Lotteritilsynet’s list identifies the gambling websites Norwegian providers must block. It contained 238 names on 14 November 2026. Our checks that day found gambling-block evidence for two listed names on sampled lines in all six home and mobile groups below. The samples were small, and one Telia home result had insufficient evidence.
Sources: Lotteritilsynet · linkspect checks, 14 November 2026; counts and limits.
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Enter your own URL to compare Telenor, Telia and Altibox home connections and Telenor, Telia and Ice mobile connections. Search the official list separately.
What is Lotteritilsynet’s list, and who decides?
Lotteritilsynet, Norway’s gambling regulator, decides which websites must be blocked. The power took effect on 1 January 2025 and covers gambling aimed at Norway without Norwegian permission. Norwegian language, currency and marketing are among the factors it considers.
Source: Lotteritilsynet, checked 14 November 2026.
The regulator contacts gambling operators and assesses proportionality. Its joint order of 19 February 2026 gave national internet-access providers until 26 February to block and confirm implementation. Advertising-only sites cannot be blocked under this power.
Source: Lotteritilsynet, order of 19 February 2026, sections 1 and 4.
Where can you download and search the list?
Follow the CSV link on the regulator’s blocking page. The file linked on 14 November 2026 has one column, Nettsted, and 238 data rows. Keep a dated copy and revisit the regulator’s page for updates.
Source: Lotteritilsynet CSV, downloaded and counted 14 November 2026.
Compare hostnames without regard to letter case, preserving prefixes such as www.. Record exact matches and parent-name matches separately: a parent match does not establish what happens to your hostname.
Are the additional 62 sites already ordered blocked?
As checked on 14 November 2026, the regulator still described the additional 62 as a notice. The notice dated 17 September explicitly tells providers not to block on its basis alone. It invited comments before a final decision, whose list could differ. Do not add those 62 to the current blocked-list count.
Sources: Lotteritilsynet, notice of 17 September 2026, sections 1 and 2 · current blocking page.
On 13 November the culture minister said she would ask Lotteritilsynet to evaluate the rules and consider changes after that evaluation. The answer announced no specific new blocking rule.
What did each Norwegian provider block?
Our checks on 14 November 2026 tested one listed bare domain and one listed subdomain. Both appeared in February’s list and still existed in public DNS before testing. Each cell counts lines with the specified evidence out of the lines included for that group.
| Provider and connection | Listed bare domain | Listed subdomain | Evidence counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telenor, home | 3 of 3 lines | 3 of 3 lines | Validated operator-DNS answer pointing to its gambling block page |
| Telenor, mobile | 4 of 4 lines | 3 of 3 lines | Operator’s gambling-page certificate |
| Telia, home | 2 of 4 lines; insufficient | 3 of 3 lines | Operator’s gambling-page certificate |
| Telia, mobile | 3 of 3 lines | 4 of 5 lines | Operator’s gambling-page certificate |
| Altibox, home | 6 of 6 lines | 5 of 6 lines | Validated operator-DNS answer pointing to its gambling block page |
| Ice, mobile | 3 of 3 lines | 3 of 3 lines | Validated operator-DNS answer pointing to Altibox’s gambling block page |
Telia home’s bare-domain sample was below our minimum for a firm block result. One Telia mobile line timed out; one Altibox subdomain DNS check was unverified. Neither counts as block evidence here. Three Altibox lines per name changed connection during loading: only their earlier validated DNS answers count. Ice was tested on its own lines.
Source: linkspect HTTPS checks, 14 November 2026: bare domain chk_01M7D5WG8P0QWRS0TY6C4QW3J6; listed subdomain chk_01M7D5WM2PKRXH9B8P4CA7X3EM.
Does a listing cover www. and other names under the domain?
Our comparison tested only exact listed names. We did not measure unlisted www. versions, other subdomains or the listed subdomain’s parent at any provider. The CSV alone establishes none of those outcomes; we cannot call every provider’s implementation “exact-name only” or say that it blocks all descendants.
Will visitors see a block page or a certificate error?
In Norway’s gambling scheme, DNS blocking changes the address returned when a visitor looks up a name. The intended destination is the provider’s notice page, headed “Nettstedet er blokkert” (“The website is blocked”). Lotteritilsynet warns that some visitors instead see a message that the connection is not private or that the page does not exist.
Source: Lotteritilsynet’s explanation of the notice, checked 14 November 2026.
Since 8 September 2026, regulation § 99a has required the notice to give contact details for Lotteritilsynet and Hjelpelinjen, the gambling helpline. It must have no active links or cookies. These are requirements for the notice; they do not prove that every visitor successfully reaches it.
Source: Gambling regulation amendment of 8 September 2026, § 99a.
Our HTTPS checks saw Telenor’s gambling-page certificate on 2 of 3 home lines for each name; mobile and Telia certificate counts are in the table. Altibox and Ice had test-connection timeouts, which alone do not establish a block. The listed subdomain also had an unrelated certificate fault at its own server.
Separate fetches of block-page addresses identified Telenor’s notice and Altibox’s HTTP 451 gambling page. They do not establish the result of a plain-HTTP visit to the listed names: those visits were not measured. Telia’s notice was not fetched.
Source: the two linkspect checks above; plain-HTTP attempts chk_01M7D64AD3DP5KYGEQTSWQ8PMF and chk_01M7D64CX66E7WWNSRA72EQAPV, 14 November 2026.
Can an affiliate’s tracker or landing page be affected?
A tracker or landing page on the exact blocked hostname depends on the same DNS lookup as other paths there. A different subdomain could be affected if the provider extends a parent’s block, but our samples do not establish that behavior. For a campaign review, record each hostname, compare it and its parents with the list, then test your own URLs.
Technical inference: RFC 3986, host and path components, sections 3.2.2 and 3.3 · Lotteritilsynet’s DNS-blocking FAQ. See also the guide for gambling operators.
What should you do about a wrong listing?
Contact Lotteritilsynet at postmottak@lottstift.no. It is responsible for errors in the domain names it orders blocked. If the grounds no longer apply, the owner can request revocation. The regulator then decides removal and gives providers a deadline to restore access. A party or someone with a legal interest in appealing, including an affected gambling operator, can appeal to Lotterinemnda through Lotteritilsynet. The February order gives three weeks from receipt; an appeal does not itself suspend the block.
Source: Lotteritilsynet, order of 19 February 2026, sections 3, 5 and 6.
Include the exact name, decision reference and evidence for correction or removal. After the removal deadline, report continuing blocks to the provider with the removal decision and dated home or mobile results.
How should you read your Norway check?
Use the form above for your own URL. Keep failed measurements separate from blocks. Two names and a few lines cannot establish every subscriber’s experience; our results are not calibrated, and Norway DNS-block answers are “likely” at most.
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