Jouko, who had been drunk for 42 days, received a fine of € 25,000 – and for good reason

Kärkkäinen became known after filming his 42 -day drinking tube as a live broadcast to the network. Maarit Pohjanpalo

Someperson Jouko’s “Potter Dog” for Kärkkäinen43, a penalty of EUR 25,000 will remain in force. The Helsinki Administrative Court decided.

The Police Board implemented a penalty payment for the decaying stream last year after he continued his unlawful gambling advertising online. Kärkkäinen appealed to him about the penalty payment to the administrative court, which maintained the fine.

The Administrative Court considered it clear that Kärkkäinen has continued to market gambling against the Lottery Act. There were also indications that the prohibition decision was sought.

Tried to get around the ban

Kärkkäinen was notified of the decision of the Police Board on March 22, 2024. In his appeal to the Administrative Court, Kärkkäinen says that he was at that time on his journey, which was therefore not able to become familiar with the decision until 23 April 2024.

The Administrative Court did not consider the justification to be acceptable.

In his complaint, Kärkkäinen denied that his stream or social publications had only been advertised after April. According to the Police Board and the Helsinki Administrative Court, Kärkkäinen toured the marketing ban on him by promoting his social accounts and streams of the Potutarah web site, which still showed gambling advertising.

According to the Administrative Court, this was a so-called affiliate site aimed at directing visitors to foreign gambling sites. The marketing of the site was, in principle, against the Lotteries Act.

Kärkkäinen markets the site by dressing it in a t-shirt with it. According to the Administrative Court, the choice of clothing could not be considered neutral against the background of the matter.

Complain

In the Administrative Court, Kärkkäinen appealed to many different matters that the Administrative Court overtaken one by one.

Among other things, Kärkkäinen appealed that there was no longer a site called Pottuora. According to the Administrative Court, this was not correct.

This web address still exists, even though the site has been transformed into another affiliate site.

The fact that the decaying stream denied that he owned or managed the site of his name was irrelevant to the resolution. According to the Administrative Court, Kärkkäinen has been promoting the site continuously and actively. At least it was about close cooperation and partnership marketing.

Kärkkäinen also claimed that his gambling marketing did not target Finland and appealed to a large number of expatriate Finns. The Administrative Court disagreed.

-None of the appellant’s report suggests that the appellant, in Finnish-language content, is seeking an international public, the Administrative Court says.

The penalty payment of EUR 25,000 will remain in effect. In addition, he has to bear his own costs in the administrative court. The decision may be appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court.

Jouko Kärkkäinen became aware of the general public when Iltalehti reported his decaying stream two years ago. Kärkkäinen photographed a live broadcast of his 42 -day drinking tube and earned a big amount of money. In practice, viewers of the live broadcast paid him to continue drinking.