New casinos for Finland, licences checked

A crowded launch year

Most of these brands share a pattern: a Finnish name, a Finnish-language site, Pay N Play sign-up through your bank, and a first offer built on wager-free spins or cashback rather than a big match. Underneath, the licences differ widely.

• Malta Gaming Authority: 711 Casino, Fyrkka, Urho, SpinSkull.
• Estonian Tax and Customs Board: Hype, Kasarmi.
• Isle of Man GSC: Tuohi, Noppa.
• Curaçao: Douppi, Hurjaa, Spinnair, Luottokasino.
• Tobique: Bajazo. Anjouan: Pelifantti.

The first two groups hold EU/EEA licences, so their winnings are currently tax-free for Finnish residents. The rest are taxable. Hurjaa means wild, Urho means hero and Fyrkka is slang for money: the names are Finnish, the licences come from somewhere else.

Who is behind the new names

A new brand is not always a new company. Tuohi and Noppa are both run by Rusg Beithe Ventures Limited under the Isle of Man regulator. Fyrkka and Urho share Geokul Limited and a single Malta licence number. Douppi and Spinnair both belong to Fruity Entertainment B.V. and show the same Curaçao licence number. A complaint goes to the licence holder, not the brand, so the company name is worth knowing before you deposit. Our records hold no operator name for Hype, Bajazo, Luottokasino or Pelifantti; find it in the site footer and match it to the register.

Reading a young licence

• Curaçao numbers. Douppi, Spinnair, Hurjaa and Luottokasino show licence numbers in the OGL format that the Curaçao Gaming Authority now issues directly. The old sublicence system ended in October 2025, so an older-style number on a new site is a warning sign. The authority’s register also shows a status, and “assessment in progress” means the licence is still being processed. Luottokasino is the one to look up yourself, since our sources disagree on its licence details.
• Anjouan. Pelifantti’s licence comes from a regime that the Comoros central bank calls illegal; in October 2026 the Comoros government asked the UK for help against it.
• Malta and Estonia. Search the brand or domain on the Malta Gaming Authority’s licensee register or the Estonian Tax and Customs Board’s operator list. Hype deserves the closest look: our facts on its licence, bonus, payments and payout are all low confidence.

Why the Malta brands sit low

The LocoBonus score has no part for age, so a 2026 launch competes on the same facts as Tuohi, the one 2024 brand here, which leads the list. The Malta Gaming Authority licence takes full marks, yet 711 Casino, Fyrkka, Urho and SpinSkull fill four of the bottom five places. All four headline deposit matches with 30x or 40x on deposit plus bonus, and bonus terms carry the most weight. SpinSkull also publishes no payout time. The brands above them lead with wager-free spins, 1x spins, cashback or, at Hype, a light welcome.

How to judge a casino with no history

• Match the licence. Look the brand up on the regulator’s own register, not just the logo in the footer.
• Read the payout terms. Most new sites here publish withdrawal times in minutes. Spinnair and SpinSkull publish none in our records, so their cards show no payout time.
• Start with a small withdrawal. It shows how the cashier really behaves before larger sums are at stake.
• Check the offer type. A wager-free first offer from an unproven brand still carries tax if the licence sits outside the EU/EEA.

Launching ahead of July 2027

The rush has a date behind it. Applications under Finland’s new Gambling Act opened in March 2026, trade press counted 75 of them by late September, and the first licence holders may start on 1 July 2027. Until then nobody granted a licence under the new Act may offer or market games, so every brand on this page works from a licence issued abroad. Some may stop serving Finnish players when the new rules arrive, or reshape their offers to fit them, so read any first offer as a snapshot of 2026. The gambling age of 18 stays the same after the reform, and our guide to Finland’s online casino law covers the switch.

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