The Norwegian lottery authority slaps the lottery operator with a fine of $ 4.5 million after exhibiting a flaw -

Norwegian Lottery Authority has discovered an error from the lottery operator affecting millions of players over several years.

In the additional Eurojackpot draw and the Lotto Super of Norsk Tipping lotteries prints, the Norwegian Lottery Authority exhibited a defect that meant players in cooperatives, game clubs and other groups have a better chance of winning than those who play alone. The problem comes down to an error in the base of the drawing.

This led the Norwegian Lottery Authority to issue a fine of 46 million Kroner ($ 4.5 million). This payment represents 0.45% of the annual turnover of Norsk Tipping.

How was the lottery operator’s error exposed

Atle Hamar, director of the Lottery and Foundations Authority, said the error affected millions of players over several years. In 2024 alone, around 1.5 million customers played Eurojackpot and just under two million played lotto.

The operator Norsk Tipping first realized that there could be errors in the Eurojackpot drawing system in November 2024, but did not study more. Another advice on the problem occurred on January 24, 2025, after which he investigated after two other prints.

“This is negligent and the threshold to investigate possible errors has been too high,” the Norwegian Lottery Authority wrote in its report. The same situation has again reappeared with the Lotto Super Draw, with the tilting of Norsk having obtained information on the problems several weeks before investigating.

This is the third fine for a violation of the law that Norsk’s tilting received in less than a year, a case, even leading to the resignation of the CEO. Several other serious errors have also been discovered and are currently assessed by the Norwegian Gambling Authority.

Norsk’s tilting has poor control over his games, and we have seen several examples of errors that were not discovered as long as the consequences are not important, “said Hamar.” Therefore, we want to have a clear and in -depth supervision of Lotto, Eurojackpot and Vikingotto, which are the biggest lottery games. “”

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