Spillemyndigheden, the Danish gambling authority, has declared a year-over-year improvement of over 22 per cent across the industry in December, but only a slight increase across 2023 as a whole in comparison to the previous year.
Publishing its data for December 2023, Spillemyndigheden noted that the total GGR amounted to DKK 665m (€89.23m), up 22.6 per cent YoY (December 2022: DKK 543m). December’s figure is also an improvement on November’s GGR of DKK 606m.
For the full 2023 year, the gambling authority posted a GGR of DKK 6.8bn, up one per cent in comparison to 2022’s DKK 6.7bn.
December GGR was driven by growth across betting, online casinos and land-based casinos, but gaming machines did decline slightly in comparison to the same month in 2022.
In terms of GGR share, online casinos led the way with a 45.85 per cent share, followed by betting with 34.02 per cent, gaming machines with 14.93 per cent and land-based casinos with 5.2 per cent.
December’s online casino GGR came in at DKK 305m, up 11.85 per cent YoY (December 2022: DKK 273m). 77.74 per cent of the vertical’s GGR came from slots, followed by 6.69 per cent from roulette and 5.36 per cent from blackjack.
Betting GGR during the month improved by 67.03 per cent to DKK 226m (December 2022: DKK 136m). 70.75 per cent of the vertical’s GGR came from mobile, followed by 15.52 per cent from land-based and 13.72 per cent from computer.
Spillemyndigheden noted that the increase in betting “must be seen in light of the fact that the rate of return was somewhat less in December 2023 compared to December 2022”.
Land-based casino’s GGR in December rose by 1.09 per cent to DKK 35m (December 2022: DKK 34m) with an average daily GGR during the month of DKK 174,180.
Gaming machines GGR declined by 0.76 per cent to DKK 99m (December 2022: DKK 100m) with an average daily GGR of DKK 504,922.
For the full year, online casinos generated GGR of DKK 3.08bn, betting produced DKK 2.19bn GGR, gaming machines stood at DKK 1.18bn GGR and land-based casinos came in at DKK 362m.
As of December 2023, Spillemyndigheden noted that the number of people registered to the authority’s self-exclusion programme ROFUS was 46,152, with 30,804 permanently registered.
In addition, the StopSpillet gambling helpline held 523 helpline conversations during 2023, with players making out 58.7 per cent of the total conversations, followed by relatives at 40 per cent and consultants at 1.3 per cent. 2,409 other conversations with StopSpillet occurred during the year.
Last month, Spillemyndigheden published a study on Danish gambling, revealing that 15 per cent of 15 to 17-year-olds have gambled online despite the age limit for online gambling in the country being 18.
The gambling authority has also recently asked the gambling industry to provide feedback on the Money Laundering Secretariat’s indicators for money laundering and terrorist financing on the GoAML reporting platform.
