Edited by
Pau l i i na R aento
GAMBLING
IN FINLAND
Themes and Data for Qualitative Research
Translated by K a i sa Si ven i u s
Original title: Rahapelaaminen Suomessa. Aiheet ja a­ ineistot (2012).
Gaudeamus Helsinki University Press.
Copyright © 2014 Authors
& Gaudeamus Helsinki University Press
Gaudeamus Ltd
HYY Group
Helsinki, Finland
www.gaudeamus.fi
Cover designed by Leena Kilpi
Keywords:
gambling, wagering, sociology, political science,
­anthropology, history, cultural studies, Finland
ISBN 978-952-495-343-6
Printed in Tallinna Raamatutrükikoja OÜ, Tallinn, Estonia, 2014
Contents
5
Foreword and acknowledgments
Pauliina Raento
9
New forms of gambling and
gambling studies in Finland
Heikki Mikkeli
28
The nature and concepts of
interdisciplinary research
Mia Korpiola & Jussi Sallila
47
A legal history of gambling in Finland
during the Swedish rule
Tuukka Tammi
71
The form and transformation of
gambling policy in Finland
Johanna Järvinen-Tassopoulos 86
The prevalence of gambling and
problem gambling in Finland
Matias Karekallas 106
& Pauliina Raento
Combining gambling-focused
interviews and media data
Pauliina Raento 125
& Lassi Härmälä
The contested structural change in Finnish
trotter racing and betting in the 2000s
Riitta Matilainen
Oral history data in gambling studies
153
Jani Kinnunen & Frans Mäyrä 173
Online gambling and data
Perpetual Crentsil 190
& Jukka Jouhki
Ethnography of immigrant gambling and
online poker playing
Arttu Paarlahti
205
Academic collaboration with gambling
companies in the teaching of GIS
Pauliina Raento
228
Current state and future of socialscientific gambling studies in Finland
Photograph and poster supplement
239
257
A chronology of Finnish
gambling, 1889–2013
264Bibliography
287
288Index
295Contributors
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