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Danish gambling authority blocks five online casino operators

8 Apr 2014

Five online casino sites accused of illegally accessing Danish punters and ignoring requests to stop doing so have been blocked by local internet services providers on the direction of the Danish Gambling Authority. In a statement this week the Authority said that it monitors the Danish internet gambling market to identify gambling providers who offer …

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Danish company sells off Soccerstand.com

3 Apr 2014

The Danish sports betting software company Enetpulse has sold off its football information site SoccerStand to Czech company LiveSportMedia for an undisclosed consideration. LiveSportMedia has revamped the site and says that it will be integrated into the company’s range of sports websites, benefitting from a visitor base of 40 million international readers. Technical work on …

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Danish Telecom giant to enter online gambling market?

4 Mar 2014

Danish telecommunications giant TDS A/S (formerly Tele Danmark) has voiced its intention to enter an online gambling market that it says is growing by 10 to 15 percent per annum with revenues of around DKK2.5 billion per year. “All content services that can be digitized, is of fundamental interest to TDC as possible areas of …

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Danish online gambling revenues down

31 Aug 2013

The latest numbers from the Danish Gambling Authority show that although betting and online gambling GGR has improved substantially year-on-year, revenues again slipped on a quarterly basis in Q2-2013 ended June 30, coming in at Danish kronor 585 million (around GBP 67 million) The dip is bigger than in the previous two quarters (DK610 million …

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Experian integrates Danish and Dutch data

24 Jun 2013

Global information services firm Experian said it has extended its international coverage for identity verification with the integration of comprehensive and reliable data from Denmark and the Netherlands to its global ID verification platform. Danish CPR information (personal tax numbers) has been added to the Prove-ID platform as well as name, address and DOB validation …

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Danish Gambling Authority to discuss marketing of bonuses

21 May 2013

The Danish Gambling Authority (DGA) in collaboration with the Danish Online Gambling Association (DOGA), has extended an invitation for all interested parties to attend an information meeting where it will present the new draft guidelines for marketing of gambling bonuses by the betting and online casino industry. The meeting will take place in Hellerup, a …

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Danish regulator posts latest gambling stats

10 May 2013

The Danish Gaming Authority has released its statistics for the first quarter of 2013 showing that remote gambling take-up has improved compared to Q1-2012, when the market liberalised. In the last two quarters the GGR for sports betting has increased to a significantly higher level than the three first quarters of 2012, the Authority discloses, …

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Sportech in lucrative deal with Danish gambling monopoly

10 May 2013

Sportech Racing LLC, a division of Sportech plc has signed a contract with state gambling monopoly Danske Spil to provide a pari-mutuel Tote Betting System (TBS). Danske Spil is a state owned company that – in addition to tote betting – offersonline and land betting, poker, casino and lottery products to the Danish market through …

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Danish gambling authority reports on market

26 Mar 2013

The Danish Gambling Authority has published its first Annual Report since the liberalisation of online casino games and betting in 2012. Key aspects and indicators for the online sector include: –           Betting comprises 15.7 percent of the total market (DKK 1.175 million) –           Online casino 11.6 percent (DKK 870 million) –           Gaming Machines 24.3 percent …

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Danish online gambling betting in Q4-2012

12 Feb 2013

The Danish regulator has issued the results of fourth quarter 2012 online gambling operations in the dedicated market, flagging an improvement over Q3 numbers, led by higher sports betting GGR. Sports betting in Q4-2012 reached DKK 355 million (Q3-2012: DKK 270 million) whilst online casino action contributed DKK 235 million in Q4-2012 (Q3-2012 DKK 215 …

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First nine months of Danish online gambling

9 Jan 2013

The Danish online gambling regulator has summarised operations in the first nine month period since the jurisdiction was opened up to foreign companies, reporting that the first quarter was the best for sports betting licensees, whilst online casino operators fared better in Q2. Gross gaming revenues varied widely: * Almost half of the 51 licensees …

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Why was 888’s Danish online gambling licence not extended?

