In Finland, the gambling operator must identify the customer and verify the customer’s identity in connection with the payment of the winnings, if the winnings claimed by the player total, in one transaction or several linked transactions, at least EUR 2,000. This limit of EUR 2,000 is laid down in the Act on Money Laundering and it is absolute. Moreover, identity must be verified in situations where the transaction is suspicious, or if the gambling operator suspects that the assets involved in a transaction may be used for financing of terrorism or punishable attempt of such an National Police Board / Gambling Administration act. Because the identification and verification of identity in the aforementioned situations must be performed before the customer receives the funds involved in the transaction, the gambling operator must verify the customer’s identity before it pays the winnings to the customer.