Online casino revenue continues to drive growth in Denmark’s gambling sector
Revenue rose by 11.6 per cent year-on-year.
Denmark.- Danish gambling revenue rose by 11.6 per cent year-on-year in April, as online casino revenue continues to drive growth in the sector. Overall, gaming revenue totalled DKK665m (€89m), up 4.7 per cent month-on-month.
According to the national regulator Spillemyndigheden, online casinos generated DKK331m (€44.4m) of that, rising by 21.4 per cent from April 2024 and reaching the highest level since the record DKK347m reported in December 2024. Slots represented 78.9 per cent of all online casino revenue, followed by blackjack (6.6 per cent) and roulette (6.4 per cent).
Sports betting revenue rose by 6.1 per cent year-on-year to DKK207m, with over 70 per cent coming from mobile platforms, 15 per cent from desktop and 14.2 per cent from betting shops.
As for land-based gaming, slot machine revenue fell by 3.6 per cent year-on-year to DKK93m. The vast majority of revenue was generated by gambling halls, with gaming machines in restaurants contributing 20.3 per cent. Land-based casino revenue fell by 2.5 per cent to DKK31m, but April was the best performing month for the sector this year to date.
This year has seen the introduction of commercial regulated land-based bingo in Denmark after new regulations came into effect on January 1. Revenue in April reached DKK3m.
Spillemyndigheden also reported that the number of registrations on the ROFUS self-exclusion system had reached 60,325 by the end of April. Close to two thirds of people chose permanent exclusion from gambling. The StopSpillet helpline took 50 enquiries.
The Gambling Regulators’ European Forum (GREF), an association of European regulators, recently appointed Anders Dorph, the director of the Danish gambling regulator as the new chair of the association. Magali Clavie, president of the Belgian Gambling Commission, has been appointed as vice-chair.
