Part 3: Denmark – still on the up
Chart 2: Online casino GGR Q316-Q318 (DKKm)
600
550
500
458
450
400
479
411 415
Q4 2016 Q1 2017
500 508
Q2 2018 Q3 2018
446
424
383
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Q3 2016
Q3 2016
Q4 2016
Q1 2017
Q2 2017
Q3 2017
Q2 2017
Q4 2017
Q3 2017
Q1 2018
Q4 2017
Q1 2018
Q2 2018
Q3 2018
Source: Danish Gambling Authority
quarter of 2018, but as can be seen from the has made it plain it will continue to search out
absolute GGR numbers since last year, the fall will what it deems to be illegal operators and further
likely be less than might have been feared. close down the leakage from the regulated
market. To this end, the authority released a
Online casino report on illegal gambling in Denmark at the
The online casino picture for the past two years is beginning of January.
clearly less seasonal and the year-on-year growth
The report showed how the authority, in
over the past four quarters has averaged just over conjunction with the Danish Tax Agency’s
13% (see Chart 2). anti-fraud unit, had conducted three separate
trawls of the internet to identify and blacklist
Chasing down the grey market
The story told by the consistent growth is of the
illegal operators.
The authority said these web searches
previous grey market being squeezed down to were an important tool within the regulator’s
the very minimum. Yet the DGA is not sitting on supervision of the sector, and said they offer,
its laurels having congratulated itself on helping “unique search options and efficiently covers a
to build the best backdrop for a regulated market. large number of websites”.
What is also interesting is the way the regulator
There are a number of criteria that the searches
The DGA’s report said the regulator is aware of an increasing
problem with the illegal supply of gambling on Facebook
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