Norsk Tipping AS

Football pools were the only game when the Norsk Tipping AS was founded in 1948. At that time, the organisation was run as a limited company with the Norwegian State holding 40%, the Norwegian Sports Federation 40%, and the Norwegian Football Association 20%. The profit was at first shared between sports and research projects. Today the company also raises money for cultural causes, and the surplus is divided 50/50 between sports and culture.

In 1993, the Norwegian State took full ownership of the company.

Norsk Tipping’s website was established in 1999 with results service and daily updates of the information for players. In 2001, after the webpage was tested, Norsk Tipping started to offer its products on the Internet.

In November 2005, Norsk Tipping started to provide most of the games via mobile phones.

The company operates the games of chance, Lotto, Viking Lotto, Keno and Joker; the games of skill Tipping and Oddsen, and the scratch card game, Flax. In addition, the company operates the TV game, Extra, on behalf of the Norwegian Foundation for Health and Rehabilitation. Norsk Tipping games are also available to play on smartphones and on their website. All games from Norsk Tipping except Flax requires the player to be registered and have a playcard.

Lotto

Lotto is a money game established in 1986 and modeled after similar games in other countries. The drawing of numbers is done every week live on NRK. In 2004, Norwegians played Lotto for 3,5 billion Norwegian kroner, making it the largest game in the country.

In the pot are 34 numbers, and of these seven are drawn as main series numbers, while one additional number is drawn for determining the second prize. Prizes are awarded for (in descending value)

7 correct numbers