The Danish Gambling Authority (Danish Gambling Authority) has published (https://www.spillemyndigheden.dk/en/news/gambling-market-numbers-2024-see-statistics-and-key-figures-past-year) its annual report showing that the market grew by 5.4% to reach €1.5 billion, up from €1.4 billion in 2023. Growth was seen in four of the five main segments, with only betting showing a slight decline.
🔴 Online casinos are the largest growth segment: +13.1% to €470 million
🔴 Lotteries remain the market leader: €496 million, +5.3% by 2023
🔴 Online gambling share reached a record 68% (+4% by 2023)
🔴 70% of bets are placed from mobile devices vs. 13% in 2012
🔴 Betting: minimal decline of 0.2% to €295 million
🔴 Average Danish resident to spend €305 on gambling in 2024
🔴 Number of self-excluded players in ROFUS up 21% to 55,899
🔴 78% of those registered with ROFUS are male, 67% under 40
🔴 Among players who contacted the StopSpillet hotline, 52% played at online casinos
Since 2012, when the gambling market was partially liberalized, the share of the online segment has grown from 31% to 68%. Denmark also ranks fifth in Europe in terms of the share of legal online gambling (91.5%), behind only Italy, the Czech Republic, the UK and Bulgaria.
