Just 18 of 81 Finland licence applications approved to date

National Police Board reveals licences are taking between six and eight months to process Finland’s National Police Board (NPB) has publicly released the total number of licence applications, as well as the full list of approved operators. The NPB confirmed it has received a total of 81 licence applications – up from 70 in September – for the upcoming regulated market, of which 18 have so far been approved. It follows Malta-based Wildz Group becoming the first B2C gaming business to announce it had received a licence , with several other operators following suit.