Norway Market Report


Any organisation can apply for a licence to offer gambling activities although commercial gambling activities are only provided by Norsk Tipping and Norsk Rikstoto. Tere are however limited rights for private operators to apply for the authorisation to operate private lotteries, bingo, and poker games under certain conditions.


Ten at the end of last year the government


introduced DNS blocking of unlicensed gambling websites targeting the Norwegian market. A new section was added to the Gambling Act which will empower the gambling authority to issue the DNS blocking aimed at protecting players and limiting the number of unlicensed gambling websites.


FEE AND LICENCES


Te gaming authority operates under the Ministry of Culture and Equality and was set up in 2001. It supervises and regulates casinos gaming (slots and casino table games), poker, bingo, sports betting, and lotteries. Any organisation can apply for a licence to


offer gambling activities although commercial gambling activities are only provided by Norsk Tipping and Norsk Rikstoto. Tere are however limited rights for private operators to apply for the authorisation to operate private lotteries, bingo, and poker games under certain conditions. Te licensing structure differs depending on


the licence. Large gambling schemes are those with an annual turnover of between NOK200,000 and NOK100m; not more than 15 per cent of lottery turnover can be used on marketing whilst profits generally must be allocated to non-profit purposes. Tere are three licences – pre-drawn lotteries,


post-drawn lotteries and a combination of both – and in 2023 there were 74 active large lotteries and almost 3,000 small lotteries (turnover under


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NOK200,000). Bingo licences are for non-profit purposes and generally licences come with a cap on turnover of such bingo games at NOK700,000. Tere are around 216 bingo halls in Norway. Meanwhile there are certain public licences


for landbased poker championships with a limit on prizes (NOK2m) and maximum number of participants is 5,000. Application fees for licences range from


NOK1,250 to NOK20,300 with annual licensing fees applicable. Norsk Tipping and Norsk Rikstoto have the exclusive right to offer online gambling activities in Norway and Norsk Tipping provides various games such as blackjack, roulette, and other casino games. However, it is not illegal for Norwegians to gamble on foreign websites or for foreign operators to offer their gambling products in Norway. Te authority’s enforcement powers have re-


sulted in several large operators leaving the Nor- wegian market in 2023 with continued efforts towards foreign-based operators. For many years operators such as Unibet, Bet-


sson, and ComeOn have had a large market share in Norway but have withdrawn from the market due to campaigns by the gaming authority. Other companies like Trannel (Unibet) were


issued fines of almost NOK1.2m a day if they did not stop operating in Norway. Te BML Group (Betsson, Betsafe and Nordicbet) was issued similar fines. Te authority claims the results of this long-


term regulatory work have also resulted in a 50 per cent drop in the number of Norwegians with


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