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Norway’s gambling regulator, Lotteritilsynet, has issued a major new notification adding 178 domains to the growing list of websites under consideration for DNS blocking because they are believed to offer gambling aimed at the Norwegian market without permission.
The advance notice has been sent jointly to all Norwegian internet service providers (ISPs). It makes clear that no new blocking is in force yet. Instead, Lotteritilsynet states that it is considering ordering ISPs to DNS-block access to the listed sites for users in Norway and is now inviting comments from both ISPs and the gambling companies involved before any decision is made.
According to the notice, these domains would come in addition to websites that have already been ordered blocked in earlier decisions.
178 Domains in the Regulator’s Sights
The preliminary list covers a wide range of online casinos, betting brands and skin-gambling platforms, including both well-known international names and smaller niche sites.
The domains named in the notice are:
- 14Spinmama74.com
- 1Joker8
- 24bettle
- 25Liraspin43
- 500.casino
- 5Gringos3
- 7Signs1
- Abuking1
- Artcasino1
- Asino1
- Axecasino3
- Bandit.camp
- B-Bets
- Betalice
- Betalice3
- Betalright2
- Beteum3
- Bethall1
- Betify
- Betinia
- Betovo55667
- Betplays
- Betus
- Betway
- Big5Casino
- Billybets2
- BitStarz
- Bizzocasino
- Boomerang-Bet1
- Bountystars
- Burancasino
- Captainjackcasino
- Cashed2
- Casinado1
- Casinobet
- Casinoin
- Casinojoy
- Casinolo1
- Casinoly1
- Casinosieger
- Casinova3
- Casombie
- Cazeus
- Cazimbo
- Chancer
- Chicken
- Clash
- Coins.game
- Csgo500
- Csgobig
- Csgofast
- Csgogem
- Csgold
- Csgoluck
- Csgoroll
- Csgo-skins
- Csgostake
- Dazardbet-1875
- Dollycasino1
- Duelbits
- Duospin1
- Excitewin1
- Farmskins
- Fastpay-Casino
- Fezbet4
- Freeggbet
- G4Skins
- Goldenbet
- Grandclub3
- Greatwin1
- Greenluck2
- Gxmble
- Hash.game
- Hellcase
- Herospin1
- Hitnspin
- Howl
- Hugocasino
- Icecasino729
- Ivibet1
- Justbit
- Justcasino
- Justspin.
- Key-drop
- Kingmaker2
- Kodabet
- Legendplay1
- Lemon.casino
- Lootbox
- Luckywins
- Lunubet1
- Magius
- Malinacasino
- Midasluck1
- Mrpacho1
- N1Bet2
- Naobet1
- Nationalcasino
- Neon54
- Neonvegas
- Nitrocasino
- No.miki
- Novajackpot3
- Ohmyspins1
- Opcases
- Pistolo
- Playio10
- Playojo
- Playouwin2
- Playzilla2
- Plg.bet
- Polestarcasino6
- Powbet1
- Powerupcasino1
- Quickwin1.
- Rain
- Rapidcasino
- Rembrandtcasino
- Revolutioncasino1
- Robocat
- Rocketplay
- Rocketriches
- Rollero
- Rolletto
- Rollingslots
- Romibet1
- Roobet
- Rustclash
- Rustmagic
- Ruststake
- Rustyloot
- Rustypot
- Skin.club
- Skinbattle
- Skinrave
- Slingo
- Slotbox
- Slotexo1
- Slotlords
- Slotuna3
- Spinfest1
- Spinight-1265
- Spinrollz
- Spinsofglory1
- Spinsy5
- Sportaza10
- Sportsbet.
- Sportuna2
- Spybet2
- Starda.casino
- Talismania3
- Tf2Easy
- Thorcasino2
- Tigergaming
- Tikicasino3
- Trickz11
- Vauhdikas
- Vegasino6
- Vegasnow
- Verajohncasino
- Verdecasino
- Verdecasino12
- Verdecasino3
- Vinn
- Vinylcasino-0185
- Viperwin3
- Vulkanvegas
- Vulkanvegas9
- Wcasino-Online
- Wildrobin
- Wildsino3
- Winoui
- Winshark
- Wonaco3
- Xlbet
- Yabbycasino
- Zenbetting
- Zetcasino-4563
Lotteritilsynet notes that the final list may differ from this draft. If the regulator proceeds to a formal order, ISPs must rely on the domain list in that final decision, not on the advance notice.
“Gambling Aimed at the Norwegian Market Without Permission”
The notice is based on section 4 and section 32 a of the Gambling Act, which prohibit offering – or contributing to the offering of – gambling aimed at the Norwegian market without permission.
Lotteritilsynet explains that the sites in question:
- offer gambling where players stake money or items of economic value on random outcomes (casino games, odds betting, skin-based games, etc.), and
- do so without the required Norwegian licence.
Whether an offer is “aimed at the Norwegian market” depends on a concrete assessment. In this round of supervision, the regulator has put particular weight on factors such as:
- Norwegian-language versions of the site or login flows,
- availability of Norwegian krone (NOK) as a currency,
- Norwegian flags, Norway / +47 in registration fields,
- Norwegian customer support,
- marketing directed at Norwegian channels where known, and
- technical or payment solutions that appear designed to circumvent Norway’s payment mediation ban.
