DGA declares market liberalisation a success amid 10-year anniversary

More than 90% of Danes gamble on licensed websites, the country’s regulator has noted as Denmark celebrates a decade since market liberalisation

More than 90% of Danes adventure on licensed websites, the country’s regulator has noted as Denmark celebrates a decennium since market place liberalisation.

In 2012, the rural area opened upwardly to common soldier iGaming companies, moving outside from a regime monopoly. Since then, Danes hold been able to pee-pee bets and take chances at online casinos.

This relocation had II main goals: step-up revenue and haulage players aside from the gray-haired market. On both accounts, it has for the most part succeeded, at least according to the Danish Gambling Authority (DGA).

Over the past 10 years, the gambling sector’s part to Denmark’s economy has risen from DKK 9bn ($1.2bn) to DKK 10.3bn, a 7% jump.

On a per-capita basis, this means that every grown citizen has gone from disbursal DKK 2,060 on average to to a greater extent than DKK 2,200.

But Danes hold turn wealthier inwards that time, so gaming accounts for about the same divvy up of Denmark’s saving as it did pre-liberalisation.

However, inward wish to the country’s s goal, liberalisation has proven to a greater extent beneficial. In 2011, the DGA said 40% of online play occurred with operators who possessed a Danish licence.

Fast frontward to last yr and only if ace inwards 10 Danes chose to gamble at an unlicensed website. Consequently, DGA Director Anders Dorph called liberalisation a success, commenting: “It clear shows that the commission has been successful.”

He added: “We are proud that Denmark is unity of the countries with the highest apportion of online gambling with licensed operators. In Europe, we make been surpassed by only if a few countries.”