Danish gambling spend continues to rise
The national regulator has reported a 1.4 per cent uptick in March.
Denmark.- The Danish gambling regulator Spillemyndigheden has reprted that gambling spending the in Denmark rose by 1.4 per cent in March 2025, driven by a 6.4 per cent rise in online casino spending. Spending on betting, gaming machines and land-based casinos fell.
Spillemyndigheden has reported that Danish gambling rose by 5.4 per cent year-on-year in 2024. Three of the five segments measured saw growth as gross gaming revenue (GGR) reached DKK 11bn (€1.47bn), close to the 2018 record of DKK 11.4bn.
The figures suggest a continuation of the trend seen over the past year. For 2024 as a whole, gross gaming revenue (GGR) reached DKK 11bn (€1.47bn), close to the 2018 record of DKK 11.4bn. Online casino revenue was by 12.9 per cent to DKK 3.5bn while land-based casino revenue rose by 2.1 per cent to DKK 368m.
Lotteries – still the largest contributor to GGR – generated DKK 3.7bn, representing a rise of 5.7 per cent year-on-year. Betting revenue fell slightly to DKK 2.2bn while gaming machine revenue fell by 2.5 per cent to DKK 1.16bn.
This year has seen the introduction of commercial regulated land-based bingo in Denmark after new regulations came into effect on January 1. The new bingo licences last five years. Charitable bingo is still categorised under the lottery segment.
In March, Spillemyndigheden raised concerns about gambling on Roblox in its latest report on illegal gaming in Denmark. The regulator says it has seen an increase in so-called skin betting using the online game platform’s virtual Robux currency.
Spillemyndigheden is particularly concerned about ‘earned Robux’, which can be paid out in US dollars or Danish Krona through the Roblox Developer Exchange Programme. It noted that this can be used by several third-party websites for deposits and winnings in betting, casino games and lotteries.
