Norway to Liberalize Gaming Laws

A new government sets out to open up Norway’s restricted gambling market.

Key Takeaways

The new governing coalition in Norway plans to liberalize the gambling market and allow market access to foreign operators.
Currently there are two state monopolies, Norsk Tipping and Norsk Rikstoto.
November sees the launch of the first nationally regulated internet gambling from Norsk Tipping – A total of 64 online games are being offered.
A 2012 government report indicates the the new laws may follow a more free market approach than other European countries have adopted.

The new governing coalition in Norway, which takes power on October 14, has said that it plans to liberalize the Norwegian online gambling market and allow market access to foreign operators.

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Jocelyn Wood, Editor Joss is a graduate in English from the University of Birmingham and has a Master’s Degree in Organisational Development from the University of Manchester. His career path has taken him from the British Army, through business & finance to seven years as a successful professional poker player. His experience of the European Union, law, accounting, finance, regulation and online poker provide the basis for his insights in the PRO specialist categories of Industry and Law & Regulation. As CEO he steered his own company through full Financial Services Authority regulation, and was asked by Morgan Stanley to take their UK mortgage business through the same process. Although British, he lives in Arequipa, Peru, set high in the mountains and surrounded by volcanoes. He is married to a Peruvian and has three children.

Article published on October 09, 2013.

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