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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