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October 15, 2019

Niji Narayan

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The efforts of Norway’s gambling regulator Lottsift have resulted in the declining of the number of gambling-related television ads in the country. Overseas gambling operators are now spending significantly less on advertising their gambling products to Norwegians through ads on local television channels.

Between August 2018 and July 2019, the number of gambling-related ads on Norwegian television dropped by a significant 13% year-on-year. There is also a 19% decline in the number of gambling adverts sponsored by overseas gambling operators on Norwegian TV.

Gunn Merete Paulsen, the Director of Norway’s gambling regulatory body, credits the decline to better enforcement efforts made by the gambling regulator.

Earlier in May, Norway introduced some stricter measures related to gambling payments. As a part of the new regulation, the government has announced that no payments can be made to illegal gambling operators and neither can one receive any payments from an unauthorised operator.

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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.