Blocking illegal websites will help to reduce the number of people with gambling problems, says Silje Sægrov Amble at the Norwegian Gambling Authority.

To protect Norwegian players, the authority has decided that websites with illegal gambling should be DNS blocked.

In short, DNS blocking means that you will be taken to a website from your internet service provider, rather than the gambling site you were trying to reach.

Now the first round of blocking begins. The Norwegian Gambling Authority has carried out an inspection, and 57 websites have been blocked. 23 companies are behind the sites.

Blocking illegal websites will help to reduce the number of people with gambling problems. These are the games that have the highest risk. They are designed to get you hooked, and you can lose a lot of money in a short time, says Silje Sægrov Amble, a lawyer at the Norwegian Gambling Authority.