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Norway’s national lottery has apologized after thousands of players were mistakenly told that they had won large sums in the Eurojackpot draw due to a coding error.
Norsk Tipping receives the prize amounts from Germany in euros, then coverts them to Norwegian kroner. However, it was during the conversion that an error occurred and winnings were multiplied by 100, rather than divided by 100, the company said in a statement Friday.
Norsk Tipping sent messages and push notifications to customers that showed the wrong, inflated winnings, before later issuing a correction.
“Norsk Tipping sincerely apologizes to everyone who was notified of…
