Denmark's gambling spend rose 22.1% in September 2026 as betting revenue jumped 64.6%, Spillemyndigheden data show

Danish gambling spend rose sharply in September 2026, reversing a fall in August. According to the monthly statistics published by the Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden) on November 9, 2026, total gross gambling revenue (GGR) on the liberalised market rose 22.1% year on year after adjusting for GDP.

Betting and online casino

The authority's data file puts September betting GGR at DKK 157.2 million, up 64.6% from DKK 95.5 million a year earlier (in 2026 prices). September 2025 was the lowest betting month of 2025, at DKK 93.4 million in nominal terms. Compared with August 2026, betting GGR rose 19.2%. In August, the authority had reported a 42.7% year-on-year fall in betting.

Online casino GGR was DKK 400.0 million, up 17.9% year on year but 3.6% below August's DKK 414.8 million. Online casino remained the largest segment, at about 58% of the month's DKK 684.5 million total.

Land-based segments

Slot machines generated DKK 90.6 million, down 1.0%. Land-based casinos recorded DKK 34.4 million, up 8.1%, and land-based bingo DKK 2.3 million, up 3.2%.

First nine months

From January to September 2026, betting GGR totalled DKK 1.68 billion and online casino DKK 3.60 billion. In GDP-adjusted terms, that is 8.5% and 16.0% more than in the same period of 2025, AskSpinner calculated from the authority's data. Total liberalised-market GGR for the nine months was DKK 6.44 billion, up 10.7%.

Self-exclusion register

Spillemyndigheden said 76,012 people were registered in ROFUS, the national register of voluntarily excluded players, as of October 1, 2026, up from 74,714 a month earlier. Of those, 26,448 were temporary exclusions.

Online casino GGR in Denmark is subject to a 28% gaming duty, as listed in AskSpinner's online gambling tax rates tracker. For wider European context, see AskSpinner's report on EGBA's European market figures.