5 Jan 2013

Our readers will recall the news earlier this week that the Danish government had extended the duration of full online gambling licenses awarded to some 31 major industry companies from the current one year to five years….however, it has since emerged that Gibraltar-based 888.com was not among them. 888 is one of the biggest and …

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Danish online gambling operators get five years licence extension

3 Jan 2013

The Danish Gambling Authority has extended its first tranche of online gambling licenses – issued a year ago – to a five year duration in a move that benefits 5 local and 20 foreign operators. In a parallel move, the Authority has issued revenue-restricted licenses in respect of 9 smaller operators, restricting their gross gambling …

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eCOGRA appointed to key Danish gambling compliance role

5 Dec 2012

The independent online gambling testing and compliance organisation eCOGRA, which is already performing technical standards reviews for operators licenced by the Danish Gambling Authority, has been further empowered by the Authority as an ‘Approved Enterprise’. eCOGRA is the first company to be so appointed by the Danish Gambling Authority. The role of an Approved Enterprise …

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Danish gambling authority updates black list

26 Nov 2012

The Danish Gambling Authority (DGA) said it has identified a further eight operators who offer gambling on the Danish gambling market without authorisation. The operators in question have apparently been given fair warning and a directive from the authority to cease their activities but continue to do so, resulting in the DGA requesting assistance from …

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DGA starts licence extension process

3 Oct 2012

The Danish Gambling Authority (DGA) is currently in the process of converting one-year licence awards that expire at the end of 2012 to five-year licences. Licence holders will receive a letter from the authority within this month on the status of their licence which will describe if there are circumstances which may result in the …

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Danish online casino chooses Quickfire

6 Aug 2012

The latest internet gambling operator to take Microgaming’s Quickfire gaming suite on board is the Danish company Tivoli A/S, owner of the newly launched Tivoli Casino.dk, which is active in the Danish regulated online gambling market. Tivoli A/S, which also owns the famous Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, was the second land-based casino licensee to achieve …

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Scratchcard developer gets the Danish nod

11 Jun 2012

Online scratch card and instant win games provider NeoGames has been awarded an operator’s licence by Spillemyndigheden, the Danish Gambling Authority. NeoGames managing director Shay Bar-Joseph said the company has high hopes entering the Danish market. “As we have learned in other regulated markets, such as Italy and Belgium, there is a true market need …

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Jurisdictional collaboration the key for Danish regulator

18 May 2012

SKAT, the recently formed Danish gambling regulator, has wasted no time in developing links with other European regulatory regimes, signing MOUs with Malta, Gibraltar, Alderney, Jersey and the Isle of Man. The agreements are designed to promote closer and more efficient cooperation between the regulators on issues of common interest, enabling them to share ideas …

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DGA enters into cooperation agreements

17 May 2012

The Danish Gambling Authority has agreed terms for multiple bilateral cooperation agreements with the Alderney, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Jersey and Maltese gambling authorities. The agreements establish a formal basis for bilateral cooperation on the control of gambling providers and the exchange of information between jurisdictions which will be signed and formally executed once the …

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Danish gambling regulator releases internet gambling numbers

15 May 2012

The Danish Gambling Authority, which oversees online and land gambling activity in the Nordic country, has released its first quarterly report on the internet market, noting that online gambling delivered gross gaming revenues of Danish kronor 470 million made up of: * Sports betting DKK 285 million and * Online casino wagering DKK 185 million. …

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Danish gambling authority online data

18 Apr 2012

The Danish Gambling Authority (DGA) released preliminary information on its first quarter gross gaming revenues for betting and online casino, this week. Data, based on duty payments from all licence holders for the period January to March 2012, indicated total gross gaming revenues of DKK 470 million (approx. $82.94 million), with betting yielding DKK 285 …

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EUCasino in major Danish marketing investment

5 Apr 2012

EUCasino.dk clearly means to cut itself a substantial chunk of the Danish internet gambling market following the news that it has made a multi-media marketing investment of Euro 500,000 in the Nordic market. The company’s marketing campaign over the next three months will include print and television ads, backed by an intensive radio initiative, a …

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DOGA welcomes new members

9 Mar 2012

Information provided on the Danish Online Gambling Association (DOGA) website, founded by then prospective licencees bet365, Betfair, Sportingbet and Unibet in December 2011, has welcomed three prominent online operators Ladbrokes, Betsson and Bet24 to the trade association’s membership. The fledgling trade association is led by Morten Ronde, the former chief advisor in the Danish Gambling …

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