Thousands Norwegian were accidentally informed that they won huge sums in the draw Eurojackpotafter a mistake by the State Gaming Body, Norsk Tipping.
In a statement on Friday (27.06.2025), Norsk Tipping said that “Many thousands of customers were informed of incorrectly overly large profits. ” The mistake led to the resignation of the CEO of the company.
The company It receives the amounts of profits from Germany into euros, which are then converted into Norwegian crowns.
‘In this conversion There was a manual error in the code imported into our game system, “the company said. ‘The amount multiplied by 100, instead of being divided by 100».
As the Guardian writes, the inflated amounts appeared on Friday on the website and the mobile application for the company, but were later removed. Norsk Tipping confirmed that no wrong payments were made.
The error caused strong criticism from customers, regulators and the Minister of Culture of Norway. The company held an extraordinary meeting with the Ministry of Culture on Saturday to explain the incident.
On Sunday, CEO Tonje Sagstuen announced that she will resign from his position in September 2023. “As a manager, it was my responsibility to handle the mistakes that happened,” she said in a statement.
“Therefore, it is also extremely sad to leave Norsk Tipping and all the talented people working in Hamar. I will miss all those I worked with, but I am sure that all the improvement processes we have started are in good hands. “
Several Norwegians told Nrk that They had begun to celebrate before they discovered the mistake.
A pair in Herøy believed he had won 1.2 million crowns (about 105,000 euros) While he was renovating his home, while others were planning to buy cars or go on holiday before they realized that the messages were incorrect.
“It was a very fun minute,” said Lishendal, who thought she had won nearly 1.9 million crowns (about 166,000 euros).
The company said it would continue to investigate the incident.