Denmark GGR rose 22.1% year on year to DKK685m in September on the liberalised gambling market, with betting up 64.6% to DKK157m, according to the Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden). Both changes are in 2026 prices; in nominal terms total GGR rose 24.8%.
Online casino remained the largest product at DKK400m, 58.4% of the month’s GGR, the authority’s statistics on the Danish gambling market show. Betting made up 23%.
Denmark GGR by product
Betting drove the increase. September 2025 betting GGR was DKK95.5m in 2026 prices, the third-lowest monthly figure in the authority’s series since January 2012. The September 2026 figure is also up from DKK132m in August 2026, when betting fell 42.7% year on year.
Online casino GGR rose 17.9%, below the DKK446m it reached in May 2026. Gaming machines were the only product to decline, down 1%.
| Product | Sept 2026 (DKKm) | Sept 2025 (DKKm) | Change y/y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online casino | 400.0 | 339.3 | +17.9% |
| Betting | 157.2 | 95.5 | +64.6% |
| Gaming machines | 90.6 | 91.5 | -1.0% |
| Land-based casinos | 34.4 | 31.8 | +8.1% |
| Bingo | 2.3 | 2.2 | +3.2% |
| Total | 684.5 | 560.4 | +22.1% |
Source: Spillemyndigheden, monthly statistics, September 2025 and September 2026. Figures in 2026 prices, adjusted with the authority’s GDP deflator.
First nine months
GGR for January to September 2026 reached DKK6.44bn, up 13.9% on the same period of 2025 in 2026 prices, according to the authority’s monthly data file. Land-based casinos grew fastest, up 32%, while betting rose 8.5%.
| Product | Jan-Sep 2026 (DKKm) | Jan-Sep 2025 (DKKm) | Change y/y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online casino | 3,599.4 | 3,102.4 | +16.0% |
| Betting | 1,675.5 | 1,543.6 | +8.5% |
| Gaming machines | 855.5 | 765.7 | +11.7% |
| Land-based casinos | 286.0 | 216.7 | +32.0% |
| Bingo | 20.3 | 21.8 | -6.9% |
| Total | 6,436.7 | 5,650.3 | +13.9% |
Source: Spillemyndigheden, monthly statistics, January to September 2025 and 2026, in 2026 prices.
Online casino also led Denmark’s market for the whole of 2025, as set out in our Denmark iGaming 2025 market report.
Self-exclusions
The Register of Voluntarily Excluded Players (ROFUS) held 76,012 people as of 1 October 2026, up from 74,714 a month earlier and from 64,613 a year earlier, according to Spillemyndigheden‘s ROFUS figures. Men accounted for 59,716 registrations.
Next steps
The figures arrive as the Folketing considers Bill L 37 and its gambling advertising ban, proposed to start on 1 July 2027. The bill had its first reading on 22 October.
Source: Spillemyndigheden (Danish Gambling Authority)
