The Norwegian Gaming Authority (NGA) is considering handing out a €3.9m ($4.4m) fine to Norsk Tipping after the discovery of a long-running fault that gave certain players an edge over others while participating in notable national lottery games.
cooperative banks or clubs unwittingly having an enhanced probability of success
This fault, which goes back to 2021 for Lotto super draws and Eurojackpot extra draws, saw people who took part through cooperative banks or clubs unknowingly have an enhanced probability of success.
Talking about the significance of the problem, NGA Director Atle Hamar said that millions of players were impacted and there were “wrong winners in every single draw over several years.” He said that this issue is a clear violation of the law and that the general public should be able to have trust in the operator.
It took a while for Norsk Tipping to begin looking into the error after receiving tips concerning the matter in November 2024. Many draws took place after the discovery.
The company has three weeks to reply before the regulator arrives at its permanent decision. The penalty is equal to 0.45% of Norsk Tipping’s revenue after paying out prizes.
This is not the first time the company has gotten in hot water in Norway. On one occasion, it accidentally paid out NOK 25m ($2.4m) on an online casino game, which breached the country’s prize limit of NOK 100,000 ($9,577), and in another case, its self-exclusion system failed to work for problem gamblers.
