Players should be able to trust Norsk Tipping, and this is a serious breach of trust, says Atle Hamar, Director of the Norwegian Lottery and Foundation Authority.

In connection with the Eurojackpot draw on June 27 this year, 47,000 winners were incorrectly notified that they had won excessively high prizes. 30,000 of these also received prize alerts in the form of SMS or push notifications on their phones about the large prize amounts.

Of course, it must be experienced brutally when you receive a notification that you have won a large prize, and then it is not true. This case is harmful to the trust in Norsk Tipping, and created strong reactions, says Hamar.

According to the Gambling Act, providers of gambling must conduct gambling in a fair manner, which is suitable for winning the trust of the public.

The Norwegian Lottery Authority has now sent Norsk Tipping a notice of up to 10 million kroner in fines for violations. This is 0.1 percent of Norsk Tipping’s turnover, which was just over 10.2 billion kroner in 2024.

The cause of the error was an error in a formula that was used when the prize was to be converted from Eurocents to Norwegian kroner. It was multiplied by a hundred instead of dividing by a hundred.

– It is criticism that the error was not discovered in connection with either testing or controls, but only after the message about the incorrect prize amount had been sent to the players.

It is reassuring that the draw itself was carried out correctly, that the error was quickly corrected and that Norsk Tipping has implemented several measures to avoid similar errors in the future.

Norsk Tipping has three weeks to respond to the notice before the Norwegian Lottery Authority makes a decision.

The Norwegian Gambling Authority will have extensive supervision of Lotto, Eurojackpot and Vikinglotto

Serious errors have been discovered at Norsk Tipping recently. Therefore, the Norwegian Gambling Authority has announced a major inspection and full review of Lotto, Vikinglotto and Eurojackpot.

Norsk Tipping has too poor control over its games, and the cases show a fundamental problem in both the system and controls. These are serious errors, and they have not been discovered until the consequences are major.