Norsk Tipping has brought a long-running dispute with a large group of disgruntled customers to an end, but an even more long-running political scrutiny of its operations won’t be going anywhere.

Norway’s state-owned gambling and lottery company has reportedly reached a settlement with a group of just under 17,000 customers, according to local media outlet VG. The dispute relates to errors which occurred in the Eurojackpot and Super Draw engines.

An April 2025 error saw 16,968 customers accidentally omitted from the draw, making the 52 winners invalid. The error was harshly criticised by Lottstift, the Norwegian gambling regulator, and led to legal action taken by the group of customers.

The consumers were represented by SANDS, a prominent Norwegian law firm, and 24 August 2026 was the date which the initial hearing was scheduled for. However, after reaching an agreement with the consumers, this will no longer take place.

To appease the consumers, Norsk Tipping will include all 16,968 in an exclusive, free-to-enter prize draw. The draw will have a total prize fund of NOK 3m (£234,000).

Norsk Tipping can’t escape controversy

The settlement brings an end to a long-running saga for Norsk TIpping, one that has seriously impacted its reputation as the operator of lotteries, gambling and sports betting in Norway.

The other state-owned operator in the country is Norsk Rikstoto, which runs betting on horse racing and other equestrian sports.

With nearby Finland moving on from its own gambling monopoly system from July next year, and Austria poised to do the same with legislation under review by the European Commission (EC), Norway is set to become one of Europe’s last gambling monopolies.

Some Norwegian policymakers are now examining whether or not to do the same. Others have been calling for a reshaping of the country’s gambling legal framework and monopoly system for some time.

“With a licensing model, we will bring home more – not less – money from abroad than we do today,” wrote SIlje Hjemdal, an MP from the right-wing Progress Party in a recent op-ed, echoing an anti-monopoly argument made over the past 20+ years.

Norsk Tipping has also had a rocky road to travel down in 2025 and 2026:

• The April Super Draw error led to a NOK 25m fine issued by Lottstift in September 2025.
• A June 2025 technical error during a Eurojackpot draw resulted in the firm being fined NOK 10m.
• In December 2025, it was fined NOK 1m and told to sort out its anti-money laundering procedures after a Lottstift audit.
• In May 2026, it was told to improve the customer checks on its KongKasino platform after a surge in customers between 2020-2025. 

While there is no solid legislative push to overhaul the Norsk Tipping monopoly yet, penalties incurred from technical errors aren’t exactly a good boost to the confidence in Norway’s system.