Licence granted. National Police Board decision POL-2026-31121 of 19 October 2026, document ID-26766721, published by the company's chief compliance officer.
Licence number RALU/2027/L108. Valid 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2032, covering the whole of Finland excluding Åland. Scope: horse betting, sports betting and online casino.
The application was received by the Board on 2 March 2026, the second day the window was open. Elapsed time from filing to decision: seven months and seventeen days, against a published processing target of three to six months. This is the first case where both dates are documented.
Hippos ATG Oy is a joint venture between Suomen Hippos and Sweden's ATG, revenue split 60-40, running on ATG's technology. It will trade under the ATG brand. Chief executive Mikael Bäcke; chief compliance officer appointed before the application was filed.
The second licence publicly confirmed, after Wildz Group. The regulator publishes no licence outcomes, so both records rest on the licensees' own disclosures.
