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Find the latest news from The Danish Gambling Authority and search the archives for news from 2011 to today.
02. Jul 2024
The Danish Ministry of Taxation has submitted the draft proposal for the Act on Amendment of Act on Gambling and the Gambling Duties Act with a view to implementing the political agreement on lotte
01. Jul 2024
On 2 May, the Danish Parliament adopted the Act on Amendment of Act on Gambling.
28. Jun 2024
From 1 January 2025, suppliers of games must have a licence from the Danish Gambling Authority to supply games to gambling operators with a Danish licence to offer betting and online casino.
26. Jun 2024
The Danish Gambling Authority has released statstics for May 2024.
31. May 2024
The Danish Gambling Authority has published a revised version of the Danish Gambling Authority's Guidance on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (the Anti-Money Laundering
29. May 2024
The total gaming spend on betting, online casino, gaming machines and land-based casino amounted to DKK 595 million in April 2024. DKK. This is a decrease of 6.9 per cent.
24. May 2024
The Danish Gambling Authority (DGA) has updated the requirements for reporting game data. Interested parties are welcome to comment on the update before the final version is issued.
17. May 2024
The Financial Intelligence Unit issues reports every quarter of the year.
16. May 2024
Notifications to the Financial Intelligence IUnit is one the most important sources of information on money laundering and financing of terrorism.
08. May 2024
The total gambling spend on betting, online casino, gaming machines and land-based casinos amounted to DKK 627m in March 2024.
08. May 2024
In connection with the introduction of supplier licences for online casino and betting, game suppliers are invited to a webinar, where the Danish Gambling Authority will inform about the coming reg
18. Apr 2024
The Danish Gambling Authority will phase out several digital forms concerning betting and online casino.
16. Apr 2024
The total gambling spend on betting, online casino, gaming machines and land-based casino amounted to DKK 587 million in February 2024.
11. Apr 2024
Since the Danish Gambling Authority opened the StopSpillet helpline against gambling addiction in 2019, the advisers have received 2,933 inquiries.
11. Apr 2024
The Danish Gambling Authority has just published the report "The gambling market in numbers", which provides an overview of the year that has passed on the Danish gambling market.
11. Apr 2024
Increasingly more Danes choose to self-exclude from gambling. In April 2024, the number of individuals registered with ROFUS (register of self-excluded players) reached 50,000.
02. Apr 2024
The Danish Gambling Authority has released the annual report describing the authority’s work with illegal gambling.
18. Mar 2024
In 2023, Danes spent DKK 10.3 billion on gambling. This is a slight decrease of 1.7 per cent compared to the spending in 2022.
07. Mar 2024
The Danish Gambling Authority calls attention to FATF’s (Financial Action Task Force) updated lists of high-risk jurisdictions: the Grey List (jurisdictions under increased monitoring) and Black Li
07. Mar 2024
On 5 March 2024, the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court ruled in a case that a player had brought against the gambling operator DK Gambling, which went bankrupt in April 2022.
27. Feb 2024
The Danish Gambling Authority has been successful in the court in Næstved to have 83 websites that offer illegal gambling in Denmark blocked.
27. Feb 2024
The Danish Gambling Authority has prepared a guidance on land-based betting in connection with the introduction of a Player ID.
23. Feb 2024
In November 2023, several authorities conducted case-based training on AML and financing of terrorism. The interest in participating far exceeded the availability of seats.
20. Feb 2024
Recently, the Danish Gambling Authority identified an error concerning renewal of existing registrations in the Register of Self-excluded Players (ROFUS).
09. Feb 2024
The Danish Gambling Authority presents December's statistics for the gambling market in the areas of betting, online casino, slot machines and land-based casino.
16. Jan 2024
On 16 January 2024, a gambling operator was fined DKK 700,000 in the Court in Aalborg for breaching the Gambling Act's rules for marketing.
16. Jan 2024
The Danish Gambling Authority has published the study "Online gambling in Denmark".
10. Jan 2024
On 8 January 2024, the National Security and Intelligence Service (PET) published a new national risk assessment of terrorist financing. It must replace the previous risk assessment from 2019.
08. Jan 2024
The Danish Gambling Authority calls on the gambling industry to provide input to the Money Laundering Secretariat's indicators for money laundering and terrorist financing on GoAML.
04. Jan 2024
From 1 October 2023, it became mandatory for players to identify themselves using a so-called Player ID when placing bets with physical retailers in Denmark.