By BBBB
The Danish Gambling Authority, Spillemyndigheden, has released its latest gambling data report showing that overall gross gaming revenue (GGR) for 2023 came to DKK 10.3 billion ($1.48/€1.38 billion).
The latest figures represent a drop of 1.7% on 2022’s total.
Lotteries accounted for the lion’s share of GGR with 34% while online casinos accounted for 30%. Sports betting came next with a 21% revenue share while land-based casinos generated just 4% of all gambling revenues.
There are now 39 licenses for online gambling currently in use in Denmark.
Danish Gambling Market Key Highlights 2023
GGR
- Lottery GGR – DKK 3.46 billion ($498/€463.7 million), down by 0.74%
- Online casino GGR – DKK 3.07 billion ($441.9/€411.5 million), up by 2.3%
- Sports betting GGR – DKK 2.18 billion ($313.7/€292.2 million), down by 8.9%
- Gaming machines GGR – DKK 1.17 billion ($168.3/€156.8 million), down by 1.6%
- Land-based casino GGR – DKK 362 million ($52.1/€48.5 million), up by 0.2%
Gambling Activity
- Average gambling spend per person – DKK 2,148, down by 2.9%
- 67% of all online gambling activity in 2023 was on mobile devices
- Online casino is the most popular form of gambling accounting for 42% of all activity
- Online sports betting accounts for 33% of all gambling activity
- 46,152 Danes were registered with ROFUS(self exclusion program) in 2023, up by 18%
- 52% of self-excluding players had started gambling before turning 18
Earlier this month, the regulator released its report on illegal gambling. The report revealed that traffic to illegal gambling websites has dropped significantly. According to data, visits to illegal gambling sites fell from 15.8 million in 2017 to just 1.8 million in 2023, a decrease of 89%.
2023 saw the regulator block 49 illegal websites. Theses included casino and sports betting sites such as stake.com, unislots.com, evospin.com, and mansioncasino.com. The regulator also blocked 13 skin betting websites including csgopositive.me and drop.skin.
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