NORWEGIAN ONLINE GAMING ESTIMATED AT FIVE BILLION KRONER

Written On  4.29.11 By Recentpoker.com staff writer Emily Apontif :

And 300 000 Norwegians are playing online poker
 
Norwegian Media are speculating this week that the recent Norwegian Governments UIGEA-style ban on financial transactions with online gambling companies may have been a mistake.
 
The speculation is rooted in a report from the Norwegian Gaming and Foundation Authority (Lotteritilsynet) that estimates online gaming turnover in 2010 from foreign and Norwegian websites to be in the region of five billion kroner of which 50 percent was online poker.
 
The report goes on to estimate that 300 000 Norwegians flout the law by playing online poker with the most popular sites being Unibet, PokerStars and Betsson.