Spillemyndigheden, the Danish Gambling Authority, has reported a decrease in overall gambling spend for the country’s market in September in comparison to the same month the previous year.
In regards to statistics per vertical, the authority noted that online casino spend has increased, but has declined in land-based casinos, gaming machines and betting.
For September, Spillemyndigheden stated that total gambling spend for the Danish market stood at DKK 553m (€74.2m), down 2.8% year-over-year (DKK 569m).
September’s figure is also down in comparison to August’s overall gambling spend amount of DKK 571m.
Within its report, the authority said that online casino was the only vertical to see its spend increase in comparison to the same month the previous year. The vertical’s spend rose by 12% YoY to DKK 287.9m (2023: DDK 256.9m).
All other verticals across the Danish market – land-based casinos, gaming machines and betting – saw their spend fall when compared to September 2023.
Spillemyndigheden noted that land-based casino spend declined by 9.7% YoY to DKK 29.06m (2023: DKK 32.17m), while gaming machines spend decreased by 3.5% YoY to DKK 92.23m (2023: DKK 96.61m).
Betting spend in the Danish market dropped the most in comparison to the same month the previous year, falling by 22% YoY to DKK 143.5m (2023: DKK 183.9m).
Elsewhere across the Nordics region, Finland’s Ministry of the Interior confirmed earlier this week that the country’s gambling system will become a licensing system no later than the beginning of January 2026.
A legislative project was created by the country’s government in October 2023 to reform its current gambling market, moving away from the monopoly system with state-owned Veikkaus to a licensing system.
In addition, Norway’s Government has recently made amendments to its gambling regulations, introducing “more responsible frameworks” across bingo halls and electronic bingo games, ushering in changes related to operator and supplier registration, as well as player loss limits.
