Thousands of Norwegians mistakenly told they won millions in lottery

Thousands of lottery players in Norway were wrongly last week that they had earned more money than they had done.

Norwegian switchOn Friday, the state -owned company, said that the people who won the Eurojackpot were informed that they had won millions of incorrect amounts. It is not known exactly how many people have been affected, but no customer has been paid in poor prices, the company said in a press release.

The error arose from an error when the earnings in euros – which the company receives from Germany – were converted to Norwegian Kroner, and they were multiplied by 100 instead of divided by 100, said the company.

“I am terribly sorry to have disappointed so much, and I understand that people are angry with us,” said the CEO of Norsk Tipping, Tonje Sagstuen, in a translated statement. “I have received many messages from people who had managed to make plans for a vacation, to buy an apartment or to renovate before realizing that the amount was false. For them, I can only say: sorry! But I understand that it is a small consolation.”

Sagstuen announced on Saturday that it would resign after the error. She has been working in the company since 2014 and had been CEO since September 2023, said the company.

“As a manager, it is my responsibility to manage the errors that have occurred, and it was very rewarding to see how a tip of Norses United responded to the challenges and worked day and night to resolve them,” said Sagstuen in a translated statement. “This is why it is also incredibly sad to leave the tilting of Norsk and all the talented people who work at Hamar.”

Sagstuen should receive six months of dismissal by his employment contract, Norwegian TV2 diffuser reported. Since last year, his salary would have been 3,732,000 kroner, or $ 370,338, according to TV2, which quoted a regional newspaper.

In the announcement published on his website, Norsk Tipping said that he had experienced a number of technical problems in the past year and that he was investigating how error has occurred.