An error of conversion of euro cents to Norwegian crowns led thousands of Norwegian to believe they were millionaires. The next day, when they were already making plans to reorganize their lives, they found not.
Last Friday, Thousands of Norwegians received a notification that indicated that they had become millionaire.
The gamblers were notified by the state lottery Norwegian tipping that millionaire prizes had won in European Eurojackpot.
But the next day, the approximately 30,000 “deluded” found that, After all, not. There had been one technical error.
Norsk Tipping receives the amount of Germany prizes in euros and then converts them into Norwegian crowns. An error in the conversion of euro cents For Norwegian crowns made the amounts of the awards “excessively high.”
The amount was multiplied by 100, instead of being divided by 100.
According to the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang, shortly thereafter, Norsk Tipping corrected communicated values when people were already ecstatic and make great plans for their lives.
O awards value was actually much inferior.
Marianne Midtlyngone of the aputtors who received the message with the mistake, told Verdens Gang that it was initially notified of a 980,000 Norwegian crowns (almost 83.000 euros). A few minutes later, it received a new notification with the corrected value: two 97 Norwegian crowns each (about 8 euros).
Although no amount has been transferred, Norsk Tipping’s executive director Tonje Sagstuen apologized and resigned immediately.
“I received many messages from people who managed to make holiday plans, buy an apartment or redecorate before they realized that the amount was wrong,” said Sagstuen, who had been holding the position since September 2023 and worked at Norsk Tipping since 2014.
“I am very sorry to have disappointed so many people And I understand that people are angry with us … The criticism is justified given the breach of confidence, ”he said.
The company has admitted to having faced other technical problems in recent years.
