Imagine waking up to a message saying you’ve just won over a million kroner. A new home?
That long-overdue holiday? Done. Now imagine finding out… it was all a mistake.
That’s exactly what happened to thousands of Norwegians.
State-owned gambling company Norsk Tipping sent out incorrect Eurojackpot winnings.
The culprit? A currency conversion blunder—multiplying by 100 instead of dividing. Ouch.
One woman mid-home renovation told NRK she was stunned to see she’d won 1.2 million kroner (about $119,000).
The actual amount? A tiny fraction of that.
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CEO Tonje Sagstuen, who took the fall and resigned just a day later, didn’t shy away from the fallout.
“I am terribly sorry that we have disappointed so many,” she said. “Criticism is justified.”
The error triggered an emergency meeting with Norway’s Ministry of Culture.
Minister Lubna Jaffery didn’t mince words: “Such mistakes should not happen.”
Though no incorrect payouts were made, the emotional rollercoaster has left a sour taste.
Norsk Tipping admitted this wasn’t their first stumble—technical issues and customer complaints have piled up in recent months.
Trust, once lost, is hard to win back—especially when people were already picking out tiles for their dream bathrooms.
