The gambling market in Denmark was worth DKK10.3bn (£1.2bn) in gross gaming revenue in 2023, a drop of DKK179m (£20.5m) – one per cent – from 2022.
The latest report from the Danish Gambling Authority also revealed that the channelisation rate rose by one per cent year-on-year, from 89.2 per cent to 90.2 per cent.
The regulator, Spillemyndigheden, said lotteries were the largest gambling vertical in Denmark in 2023, accounting for DKK3.5bn (£401.4m), or 34 per cent of the market.
Online casinos and betting made up 51 per cent of the market; the former vertical was worth DKK3.1bn (£355.5m) – 30 per cent – and betting accounted for DKK2.2bn (£252.3m), 21 per cent.
Land-based casinos accounted for DKK362m (£41.5m), four per cent of the market, with gaming machines taking up 11 per cent of the market – DKK1.2bn (£137.6m).
The Danish Gambling Authority added that 64 per cent of the total 2023 GGR came from online gabling, an increase of 33 percentage points from 2012.
As for Denmark’s self-exclusion register ROFUS, which the Danish Gambling Authority manages, the 46,152 Danes that were registered on the service at the end of 2023 translated to an increase of over 7,000.
StopSpillet, the Danish Gambling Authority’s problem gambling support helpline, received a total of 523 inquiries in 2023.
“That is a slight decrease compared to 2022, when StopSpillet received 560 inquiries,” the regulator said.
“The majority of requests to StopSpillet are from players, which was the case for 59 per cent of the inquiries in 2023.”
