{"id":3981,"date":"2020-02-28T12:47:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T12:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=3981"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:27:17","slug":"danske-spil-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/danske-spil-denmark","title":{"rendered":"Danske Spil urges new regulations in Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Denmark state-owned company Danske Spil has released a plan that aims to improve player protection standards in the territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Denmark.- Danish giant Danske Spil has released a plan that aims at improving player protection standards in Denmark. The state-owned company claims that the current rules that are in place in Denmark are not adequate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the company highlighted that Denmark has one of the best gaming regulations in the world, it said that the current rules don\u2019t fully protect vulnerable players and minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danske Spil discussed\u00a0Spillemyndigheden<\/em><\/strong>\u2019 recent report, which showed a 35% rise in self-exclusions in the last two years. The company said that this shows that rules need to be strengthened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susanne M\u00f8rch Koch, CEO of Danske Spil, said: \u201cIt\u2019s in everyone\u2019s to have a gaming market where gaming remains the entertainment it should be. And although we, as a gambling provider, have a large number of fences to prevent and protect vulnerable players, we unfortunately find that today there are too many who fall through the protection network that has been set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTherefore, we believe it is necessary to tighten the net and regulate the gaming market further. And in order for it to work, it requires the same rules for all gaming providers in Denmark.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online gaming drives Denmark\u2019s growth in 2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Last year, online casino\u2019s performance<\/em><\/strong><\/a> helped the overall industry in Denmark achieve good results. Total revenue in Denmark totalled \u20ac879 million, representing a 1.8% increase from 2018. Sports betting accounted for \u20ac334 million or 38.1% of the total, but it represents a 1% setback from the previous year. In the fourth quarter, it registered a 6.5% decline, completing the last three quarters in revenue decreases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online casinos\u2019 gross gaming revenue (GGR) rose 8.1% to \u20ac311.8 million and was the only vertical to register a year-on-year increase in 2019. Every quarter posted an increase, but the second quarter was the top performer with an 18% revenue rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slots accounted for 72.2% of the total revenue, way ahead of roulette\u2019s 10.4% and blackjack\u2019s 8.3%. Bingo accounted for \u20ac12.7 million in 2019. The land-based sector saw revenue decline 1.7% to \u20ac46.5 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Denmark state-owned company Danske Spil has released a plan that aims to improve player protection standards in the territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Danske Spil, Denmark's state-owned operator, has proposed a plan to enhance player protection standards, asserting that current regulations, despite being robust, inadequately safeguard vulnerable players and minors. This initiative follows a 35% increase in self-exclusions, with the company advocating for uniform, tightened rules across all Danish gaming providers. The proposal comes as Denmark's 2019 gaming revenue grew 1.8% to \u20ac879 million, primarily driven by an 8.1% rise in online casino GGR.","focusai_entities":"Danske Spil, Spillemyndigheden, Susanne M\u00f8rch Koch","focusai_location":"Denmark","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Harmonization Impact","query":"How might Danske Spil's call for \"same rules for all gaming providers\" influence the competitive landscape and B2C licensing conditions for private operators in Denmark?"},{"label":"GGR Growth Sustainability","query":"Given the 8.1% GGR growth in online casino and the decline in sports betting, what specific player protection measures are being considered to balance market expansion with enhanced responsible gambling outcomes?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,156],"tags":[337],"class_list":["post-3981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elsewhere-news","category-regulation-news","tag-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3981"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009763,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3981\/revisions\/777009763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}