Danish Gambling Revenues for First Half of 2023 up by 5.17% Year-on-Year

All four main gambling markets reported GGR increases

by - Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 9:44

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The Danish Gambling Authority, Spillemyndigheden, has released its latest gambling data report showing that overall gross gaming revenue (GGR) across the country’s four main markets came to kr513 million (€68.8 million) in the month of July.
GGR for the first six months of 2023 totaled kr3.4 billion (€460.8 million)

Danish Gambling Revenues for First Half of 2023 up by 5.17% Year-on-Year

According to the report, combined sports betting GGR for the month of July was kr154 million (€20.6 million) bringing the year-to-date total to kr1.16 billion (€156.8 million), a jump of 3.2% year-on-year. June’s figure also marked a drop of 26.3% from the kr209 million (€28 million) reported in the previous month. However, June is traditionally a slower month for sports betting following the end of the football season.

Danish Gambling Revenues for First Half of 2023 up by 5.17% Year-on-Year

Gaming machine operators reported GGR of kr91 million (€12.2 million) during the month of June, a 9% drop year-on-year. However, for the first half of 2023, gaming machine GGR came to kr596 million (€79.9 million), an increase of 6.4% from the same period in 2022.

Danish Gambling Revenues for First Half of 2023 up by 5.17% Year-on-Year

Regulator announces match-fixing monitoring partnerships

The Danish regulator also announced new partnership deals with three companies to help in its fight against match-fixing. The three companies are:

Danish Gambling Revenues for First Half of 2023 up by 5.17% Year-on-Year

Danish Gambling Revenues for First Half of 2023 up by 5.17% Year-on-Year

International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA)

The companies will monitor betting activity mainly in Danish betting markets and report suspicious betting patterns directly to Spillemyndigheden and gambling operators.

Speaking of the new partnerships Anders Dorph, director of the regulator said:

Danish Gambling Revenues for First Half of 2023 up by 5.17% Year-on-Year

Any alerts relating to suspicious activity received by the regulator will be assessed internally before being forwarded to the police or related sporting leagues if required.

Ciaran McEneaney
Danish Gambling Revenues for First Half of 2023 up by 5.17% Year-on-Year