Online Gambling in Norway

Norsk Tipping

Norsk Tipping is currently the only entity allowed to offer gambling on sports betting and casinos in Norway. They do also offer lottery games, scratchcards and keno.

Given the strict focus on reducing harm caused by gambling addiction , they have put in place several measures to mitigate the risk of becoming addicted:

• reduced opening hours for sports betting (07:00 - 03:00) and other casino games (07:00 - 01:00)
• clearly visible and recurring mentions of “spillvett”
• limits in place for how much you can gamble per day and month

The profit generated by Norsk Tipping is paid out to various teams and foundations in Norway so as to give back to the grassroots and altruistic purposes. Om Lotteri- og Stiftelsestilsynet

Poker in Norway

Online poker has always been illegal in Norway. It is not illegal to play poker online, but no gambling companies have permission to offer or advertise for online poker in Norway. https://brukerstotte.lottstift.no/hc/no/articles/360011596279-Er-det-lov-%C3%A5-spille-poker-p%C3%A5-nett-

In 2014 the gambling authorities opened up to allow one annual National Poker Championship. Gambling in Norway - lottstift EN This tournament is held every year at Thon Congress Gardermoen by Gynkreftforeningen and Blodkreftforening, in cooperation with Adlers Gate AS.

Since 2015, live poker games in private homes have been legal. If the game is played in a private home. The number of participants does not exceed 20 players, and the highest total bet amount each gathering, for each player is 1000 NOK.

History

In 2022 the ministry of culture and equality introduced ‘pengespilloven’. Lov om pengespill (pengespilloven) - Lovdata This codifies more clearly what had already been the rules of gambling in Norway.

This laws main purpose is to:

• prevent and reduce harm caused by gambling addiction
• ensure gambling is done in safe and fair ways
• make sure profits from gambling goes to non-commercial purposes

The Norwegian government is incredible fierce in it’s pursuit to block foreign actors from opening their services to Norwegian customers.

On 1 January 2021 a new ruling was introduced by the Norwegian Media Authority where they forced all Norwegian TV distributors to seize showing advertisement for gambling sites that did not have a license to operate in Norway. Utenlandsk pengespill-reklame borte fra norske TV-skjermer | Medietilsynet

This saw immediate results in terms of ad spending when it came into effect August 2022. The amount of ads shown between August and December 2022 was lower than the whole of June 2022.

As of 1 January 2024, offshore gambling sites will be DNS-blocked for Norwegian customers. I over ti år er det blitt snakket om. Nå skal pengespill-sider rettet mot Norge blokkeres. – E24 The labour party in Norway put forth a bill to introduce this in early 2023 and got majority vote. This has not come without it’s critique and gambling sites like Betsson are considering challenging this rule through the EEA agreement in the European Union.

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Written by: lolTRICKEDu Updated: Mar 15, 2024