The good people of Finland are growing tired with their gambling situation. According to a recently released survey, 31% of Finns want to abolish the state monopoly that currently runs in the industry in Finland.

The full results of the survey were announced on Kasino Curt, and were gathered by Bilendi Oy’s consumer panel which ran during the March 20-24 period. While 31% of participants are tired of state operator Veikkaus Ltd, 27% did not want to end the monopoly, and the remainder either didn’t have an opinion or refused to answer. The alternative proposed in the survey question would have been a license system, similar to what Sweden has recently adopted.

Age played a role in responses, it turned out. Recipients in the age range of 55-75 favored the current monopoly, with 34% in favor and 27% against, while those in the range of 18-54 felt the opposite, with 32% against and 23% in favor.

Gender also played a role in responses. 38% of men wanted to abolish Veikkaus, with 31% wanting to retain it. Women had much less of an opinion on the matter, with 23% wanting abolition and 22% wanting to keep the operator.