Tag: Norway
Norway to Legalize Poker Tournaments
February 18, 2014
The Nordic Page – Solberg government’s declaration law allows poker championship tournaments on Norwegian soil. For years there has been a ban on organized poker games – but Norway’s new bourgeois government will make exceptions for championships, writes Vårt Land. Culture Minister Thorhild Widwey hopes they can have a regulatory framework in time, then a Norway championships in poker can be held in 2015. The proposed regulation includes new rules for type of tournaments, limits for prize money – as well as distribution of good. – We do not add up to a deregulation of gambling in Norway, but we…