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Norway’s Lottery Operator Probes Coding Fault After False Eurojackpot Alerts

Acting chief Vegar Strand has apologised to 47,000 players, pledging system reforms after a coding fault inflated prize notices.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (12392266c) Close-Up of Eurojackpot lottery betting tickets. Krakow, Poland on August 31, 2021. Eurojackpot Lottery Tickets, Krakow, Poland - 31 Aug 2021
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The logo of Norwegian lottery company Norsk Tipping sits next to the Eurojackpot logo on a smartphone display in Oslo, Norway.

Overview

  • Acting CEO Vegar Strand has initiated a joint internal and regulatory review to shore up currency conversion controls and prevent similar errors.
  • Between June 30 and July 1, Norsk Tipping sent text corrections to 47,000 Eurojackpot players who saw mistakenly inflated prize amounts.
  • The malfunction stemmed from manual code that multiplied euro-to-kroner conversions by 100 instead of dividing by 100.
  • Norsk Tipping confirmed that no incorrect payouts were made despite the erroneous notifications.
  • Former CEO Tonje Sagstuen resigned on June 29 and the Ministry of Culture has launched oversight measures to rebuild public trust in the state-owned operator.