Online Gambling Market In Denmark Shows Negative Figures

Danish Gambling Authority, Spillemyndigheden, has just released the financial report for the third quarter of the year. According to the statement, local gambling operators have generated about DKK 1.61b (US $237.8m) over the previous three months. The result shows a slight decline of 1% compared to the same timeframe last year.

More About the Report

The official report depicts that online gambling revenues have dropped in the previous three months while the sports betting sector remains in the same verticals. Spillemyndigheden’s report showcases that sports betting income has fallen 3,8% compared to the same period last year. After a slight decline caused by the lack of Q3 2018’s FIFA World Cup, sports betting revenues reached DKK628m value.

Mobile gambling remains ahead of land-based and desktop wagering with a 49,3% share (compared to 33% and 17,6% share for previous industries). Despite mobile gaming dominance, it could be stated that the mobile sector has fallen for five points from the previous year, while the desktop gaming industry increased for seven points.

Single Revenues

If we take into consideration overall online casino revenues for the Q3 of 2019, we could see the amount of DKK567m, which is a 10,5% decline from Q2 income. However, this number is far better from the generated revenues during the same timeframe last year when the online gambling sector had a 4% lower result.

poker (5.8%).

Meanwhile, the Danish Sports betting sector continues to improve with a 45.8% share of revenues for the mobile sector and a 54.2% share for desktop wagering. Gaming machines located in arcades and restaurants recorded a 4% decline to DKK347m, while seven land-based operators reported flat revenue of DKK82m.

Previous numbers show an overall drop in revenues that occurred despite marketing efforts made by Danish operators over the first eight months of the year.

Self-Exclusion Figures

According to the ROFUS self-exclusion registry report, about 19,785 have requested self-exclusion from the platform compared to 16,369 cases at the same time last year. Most of them (13,679 ) have opted for permanent exclusion. Men make up about three-quarters of all registrants.

Most women (67%), on the other hand, opted for StopSpillet gambling help line while displaying problem gambling behavior. However, about 38.7% of total StopSpillet calls were made by of relatives and under 56% by actual gamblers.

Source:

“Denmark’s online gambling market takes a step back in Q3“, Steve Stradbrooke, calvinayre.com, November 11, 2019.