Denmark’s gambling regulator, Spillemyndigheden, has stated that the amount spent on gambling by Danes in 2023 dropped in comparison to the previous year.
According to the regulator, Danes spent DKK 10.3bn (€1.38bn) on gambling in 2023, down by 1.7 per cent in comparison to 2022’s DKK 10.4bn.
Apart from 2021, gambling spending in Denmark has decreased year-over-year since 2019, when spend was at DKK 11.2bn.
Spillemyndigheden noted that the Danish public wagered the most on lotteries in 2023, spending DKK 3.45bn, 34 per cent of the total wagered in 2023.
Lotteries were followed by online casino with DKK 3.08bn (30 per cent), betting at DKK 2.18bn (21 per cent), gaming machines at DKK 1.18bn (11 per cent) and land-based casino at DKK 362m (four per cent).
The regulator said that online casinos have undergone the greatest growth since 2012, rising by 192 per cent, while betting has grown by 55 per cent. However, gaming machines, land-based casinos and lotteries have all declined over the same period.
Earlier this year, Spillemyndigheden stated it had been successful in blocking 83 illegal gambling websites in Denmark, already surpassing 82 websites blocked across the whole of 2022.
The authority noted that this was the 10th time it has gone to court to block illegal websites, in which it has blocked 359 illegal websites since 2012.
