{"id":4171,"date":"2024-01-04T08:51:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T08:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2024-01-04T08:51:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T08:51:27","slug":"veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Veikkaus Introduces Mandatory Identification Requirements for all Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Veikkaus&#8217;<\/strong> identification requirement for its gambling games has come into effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early November, it was announced that identity verification for all games would be introduced in early 2024. The move follows a similar identification requirement that was introduced earlier in 2023 for coupon games such as Lotto and Euro Jackpot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of introducing identification is to prevent the negative consequences of gambling, facilitate control of age restrictions and create an overall safer gaming environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of introducing identification is to prevent the negative consequences of gambling, facilitate control of age restrictions and create an overall safer gaming environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Players will be able to identify themselves in the same way as for coupon games, using, for example, a Veikkaus card, a driver&#8217;s license, a personal Kela card or a mobile card available in the Veikkaus app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Susanna Saikkonen<\/strong>, Veikkaus\u2019 Responsibility Director, said: \u201cFrom the beginning of 2024, Veikkaus will be the first gaming company in the world to require identification in all digital and physical channel games.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen the customer can play only with identification, it is possible for him to track his total playing from the game history. As the year changes, scratch cards also come under the annual loss limit and game suspensions.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3BHW1zr\">Telegram channel<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veikkaus&#8217; identification requirement for its gambling games has come into effect. In early November, it was announced that identity verification for all games would be introduced in early 2024. The move follows a similar identification requirement that was introduced earlier in 2023 for coupon games such as Lotto and Euro Jackpot. The purpose of introducing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,5,1],"tags":[6437,46,6436,3501,2873],"class_list":["post-4171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-gambling","category-news","tag-age-control","tag-gambling","tag-identification","tag-security","tag-veikkaus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Veikkaus Introduces Mandatory Identification Requirements for all Games - SBC EURASIA EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Veikkaus Introduces Mandatory Identification Requirements for all Games - SBC EURASIA EN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Veikkaus&#8217; identification requirement for its gambling games has come into effect. In early November, it was announced that identity verification for all games would be introduced in early 2024. The move follows a similar identification requirement that was introduced earlier in 2023 for coupon games such as Lotto and Euro Jackpot. The purpose of introducing [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SBC EURASIA EN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-04T08:51:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-04T08:51:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Copy-of-esports-1200-\u00d7-675-px-22.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Maria Khomeriki\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maria Khomeriki\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Maria Khomeriki\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f6f1bec1f527da78057fa0c8d3b56dd6\"},\"headline\":\"Veikkaus Introduces Mandatory Identification Requirements for all Games\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-04T08:51:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-04T08:51:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/\"},\"wordCount\":224,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Copy-of-esports-1200-\u00d7-675-px-22.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Age control\",\"gambling\",\"Identification\",\"security\",\"Veikkaus\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Features\",\"Gambling\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/\",\"name\":\"Veikkaus Introduces Mandatory Identification Requirements for all Games - SBC EURASIA EN\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Copy-of-esports-1200-\u00d7-675-px-22.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-04T08:51:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-04T08:51:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f6f1bec1f527da78057fa0c8d3b56dd6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Copy-of-esports-1200-\u00d7-675-px-22.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Copy-of-esports-1200-\u00d7-675-px-22.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Veikkaus Introduces Mandatory Identification Requirements for all Games\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"SBC EURASIA EN\",\"description\":\"SBC EURASIA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f6f1bec1f527da78057fa0c8d3b56dd6\",\"name\":\"Maria Khomeriki\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27621860db8f1dbea9ee0e31b9ebafe07333552b331819831ffcb31ccb265ac2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27621860db8f1dbea9ee0e31b9ebafe07333552b331819831ffcb31ccb265ac2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Maria Khomeriki\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/author\/maria\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Veikkaus Introduces Mandatory Identification Requirements for all Games - SBC EURASIA EN","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Veikkaus Introduces Mandatory Identification Requirements for all Games - SBC EURASIA EN","og_description":"Veikkaus&#8217; identification requirement for its gambling games has come into effect. In early November, it was announced that identity verification for all games would be introduced in early 2024. The move follows a similar identification requirement that was introduced earlier in 2023 for coupon games such as Lotto and Euro Jackpot. The purpose of introducing [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/","og_site_name":"SBC EURASIA EN","article_published_time":"2024-01-04T08:51:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-04T08:51:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Copy-of-esports-1200-\u00d7-675-px-22.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Maria Khomeriki","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Maria Khomeriki","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/"},"author":{"name":"Maria Khomeriki","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f6f1bec1f527da78057fa0c8d3b56dd6"},"headline":"Veikkaus Introduces Mandatory Identification Requirements for all Games","datePublished":"2024-01-04T08:51:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-04T08:51:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/"},"wordCount":224,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Copy-of-esports-1200-\u00d7-675-px-22.png","keywords":["Age control","gambling","Identification","security","Veikkaus"],"articleSection":["Features","Gambling","News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/","url":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/","name":"Veikkaus Introduces Mandatory Identification Requirements for all Games - SBC EURASIA EN","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Copy-of-esports-1200-\u00d7-675-px-22.png","datePublished":"2024-01-04T08:51:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-04T08:51:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f6f1bec1f527da78057fa0c8d3b56dd6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Copy-of-esports-1200-\u00d7-675-px-22.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Copy-of-esports-1200-\u00d7-675-px-22.png","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/04\/veikkaus-introduces-mandatory-identification-requirements-for-all-games\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Veikkaus Introduces Mandatory Identification Requirements for all Games"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/","name":"SBC EURASIA EN","description":"SBC EURASIA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f6f1bec1f527da78057fa0c8d3b56dd6","name":"Maria Khomeriki","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27621860db8f1dbea9ee0e31b9ebafe07333552b331819831ffcb31ccb265ac2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27621860db8f1dbea9ee0e31b9ebafe07333552b331819831ffcb31ccb265ac2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Maria Khomeriki"},"url":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/author\/maria\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4173,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions\/4173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}