The Norwegian Gambling Authority regulate and supervises sports betting, casino games, number games and horse betting offered by Norsk Tipping AS and Norsk Rikstoto and is responsible for awarding the licence to run the National Poker Championship.
Our gambling regulation are transparent, accountable, proportionate- and consistent. We use a risk-based approach and focus our resources on those issues and gambling activities that potentially pose the greatest risk.
We conduct assessments to ensure that gambling operators comply with our rules and regulations.
We combat illegal gambling activities and act where we find operators and individuals failing to comply with our rules and regulations.
Where we find non-compliance, we will notify the relevant parties and, where necessary, use our regulatory powers to take action against gambling operators and others involved in offering or marketing gambling.
Please note that we do not give legal advice to help develop business models or ideas. However, we do provide general information and advice about the regulations and our approach.
Online casino and sports betting
According to Norwegian gambling regulations, the only company that can legally offer online casino games and betting is Norsk Tipping AS. Norway faces challenges regarding the cross-border marketing by illegal online gambling operators. In 2010, we effectively implemented payment-blocking to stop money transfers between foreign gambling operators and individuals in Norway. In 2021, a ban on the distribution of TV-adverts broadcast from abroad came into force.
Poker
Poker is generally not permitted, but since 2014, an annual National Poker Championship has been allowed.
Since 2015, low stakes poker played in private homes between friends has been permitted. Pursuant to the amended regulations, it is legal to play poker in private homes with a maximum of 20 players, if the total stake per player does not exceed NOK 1000, provided that the poker game is not of an organised or professional nature.