Spillemyndigheden’s June gambling report has revealed an increase in gambling gross revenue across all four game sectors – online casino, land-based casino, gaming machines and betting.
According to data from the Danish gambling authority, betting saw the biggest increase year-over-year, rising by over 75%, but online casinos led the way in GGR with more than DKK 300m.
Publishing the market’s figures for June, Spillemyndigheden stated that total GGR for the month stood at DKK 703m (€94.2m), a 37% increase on the same period last year (June 2023: DKK 513m).
Although growth occurred across all four game sectors, the gambling authority noted that the overall increase was “mainly driven by an increase in the gambling spend of bets, although it should be noted that the repayment proportion for bets was lower in June 2024 compared to June 2023”.
June 2024’s total GGR of DKK 703m was also higher than the DKK 571m reported by the gambling authority for May.
Per game sector, online casinos generated 43.03% of the total GGR during the month, followed by betting with 38.59%, gaming machines with 13.76% and land-based casinos with 4.62%.
Online casino GGR for June was DKK 303m, up 27.22% in comparison to the same month the previous year (2023: DKK 238m).
Gaming machines generated the most GGR during the month with a 76.84% share of the vertical’s total, followed by roulette with 6.88%, blackjack with 6.71%, other with 3.72%, commission with 3.13% and bingo with 2.72%.
For betting, GGR in June rose by 75.71% YoY to DKK 271m (2023: DKK 154m). Mobile produced the most GGR with a 72.98% share of the vertical’s total during the month, followed by computer with 16.11% and land-based with 10.9%.
As for gaming machines, Spillemyndigheden noted that the vertical’s GGR grew by 6.61% YoY in June to DKK 97m (2023: DKK 91m). By location, gaming arcades had an 80.41% share of the vertical’s total GGR for the month, followed by restaurants with 19.59%.
Taking a look at land-based casinos, the vertical’s GGR for June came in at DKK 32m, up 7.1% (2023: DKK 30m) with an average daily GGR of DKK 1.1m
As of 30 June, Spillemyndigheden noted that the ROFUS self-exclusion service had 50,403 registered persons, with 33,511 permanently registered and 16,892 temporarily registered.
During June, the authority stated that its gambling helpline, StopSpillet, had 32 related conversations and 170 other conversations. Of these related conversations, 50% were with a player, 43.8% were with a relative and 6.3% were with a consultant.
Last month, Spillemyndigheden formed a new agreement with the country’s Consumer Ombudsman Forbrugerombudsmanden, as well as its gambling advertising board Spilreklamenævnet, to coordinate efforts against illegal gambling marketing.