Part 3 : Denmark – on track in first quarter
Chart 15 : Online gaming ( including poker ) 1Q16-1Q18 ( DKKm )
Source : DGA
While it remains true that the online casino growth rate has been somewhat erratic in the past two years , the trend is clearly towards a sustainable upward march ( see Chart 15 ).
In particular , it is possible to see the second quarter 2018 online casino total closing in on DKK600m , though what effect the World Cup would have had on player habits during the past few months is hard to gauge .
A clearer picture of the online casino growth trend comes from looking at the year-on-year growth rate . Here we can see the steady march upwards , with only a slight dip in the rate of growth in the fourth quarter of last year to just less than 17 % before it picked up the pace in the first quarter of 2018 to hit more than 25 % ( see Chart 16 ).
Chart 16 : Online casino year-on-year growth 1Q17-1Q18
Source : DGA
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