Part 4: Denmark — slots on top
Part 4
Denmark — slots on top
It is a curious fact that the size of the online
Chart 2: Danish online casino revenue
breakdown - March 2017
gambling market in Denmark is only that bit
smaller than that of Spain, but with a population
of 5.5 million that is dwarfed by Spain’s 47 million.
In 2016, the total online market in Denmark was
%
Slots
66.3
worth DKKr2.9bn (€399m) compared with Spain’s Roulette 8.2
total for the year of €429m. Blackjack 8.1
Other 17.4
A key difference between the two when it
comes to their online gambling habits – other
Source: Danish Gambling Authority
than macro elements such as the degree of how
tech-savvy the populations are – comes from the
These trends broadly continued into the first
quarter. Total online casino revenues rose to
breakdown of online casino figures.
Compared with the near 50/50 splits between
DKKr414.8m in the first three months of the year,
slots and roulette in Spain, in Denmark the representing a marginal improvement on the
online casino market is much more dominated DKKr410.9m in the previous three months and
by slots with an average of 67.1% of total online a year-on-year rise of 10% compared with the
casino stakes coming from slots compared with same period in 2016. In terms of the percentage
only 8.1% emanating from roulette play. Poker of revenues, slots were worth an average of 66.9%
remains stable at 10% of the total of total GGR, or over the three months while roulette was worth
DKKr156.4m. 7.9%.
(See chart 2 – percentage of online casino
Chart 2: Danish online casino revenue
breakdown - March 2017 stakes by product – March 2017)
Other
17.4 casino market since it was introduced in the first
The data shows the strength of the online
quarter of 2014. From total GGR of DKKr252m in
the first quarter of 2014 it has grown by nearly
65% to DKKr415m.
Blackjack
8.1
Roulette
8.2
Slots
66.3
A mobile betting feast
The overall betting market in Denmark has not
been so positive, albeit from a larger base with
revenues over the same period rising 18.5%
between quarter one in 2014 to the first three
months of this year to DKKr517.2m.
The tech-savviness is clearly on display in the
betting market. The first quarter report shows
Source: Danish Gambling Authority
iGaming Business Market Monitor • June 2017
that of the total betting market – including land-
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