In 2014, Norway's Ministry of Culture issued a recommendation asking to allow poker home games, small poker tournaments, and a national poker event inside the country. At the time, many speculated that the Norwegian Poker Championships, which had been held on foreign soil since 2008, would finally return home. It's taken more than a year, but indeed the prestigious event is headed back to where it all began.
Global Poker Tours Ltd, an Amaya Inc. company, have announced the first-ever legal live poker event to be held in Norway with the return of the 2015 Norwegian Championships, which will host five regional championships around the country before embarking on the nation’s capital, Oslo, for the Championship Main Event.