Tag Archives: Norway

Norway’s gambling regulator Lotteritilsynet will amend the payments ban will come into effect on January 1, 2020, giving it the power to block transactions based on company names and related to certain account numbers. A ban on payments to unlicensed gambling operators was introduced in 2010, but Lotteritilsynet believes around NOK6bn ($659.9m) is still spent…

Norsk Tipping, Norway’s state lottery operator and a World Lottery Association (WLA) member, has launched International Game Technology’s new digital PlayBingo platform. The solution was awarded to IGT as part of a competitive procurement process, and replaces Norsk Tipping’s previous digital bingo platform provided by IGT since 2014. The new solution includes IGT PlayCasino slot…

EveryMatrix has helped relaunch Norsk Tipping’s bingo product. Through a new integration, the bingo offering of Norsk Tipping was migrated and improved via EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine, industry-leading casino integration and productivity platform. With Bingoria, the Norwegian players can choose from a large selection of bingo and micro-games while enjoying a rich gaming experience. The new instalment…

Brede A Haglund, lawyer and partner at local law firm Braekus, discusses the problems facing foreign-operators in Norway The Norwegian Gaming and Foundation Authority has been scrambling for years to combat what they perceive to be efforts by foreign-based gambling operators to circumvent the Norwegian gambling monopoly. In Norway, the Norwegian Lottery Act Section 11…

The Norwegian Gaming Authority has banned payment transactions with six gambling companies, which it says are operating ‘illegally’ within its territory. Legislation in Norway allows for only two state-run companies to offer gambling. Norsk Tipping operates sports betting and casino games whilst Norsk Rikstoto provides race betting services. The Norwegian Gaming Authority; Lotteri-og stiftelsestilsynet has…

Scientific Games has launched multiple digital games with Norsk Tipping, Norway’s national lottery operator and World Lottery Association member. In partnership with Scientific Games, Norsk Tipping has added 10 online slot games to their Kong Kasino game category and two new eInstant games to their Flax portfolio (scratch games online), with additional launches of online…

Following the closure of the Norwegian government’s consultation on its proposal to block payment transactions to and from foreign gaming websites, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has called on the Norwegian authorities to turn away from difficult-to-enforce and counterproductive payment blocking measures and, instead, introduce an online gambling regulation which is modern, open…

IGT Global Services has signed a contract with Norsk Tipping to provide its new online Bingo solution and related services. Norsk Tipping, Norway’s state lottery operator and a World Lottery Association (WLA) member, has been a valued customer of IGT, previously as legacy GTECH, since 2012. “This agreement enables Norsk Tipping, a leader in regulated…

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has signed a brand-new integrity partnership with Sportradar utilising the organisation’s world-leading monitoring, intelligence and prevention solutions to help safeguard the sport against match fixing. Hundreds of matches each year will be covered by Sportradar’s Fraud Detection System (FDS), a unique service that credibly and effectively identifies betting-related manipulation…