According to the notice, 123 of the 178 websites have Norwegian language, with many of these also offering NOK and Norwegian-language support. For several skin-gambling sites that integrate with Steam (including Csgoroll.com and 500.casino), Norwegian-language elements appear in the linked Steam environment even where the main gambling site itself is not in Norwegian, and Lotteritilsynet treats this combination as part of the overall offer aimed at Norwegian players.
Recent Checks and Previous Test-Play Experience
Lotteritilsynet states that it has examined all of the listed sites based on content retrieved in its most recent checks, conducted from 4 July 2025 up to the date of the notice. Only websites that themselves allow consumers to participate directly in gambling are included; pure marketing or affiliate sites fall outside the current action.
The regulator also refers to experience from previous test play, where consumers have, in some cases, unknowingly had payments routed via third parties or had accounts opened abroad in their name, in order to avoid Norwegian banks stopping transactions. Drawing on that experience, Lotteritilsynet warns that players risk:
- payment flows passing through opaque intermediaries,
- foreign accounts being created in their name without full transparency, and
- potential exposure to money laundering or other financial crime risks.
Contact With Operators: A Chance to Avoid Blocking
Before any DNS-blocking order can be issued, the Gambling Act and its preparatory works require Lotteritilsynet to attempt to contact the gambling providers behind the sites.
In this case, the regulator has sent a common letter, with the advance notice attached, to all companies linked to the domains on the list. The letters are being sent both by post (for 166 of the 178 websites) and by email (for 165 of them), where contact details are available. All websites on the list have at least one contact point.
The letter informs operators that:
- their website is covered by the notice,
- Lotteritilsynet considers the offering to be in breach of the Gambling Act, and
- they may submit comments and seek access to the case file.
The regulator underlines that operators who adjust their activities to comply with the Gambling Act will not be included in any final blocking decision. Lotteritilsynet also signals it may consider less intrusive measures where there are concrete reasons to believe that a company will remedy the breach within a short time.
The deadline for written responses from both ISPs and gambling companies is 16 December 2025.
DNS Blocking as a Proportionate Measure
Under section 32 a, Lotteritilsynet can only order DNS blocking where the benefits of limiting illegal gambling outweigh the disadvantages for ISPs, gambling companies, players and the public’s freedom of information.
The notice walks through this proportionality assessment:
- For internet providers, Lotteritilsynet notes that many already have systems and routines for DNS blocking under other laws (such as copyright rules). Previous structural adjustments are described as one-off changes, and the regulator says that implementing further blocks at the expected frequency should not be particularly resource-intensive.
- For gambling providers, the services in question are characterised as commercial expressions, which the ministry considers less protected than core political or societal speech. The websites on the list are described as containing only – or essentially – gambling content and information needed to use those services. Any legal content, such as sports information, could theoretically be placed on a separate, unblocked domain.
- For players and the general public, the regulator acknowledges that blocking limits access to information about these gambling offers. However, it notes that:
- only sites offering gambling aimed at Norway are affected,
- operators remain free to run sites that are genuinely not directed at the Norwegian market, and
- players can still obtain general information about gambling from other sources.
The landing page that users see when a blocked domain is accessed is also framed as an informational tool: it alerts players that the site contains gambling illegal in Norway, that banks may block related transactions, and that players risk financial and legal exposure when engaging with such operators.
Lotteritilsynet points out that enforcement against foreign-based gambling companies has long been challenging. In that context, DNS blocking is presented as one of the few effective tools available. While it concedes that blocking can be technically circumvented, the notice states that experience from Norway and Denmark shows that DNS blocking has a noticeable effect, even if it does not completely eliminate access.
What ISPs Must Do — But Not Yet
The notice is clear that ISPs must not block these domains now. At this stage, the document serves only as an advance warning and a basis for comment.
If Lotteritilsynet eventually issues a binding order, that decision will:
- specify the final list of domains to be blocked,
- set a start date at least one week after the decision, and
- require that users attempting to access those sites be redirected to a standardised landing page.
That landing page must:
- be operated by the ISP,
- use identical wording across all providers,
- contain no active links and no cookies, and
- present “lottstift.no” only as plain text, not as a clickable URL.
If an incorrect domain name were to be blocked because of an error in the order, the regulator accepts responsibility for that mistake.
Next Steps: Comments, Compliance – or Blocking
For now, the 178 domains listed remain online and reachable from Norway. They are, however, now formally on notice.
ISPs, as parties to the case, may review documents and submit written, reasoned comments by 16 December 2025. Gambling companies behind the domains have the same rights of access and the same deadline.
After the consultation period, Lotteritilsynet will reassess:
- which sites still appear to offer gambling aimed at Norway without permission,
- which, if any, have adjusted their operations, and
- whether DNS blocking remains a necessary and proportionate response for each domain.
Only then will the regulator decide whether to issue an order, and for which domains. For operators, the message is clear but conditional: those who genuinely bring their services into line with Norwegian law can avoid being included in any DNS-blocking decision.
