Name   Fintoto Oy
Address  

Tulkinkuja 3
02650 Espoo
Finland

Website

www.fintoto.fi

EPMA’s contact person Ilmari Halinen,
Managing Director

Fintoto Oy is a non-profit joint-stock company 100 % owned by the Central Association of Trotting and Breeding Suomen Hippos ry. It has started its operation 1 January 2001. Fintoto Oy is licenced by the state and purely in charge of pari mutuel (tote) horsebetting.





Main annual races

- Finlandia-ajo, Vermo, Helsinki, April
- Kymi Grand Prix, Kouvola, June
- Suur-Hollola-ajo, Lahti, June
- StMichel, Mikkeli, July
- Kuninkuusravit, Forssa 2007, June/August


Sport statistics - 2009

Number of racecourses

Number of races

Number of starting horses

Trotting

Gallop

Total

Trotting

Gallop

Total

43

635

(6 124)
0 635

(6 124)
9127 0 9127

 


Betting figures - 2009

Pari Mutuel betting turnover

% of overall national betting

% on domestic races

% on foreign races

204,4 M€

8,7 % 201,0 M€ 3,4 M€

Bet types – 2009

Bet name

% of betting income

Win

4,1 %

Show

2,8 %

Quinella

46,7 %

Trifecta

16,5 %

Daily Double

5,9 %

V4

24 %

Does not include V75 and V5 pools, total 54,4 million € in 2009. These pools are organized by state owned company Veikkaus Oy.


Taxes and Funding – 2009

 

Amount in € Million % of turnover

To winning punters/customers

150,7 M€ 74,0 %
Operating fees 14,4 M€ 7,1 %

To the horse racing industry

25,2 M€ 12,4 %

To others (Public Agency, Ministries, other social organisation)

13,3 M€ 6,5 %