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Norway forces Apple to remove unlicensed gambling apps

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7 years ago

August 3, 2018

Niji Narayan

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In a tenacious initiative, the Norwegian Gaming Authority (NGA) raised its concern about unlicensed gambling app in the App Store of technology giant Apple and eventually succeeded to force the company to remove unlicensed gambling applications from its App Store.

The NGA started its move in May, when it wrote to Apple about the unlicensed apps and requesting the company to remove a host of apps from the App Store available to people in Norway. Apple promptly removed the apps in question.

According to the App Store guidelines, the store will not provide gambling apps to places where it is not licensed. In Norway, Norsk Tipping and Norsk Rikstoto are the only two licensed operators that can offer online gambling services.

Last month, the NGA reiterated its backing for new regulation to limit the impact of unregulated gambling after a spike in advertising from offshore operators. It claimed international operators spent some NOK866m (€91m/$105m) on television advertising in Norway last year as a way of getting around the country’s gambling monopoly.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.