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Norsk Tipping, The Norwegian National Lottery, offers a wide range of lotto, sports and instant games in the Norwegian market. The products are sold through a nationwide network of 4000 on-line retailers, with a total turnover in 2000 of NOK 8,3 billion ($950 million).
Norsk Tipping is owned by the Norwegian government and was founded in 1948 to fund Norwegian sports facilities and scientific research. Today the company also raises money for culture causes.
In 2001 Norsk Tipping will start to offer its products on the Internet.

Norwegian National Lottery Eyes Entertainment Industry for Expanding Slot Machine Footprint
HAMAR, Norway (July 19, 2010) – Norsk Tipping, the Norwegian National Lottery, Chairman Lars Sponheim believes service establishments are an excellent spot for gaming [slot] machines..........Subscribers

Norsk Tipping Revenue Increases
HAMAR, Norway (July 8, 2010) - During the first half of the year, Norwegians spent over 5.6 billion dollars on traditional games to the Norwegian National Lottery. That is nearly 300 million more than the same period last year. The increase is due to the great interest around the Viking Lotto prize where totals were 80 to 110 million kroner.........Subscribers

Norsk Tipping Community Panel Schedules First Meeting
HAMAR, Norway (June 24, 2010) – What do Børge Brende, Dag Kaas, Lill -Tove Bergmo and Tove Paule have in common,  they all sit on the Norsk Tipping society panel - along with ten (10) other socially committed people..........Subscribers

Norway's Newest Gambling Laws
OSLO, Norway (June 3, 2010) -- As of June 1, the new Norwegian gambling laws are in full effect, restricting payment methods for Norway’s online players at foreign-operated casinos..................Subscribers

Regulations Prohibiting Card Processing for Payment of Games
HAMAR, Norway (May 31, 2010) - Tuesday June 1, 2010 enters the prohibition against payment of gambling games that do not have a Norwegian license in force...................Subscribers

Norsk Tipping (Norway) Issues RFQ for Game Providers to Their IVT Platform
Hamar, Norway (May 11, 2010) -- The Norwegian State Lottery, Norsk Tipping, has issued an RFQ, in which they are seeking three game development partners to provide games over the next 3-4 years on their open content IVT platform MULTIX. Since 2008, Norsk Tipping has a nationwide monopoly on gaming machines, currently running 2,000 IVTs in 1000 venues throughout the country, with a regulatory maximum of 10.000 machines........................Subscribers

Lottery Seeks Approval for Slot Machines in Stores
HAMAR, Norway (May 7, 2010) - In 2003 Norsk Tipping, the Norwegian National Lottery was granted a license to deploy 10,000 slot machines. However, today, the goal is to roll out 4,000 machines, and half are in place...............Subscribers

Record Transfers from Norsk Tipping
HAMAR, Norway (May 4, 2010) -- Norsk Tipping is currently distributing a record contribution to worthy social causes in 2010. This is due to a new record turnover for the second consecutive year...................Subscribers

New Viking Lotto Ball Drawing Machine
HAMAR, Norway (April 28, 2010) -  Have you wanted better figures in Viking Lotto? Now they are here! Wednesday was the premiere of the new drawing machine Viking Lotto. The French produced the machine and it is chock full of advanced technology.........................Subscribers

Norsk Tipping is Turpartner for the Norwegian Mountain Touring
Norwegian Lottery Has Signed a Three-Year Agreement with The Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT). The collaboration will develop including DNT national turdager: "Come out" day, which aims to get more people to get out in nature.
HAMAR, Norway (April 28, 2010) -- We are pleased that Norsk Tipping, the Norwegian National Lottery, will help in getting people out of the chair. “Walking for most people is an important step to utilize the funds to play for the whole population and mobilize all the people to increase physical activity in nature,".............Subscribers

Lotto Fever Produces Good Quarterly Figures
Large Jackpots produced by Viking Lotto have lifted the quarterly results for the Norwegian National Lottery
This major support for our games combined with the savings in the operation divisions gives a very good start to the year, says CEO. Torbjorn Almlid
HAMAR, Norway (April 22, 2010) - “Consumer interest in large jackpots has been common and resulted in success for channelling the desire to play against our games” says CEO. Torbjorn Almlid...........Subscribers

New Deputy Director of Strategy / Legal / Real estate Appointed to Norsk Tipping
HAMAR, Norway (April 16, 2010) - The Director position replaces the former position as vice president Tollef Imsdalen went out earlier this year. The company no longer has the post of Deputy Managing Director. Siv Elisabeth Hveberg holds a law degree from the University of Oslo...........Subscribers

Government Asks Banks to Create Loophole for Norwegian Gaming Companies
Reports that on Friday the government adopted a new regulation to ensure that Norwegian banks can not operate the payment to foreign online gaming sites. It means that Norwegians can not use their bankcards on sites like Betsson and Unibet. The regulation also means Norwegians can not pay by card when they visit a casino abroad........................Subscribers

Deloitte to Audit Norsk Tipping
HAMAR, Norway (February 25, 2010) - Deloitte has been commissioned to conduct an external independent review of Norsk Tipping. The reason for the investigation is the extended audit by the Auditor General of the company for the years 2000 - 2007. Investigation work will start immediately and is scheduled to end before the summer..........................Subscribers

It is Important that the Norsk Tipping Continues to Develop Exciting Game Prospects says Culture Minister Anniken Huitfeldt
HAMAR, Norway (February 6,  2010) - New games will ensure that the Norwegians play like channeled to velregulerte game offers, rather than to uncontrolled gambling offered from abroad through the internet. In time to come we Norwegians increasingly see that the Norsk Tipping will adapt its offer further to the new electronic media to ensure that the games are available in the channels players want to use. .........................Subscribers

