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The authority's Danish/Swedish accreditation transition applies to audits completed before 1 January 2027, unless the assessment body's accreditation scope has been extended to the Finnish requirements by that date. Audits must still assess the Finnish rules. This is a dated accreditation condition, not a waiver of Finnish standards or automatic launch approval.

The National Police Board reported 50 applications by 8 June 2026, most from foreign applicants. The 2026 processing fee is €29,000 per application and the June announcement estimated about six months for processing. It did not name the applicants, so the total cannot be used to label individual brands as licensed.

Until 30 June 2027, Veikkaus Oy retains the exclusive right to organise and market gambling in mainland Finland. Other services targeting Finland remain prohibited during this transition.

Online applications have been accepted since 2 March 2026, but services and marketing under the new system cannot begin before 1 July 2027. An application therefore proves neither approval nor commercial availability; a gambling licence may be granted for no more than five years.

Applications for gambling software licences open on 1 July 2027. This is a supplier-licensing milestone, distinct from the earliest start of licensed gambling services on 1 July 2027. An application is not a granted software licence or proof that a particular product or supplier is approved.

From 1 July 2028, supplying software for gambling requires a gaming software licence from the supervisory authority. This is separate from the opening of software-licence applications on 1 July 2027 and the operator launch timetable. Do not infer supplier approval from an operator application or licence.