 ; Kankainen et al, 2021 ). Nowadays, there are new global industries that sell their products online and offer ways for consumers to acquire ADTG goods in ways that do not give any revenues to the State and which can even be illegal.…”

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Mundane constructs of the third and public sectors in the Finnish welfare state

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

Self-exclusion from gambling: A toothless tiger?

Self-exclusion from gambling: A toothless tiger?

Being good while being bad: How does CSR-communication on the social media serve the gambling industry?

Alcohol, drugs, tobacco and gambling form a lens for the Nordic welfare states’ biggest challenges

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