Charity Slots in Norway are no Longer Operational

The Red Cross and other charities in Norway have made money for many years by operating their own slot machines. The government wants to change this and has demanded the humanitarian organizations, volunteer groups and sporting clubs to remove their slot machines from bars, supermarkets, airports, gas stations, and other locations until July 1.

A third of the Norwegian Cancer Society's revenues have been made from the slot machines in 2005, and the Red Cross has made more than a half of the revenues in the same year.

The charity groups have made 3.4 billion euros from 2001 and 2006. After July 1 Norsk Tipping’s machines, which is the state lottery monopoly, will replace the machines used by the charity groups and they will receive a part of the profit made by the state machines.