Norsk Tipping Urge to Play Wit
HAMAR, Norway (February 2, 2010) - Norsk Tipping has launched a simple web-based self-test to detect risky gambling habits at an early stage......................Subscribers

Record Turnover for Norsk Tipping – Official Press Release
HAMAR, Norway (January 22, 2010) -- “2009 was a record year for Norsk Tipping.  – Our task is to offer the Norwegian populace responsible and attractive games that create profits to be used for deserving social causes. Our turnover is an indicator of our success in achieving this objective.” - Managing Director Torbjørn Almlid.......................Subscribers

Record Turnover For Norsk Tipping
HAMAR, Norway (January 22, 2010) - Norwegian pools: 2009 was a record year for the Norwegian Tipping. “Our mission is to provide the Norwegian people for responsible and attractive games offering that creates a profit for socially beneficial purposes. Revenues ours is an indication of how well we succeed in this mission,” says CEO. Torbjørn Almlid....................Subscribers

Flax Instant Lottery Frost Commercial
HAMAR, Norway (January 14, 2010) - Norwegian Lottery (Norsk Tipping) flax has a new commercial for its Scratch Ticket Game ‘Frost.’ One of Norway’s leading Advertising Agency TRY, from Oslo, Norway put together this quirky feel good commercial....................Subscribers

Norsk Tipping Investigating the Internal Conditions for the Period 2000-2007
Norsk Tipping gransker interne forhold for perioden 2000-2007
HAMAR, Norway (January 12, 2010) - Norsk Tipping initiate an independent investigation on the basis of the Auditor General expanded audit of the company in the years 2000 - 2007. Two new factors of this revision is presented for Cultural Affairs and the Norwegian Tipping........................Subscribers

Lars Sponheim New Chairman of Norsk Tipping AS
HAMAR, Norway (November 24, 2009) - Anniken Huitfeldt has appointed Lars Sponheim the new chairman of the Norwegian Tipping AS......................Subscribers

Norwegian Tipping Announce Sale of Keno Recommenced Wednesday
HAMAR, Norway (November 11, 2009) - Wednesday morning saw the re-commencement of the sale of KENO again for Norsk Tipping. The error (See Tuesday’s Edition of Lottery Insider) is corrected, and all the exposed draws for Keno are now conducted again, says Torbjørn Almlid, CEO of Norsk Tipping. ...............Subscribers

Keno Sales Likely to Resume From Tuesday
HAMAR, Norway (November 6, 2009) - Sales and Giveaways should return to a common thread again from Tuesday, after Norwegian Tipping stopped the sale of Keno due to data problems. All other games were reported to be running normally.....................Subscribers

Norsk Tipping Trials Self Diagnosis Kit For Players
HAMAR, Norway (October 5, 2009) - Norwegian Tipping today introduced a simple web-based self-test to detect risky gambling habits at an early stage. "Some of the best one can do to prevent problem gambling is to give the players a tool to be aware of their gambling. We encourage the playing sense, and therefore it is important to give advice on what they can do and how they can address if they are in the process of developing, or already have a gambling problem,"said Torbjorn Almlid, MD. in Norwegian Tipping.......................Subscribers

Settlement Between Norsk Tipping and Reidar Nordby Jr.
NORWAY (August 14, 2009) -- Today, an in-court-settlement has been reached in the Appellate Court between former managing director of Norsk Tipping, Reidar Nordby Jr., and Norsk Tipping regarding the lawsuit brought against Norsk Tipping by Reidar Nordby Jr. in the summer of 2008........................Subscribers

Board and Management of Norsk Tipping Meet on Amendments in Auditor General Report
HAMAR, Norway (June 16, 2009) -  Norsk Tipping’s Board met to discuss the conditions mentioned in the Auditor General's report on Norsk Tipping in the years 2000 - 2007. Several of the conditions mentioned in the Auditor General's report are viewed as an opportunity for improvement................Subscribers

Norsk Tipping Introduces 18-Year Age Limit, Behavioural Tools And Stake Limits
HAMAR, Norway (May 22, 2009) -- Norsk Tipping is now introducing and 18-year age limit on all games and new behavioural tools in order to combat the negative aspects of gaming and gambling. “Our objective is to be world leader in responsible gaming,” says CEO Torbjørn Almlid of Norsk Tipping.....................Subscribers

Norsk Tipping Introduces Stricter Limits
NORWAY (May 23, 2009) - Norsk Tipping, Norway’s leading games company, is introducing stricter regulations, including an 18-year age limit on all of its games, as well as a limit on the stake you are allowed......................Subscribers

Record Contribution From Norsk Tipping
HAMAR, Norway (April 22, 2009) -- Norsk Tipping will set a new record in contributions to worthy social causes in 2009. This is thanks to a new record in turnover for the second year running.....................Subscribers

ACE Interactive Receives Order For 1,000 Additional Gaming Terminals From Norsk Tipping
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (March 9, 2009) – Aristocrat Leisure Limited announced that its fully owned subsidiary ACE Interactive has received an order for 1,000 Indago™ interactive Video Terminals (iVT) from Norsk Tipping, the Norwegian National Lottery. These terminals will be installed as part of an anticipated network of over 6,500 terminals throughout Norway..................Subscribers

Norsk Tipping Lodge Patent for Method and System for Administering Betting Games..................Subscribers

ACE Interactive Receives Order For 1,000 Additional Gaming Terminals From Norsk Tipping
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (January 6, 2009) – Aristocrat Leisure Limited announced that its fully owned subsidiary Ace Interactive has received an order for 1,000 Indago™ interactive Video Terminals (iVT’s) from Norsk Tipping, the Norwegian National Lottery. These terminals will be installed as part of an anticipated network of over 6,500 terminals throughout Norway...............Subscribers