This commentary discusses how the Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines (LRGGs) have been tailored to the Finnish setting to ensure cultural relevance and policy feasibility. The LRGGs were first developed in Canada through multiple phases of research using a large body of international data. However, the researchers noted that the first guideline uses monthly gross income to define the threshold for spending (i.e., spending no more than 1% of monthly household gross income on gambling). In Finland, income is usually viewed as personal instead of household-based, and salaries are usually described as income after taxes (net income). These cultural nuances make the guideline difficult to interpret and operationalize in Finland. Thus, the researchers proposed that the Finnish guideline should be adjusted to not spending more than 2% of personal net income.
