Norway’s politicians have made good on their threat to pass gambling reforms that include blocking the domains of internationally licensed online gambling sites.

In late April, a coalition of Norwegian opposition parties secured a favorable committee vote on a raft of new gambling rules, including new powers to punish companies or individuals that market unauthorized gambling products, as well as imposing domain name system (DNS) blocking of international sites that compete with local gambling monopolies Norsk Tipping and Norsk Rikstoto.

On Monday, Norway’s parliament approved these plans despite the government’s continued opposition. However, the vote is only an intermediate step that compels the government to put forward legislation that will achieve the coalition’s desired changes. Labor Party MP Kari Henriksen told the Dagbladet media outlet that the coalition wouldn’t let the government ignore the vote.

Queried as to what actual effect these measures will have once they are imposed, Henriksen acknowledged that unauthorized online gambling would likely continue, but “supervision and control are strengthened, making such illegalities more difficult,” which would in turn mean fewer Norwegians would patronize unapproved sites.