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Now I have some more information regarding the slot machines I see everywhere (read my previous post here). 

 

I have asked around among the other exchange students if they also have noticed the amount of slot machines. Their reaction and main concern was that the slot machines here take credit cards (!)

 

Wednesday I got the chance to talk to talk to some people from Ray, a Finnish gambling company. Even though they say that healty gambling is important to them I think that it feels strange that they are a part of a student project. Ray are one of the sponsors in my Product Development Project course. Some students in my course are going to help them increase gambling in Finland.

Talking to the company representatives them I learned that Ray do not just own some slot machines, they own all of them becauce they have a monopoly. The representives said that about 40 % of the Finnish population plays, and for them that it is not enough. They said that they wanted to increase the number of people playing and make gambling something that you do not have to be ashamed of. According to them they had not noticed any major differences connected to making it possible to pay with credit cards.