Spillemyndigheden’s 2012 Gambling Liberalization Achieves Healthy Market

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Danish gambling market was liberalized in 2012. Danes have been able to gamble online since January 1, 2012 and 90% are choosing operators licensed in Denmark.

10 years ago, Denmark’s gambling market was a monopoly. Since January 1, 2012, private operators were allowed to enter the Danish market and offer online sports betting and casino games under a new licensing regime. The mission of the liberalization was to encourage Danes to gamble on licensed websites and to move the gambling spending from the grey market to the licensed and regulated market.

90% of gambling in Denmark is done through licensed gambling operators. Great Britain is the leader with 98%. Romania, Italy and Czech Republic are second and third.   in terms of percentage of online gambling. Spillemyndigheden’s 2012 Gambling Liberalization Achieves Healthy Market.

Spillemyndigheden’s 2012 Gambling liberalization Achieves Healthy Market. Overall G gambling Spend in Denmark Increased by 7% since 2012. Online casino games saw the biggest growth of over 100% in the last 10 years. Sports betting experienced growth in spending from DKK 1.7 billion in 2012 to DK 2.6 billion ($1.3 billion) in 2021.