Key points:
- Gross gaming revenue (GGR) in Denmark was up 0.6% for February 2025, on account of 5.8% growth from online gaming
- Sports betting, gaming machines and land-based casino GGR were down year-on-year
- ROFUS registrants totalled 58,280
Spillemyndigheden, the Danish gambling regulator, has reported the nation’s gaming revenue results for February 2025.
In total, gross gaming revenue from betting came to DKK 175m, ($25.4m), down DKK 3m from this time last year. Indeed, figures in each sector were down year-on-year, with gaming machine GGR down DKK 7m to DKK 93m and land-based down DKK 5m to DKK 27m. Only the online segment saw growth, up 5.8%, or DKK 16m, to DKK 294m.
Overall, gambling spend was up 0.6% year-on-year, on account of online segment growth. This totals DKK 590m.
Month-on-month, all figures were down, with betting down 9.8%, gaming machines down 3.1%, land-based casinos down 3.6% and online casino down 7%.
Looking into sports betting more specifically for the year, mobile betting accounted for 68.8%, computer betting 17.6% and land-based 13.7%. This is relatively on par with last February’s breakdown, with mobile betting accounting for 69.7%, computer betting 14.2% and land-based 16.1%. In both years, Saturday and Sunday, unsurprisingly, were the most popular days for Danes to place bets.
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Breaking down online casino play, gaming machines accounted for 81.9%, blackjack 6.6%, roulette 5.5%, poker 2.7% and bingo 2.6%, with other games accounting for the remaining 0.8%. In this segment, Friday was the most popular day to bet; a change in behaviour from 2024, when Thursday was the most popular betting day by a notable margin.
For gaming machines, arcades accounted for the majority of GGR at 80.2%. Restaurants accounted for the other 19.8%, with an average daily GGR for the segment totalling DKK 3.5m. The most popular time of day to place bets with gaming machines in Denmark was between 3pm to 5pm local time, with Friday, again, being the highest-earning day of the week.
In February 2025, 58,280 people were signed up to ROFUS, Spillemyndigheden’s self-exclusion register. Of this, 37,772 people, or 64.8%, were registered permanently. The majority of registrants were men, totalling 45,518 people (or 78.1%).
