Place your bets in Lofoten oil
Will the waters outside the Lofoten Archipelago be opened for oil exploration? A company now invites to you to place your bets in the question.
Our customers are interested in the debate over oil exploration in Lofoten. Therefore we decided to offer a game about this important political question, head of the Bettson Norway, Marius Andersen, says to E24.no. If judging from the odds in the betting, the Lofoten waters will hardly be opened for oil exploration. The odds for a positive decision about oil exploration before 1 June 2010 is 2,33. The odds for the opposite is 1,55. The petroluem resources in Lofoten has become a hot topic in the Norwegian political debate. The issue looks set to become a key question in the upcoming September 2009 parliament elections.