Norwegian Lottery Blunder Dashes Hopes for 47,000 Players

Lottery company sent inaccurate notifications of massive winnings to ‘thousands’ in Norway

An error at Norway’s state-owned Norsk Tipping caused some people in the Scandinavian country to believe they had scored bigger lottery prizes.

Norwegian lottery blunder dashes hopes for 47,000 players

A Norwegian lottery company has apologised to 47,000 crestfallen gamblers who were mistakenly told they had won huge sums in a lottery, the firm blaming a...

Thousands In Norway Mistakenly Told They Won Big On Lottery

A Norwegian lottery company apologised to 47,000 crestfallen gamblers who were mistakenly told they had won huge sums in a lottery, the firm blaming a currency conversion error.

Thousands in Norway Mistakenly Told of Lottery Winnings

A state-owned gambling company apologized after telling players they had won “erroneously high prizes.” It blamed the error on a faulty currency conversion.

Welsh dad was going to cancel lottery ticket but forgot - then he received a phone call

He, his wife and his children are in disbelief at what happened next

Thousands of Norwegians mistakenly told they won millions in lottery

Lottery winners in Norway were mistakenly told last week that they had won more money than they actually did, Norsk Tipping said.