Betting on the support of millions fade away: Top-class sport is not cut, but new cultural projects will be put on ice – minister: Next year I saw

the lottery of support by the actors funding cut next year, to a total of eur 5.5 million. Top sports and federations move away from the cutter, for the physical activity sector cuts hit the sports facilities construction.

the cultural side of the savings to be implemented by freezing new projects. The reason next year's cuts is unused lottery funds depletion, and the threat of problem gambling the stir of a weakening of the game's revenues.

Betting have a couple of months ago a huge game disadvantages of the stir in the middle. Discuss problem gambling surged in the company of your failed ad a result. The ad was considered inciting to play.

Long-term game with yield can be reduced a lot, too

the stir after the minister responsible for ownership steering Sirpa Paatero (sd.) announced game the disadvantages of weeding out aiming at the betting of the great responsibility package.

a stir after the birth of the minister responsible for ownership steering Sirpa Paatero (sd.) announced game the disadvantages of rooting out of aiming and game revenue undermine accountability package.Toni Määttä / Yle

all the betting of the reported measures is estimated to reduce the revenue stream for the term of this government during the year, the level of 150-200 million euros.

Problem gambling mitigation aspiring to and game revenue-reducing measures will be introduced gradually.

the player's mandatory authentication machine is meant to take place about a year after. In addition to this slot machine the number will be pruned to the 3000 slot area. Sustainability of the program effects appear so fully in the game return in a few years.

"They can survive without cuts"

Sports, youth and culture of responsible science and the minister of culture Hanna Kosonen (kesk.) according to lottery funds dwindling, however, is not immediately threatened, for example, the Finnish top-level sport funding.

Kosonen, according to top-sports equivalent of the Finnish olympic committee to support the pot will remain at current levels next year.

Science and culture minister Hanna Kosonen (kesk.) according to the ministry of education and culture of the cuts allocated to physical activity for sports facilities construction.Yle/Vilhelmina Öhman

sport federation and the olympic committee will survive without cuts, i.e. this year's level also goes next year, Kosonen said.

according to Him, also sports clubs paid to exercise the following support will remain unchanged next year.

the olympic committee sighed with relief

the Finnish olympic committee ceo Mikko Salonen is relieved, because threatening about a five percent cut from the olympic committee and sports federations aid is not a next year coming.

Salonen said that the exercise of civil organizations will be created bottom physical exercise close to way of life.

There they children grow also the athlete's path, i.e. to create based on top sports for future success.

the lottery funds financed by the ministry of education and culture of the torque to the task over five million cut targeted at physical activity for sports facilities construction.

New cultural projects will be put on ice

the cultural side of the grant and the project pot is already next year a little bit this year. Kosonen, according to the cuts has been made so that they are allocated as a rule, still in the early entered which have their own activities, i.e. planned in new projects.

Kosonen said that the teaching and ministry of culture next year and the reduced lottery funds by eur 5.5 million adjustment is implemented in the so-called distribution ratio in accordance with the law of exercise, youth, culture and science in the middle.

the distribution relationship under the law of the adjustment means that the larger support pot recipient also cut more.

the Culture to support eliminating about two million, physical education and science aids cut both of about 1.5 million and youth a half million.

Arts promotion centre concerned

the Arts promotion centre director Paula Tuovinen according to the culture to go bad, if the game business income fall significantly.

It would be a disaster for the arts and culture sector.

Tuovinen, according to now you should on the contrary make a big future investment specifically for the creative sector.

If the financial gambling revenues will decrease, so it should be able to compensate in some way.

Tuovinen according to the future situation can be very tricky and restructuring situation, the difficulty would be all the art.

the Long-term plan will be drawn up next spring

Kosonen, according to the government next year's budget and its lottery funding activities next year regarding the adjustments is already on the board decided, but the larger mylläys see you in the spring, when the government line of lottery funds on a longer-term plan.

how betting of measures in different sectors of financing in the longer-term impact, therefore, does not yet have the information. Game income, however, is expected to decline significantly.

Grants to get the parties stressed that they did not want a confrontation problem gamblers with, but to tell you of their own actions the importance of society and the functioning of financial need.

Arts promotion centre: some Of the activities can be the end of the whole

as well As the olympic committee's managing director Mikko Salonen that the Arts promotion centre finland director Paula Tuovinen said that the long-term plan is very crucial receiving grants parties.

–Although the next year threatened to cut being repealed by, so would be paramount to ensure physical activity and sport funding including longer time span, Salonen said.

the Arts promotion centre director Paula Tuovinen, all the arts would suffer, and some of the functions may cease to exist without the current support.

we Share, for example, the regional grants to individual artists, and these money came from gambling revenue, Tuovinen said.

the Lottery also funded the state's statutory tasks

in Many areas, the possible changes may hit in the coming years, intense, because, for example, culture and the arts base funding, about half of which comes from the Lottery's profits through the.

– look at the board, what does this challenge do to him. This is a huge challenge, Kosonen said.

Veikauksen aid is rotated to the top sports and sports and cultural organisations, but also state statutory duties, for example, to pay the state's share of the season.

the state's share would have been financed, inter alia, municipal and regional youth work.

– This entity is now under review, Kosonen said.

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