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The winner will fix his car with the prize money
Paf arranged the live poker tournament Destination Poker November 25-27 in Mariehamn on Åland. 60 players participated in the poker tournament's main event with a 30,000 euro prize pot and on Saturday evening the winner could be crowned. “This is my first big win in a live tournament. It feels very good and now I'm relieved,” says Jouni Hokkanen, who…
Working for a more healthy society
Folkhälsan is a modern non-profit organisation working with social and health services. Every summer they arrange Folkhälsan’s Summer Meetup where teenagers from the ages 12-15 get to do activities and spend time together. Folkhälsan’s Summer Meetups started in 2016 with the purpose to give young people on Åland an unconditional and safe place during the summer. The goal is to…
Paf introduces lowered loss limit for young people
Paf has implemented a lower mandatory loss limit for young people. The reduction is implemented to strengthen the responsible gaming measures for all young people who play at Paf. Paf is the only international gaming company that has introduced an annual mandatory loss limit that applies to all online customers. The loss limit is set at €20,000 on an annual…
The Åland 100 years celebrational scratchcard – raised over 10,000 euros
The sale of the Ålandslåtten scratchcard has ended. The scratchcard was created to highlight the Åland 100 years celebrations. A special feature was that every scratchcard raised one euro directly to a good cause. The final result was 10,055 scratchcards sold during the year. – It is nice that we could highlight Åland's 100th anniversary with a newly developed product…
Search and rescue at sea
The Åland Search and Rescue Society is a voluntary coastguard performing rescue services at sea. They secure the water areas around the Åland Islands, important sea routes for Finnish and Swedish boat drivers. Paf visited their station in Saltvik to get an insight into their association. The Åland Search and Rescue Society (ÅSRS) has about 120 sea rescue volunteers who…
Paf’s headquarter became a tech campus
The tech education named grit:lab has started. 70 students will for two years study the latest in tech. The campus is located inside Paf's headquarters on Åland. The grit:lab tech education has now started for real, for the 70 students who have been admitted. For the kickoff, all students gathered in Paf's office to be welcomed and begin their studies…
Save the Children gives children the opportunity to make an impact
The city of Mariehamn has made the decision to renovate the park Wirénska Parken, located by the town square in Mariehamn. With the help of the Save the Children association they wanted to make sure that those who use the park and its playground are involved in the project. Therefore, Save the Children arranged a Park day to give children…
Ban gambling advertising and raise the taxes
Paf presented its own proposal for a gaming policy program in Sweden. Raising the gambling tax, banning large parts of the gambling advertising and stopping the exposure of gambling adverts in connection with sports are some of the points in the program. Paf participated in the annual event Almedalen Week in Sweden, by arranging a gaming policy discussion under the…