Casino Helsinki is a casino located in Helsinki, Finland, located less than a ten minute walk from Central Railway Station. It's owned by government-owned Veikkaus and is one of the few casinos in the world, and the second in Finland, to donate all of its profits to charity. Veikkaus casinos still strong despite fierce online competition - Helsinki Times How Finland's state-led gambling sector is unintentionally creating a global model - Helsinki Times The other non-profit casino in Finland is Paf which donates all of its profits from the autonomous Åland islands. Casino Helsinki employs around 200 people, and it had around 305,000 visitors in 2009 with around 30 million euros of revenue.
The predecessor of the casino, Casino Ray, founded by the Slot Machine Association and opened in December 1991, operated in Kamppi, in the Hotel Presidentti building. "Veikkaus history". Veikkaus.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-04-01.
The casino is open Sunday-Thursday from 3pm to 2am and Friday-Saturday from 3pm to 4am. It has around 300 slot machines, over 20 gaming tables and a poker room. The two-story casino has around of space.
The most common forms of poker at Casino Helsinki are Texas Hold'em and Omaha Hold'em. The casino takes a 5% rake from cash game pots up to €14.
In September 2021 the operator Veikkaus has added set loss limits to its land-based slot machines.
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