Denmark's Spillemyndigheden has launched a campaign to inform parents about gambling-like elements in video games for children. The initiative, called ‘Casino in the children's room’, aims to broaden discussions of young people's digital habits beyond screen time to game content and mechanics.
The campaign directs attention to gambling-like mechanics in games used by children.
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Danish gambling consumption declined in August 2026 from the same month a year earlier, adjusted for GDP. Betting recorded the sharpest drop, while online casino grew, according to the Spillemyndigheden's monthly statistics.
Danish gambling consumption fell in August 2026 compared with the same month a year earlier, adjusted for GDP, according to the monthly statistics published by Spillemyndigheden, Denmark's gambling authority. Total gambling consumption was down 7.1% year on year in August, the regulator's figures show.
Reportedly, Denmark’s government tabled a gambling reform bill on 7 October. The proposal schedules reforms from January to October 2027, including a live sports advertising ban from ten minutes before kick-off until ten minutes after an event ends, starting in July 2027. It would also give Spillemyndigheden inspection powers without a court order and criminalise marketing unlicensed gambling.
Denmark's government presented a gambling reform bill to parliament on 7 October, the taxation ministry said, setting out a phased implementation of its reforms between January and October 2027. The bill is a re-submission of an October 2025 package, known as Spilpakken 1, which lapsed with the election. Minister for Taxation and Growth Jakob Engel-Schmidt presented the bill almost exactly a year after the package was made public.
It was reported that Denmark’s gambling spending increased 23.6% year-on-year in June 2026, according to Spillemyndigheden data. Betting spending rose 68.6%.
Denmark's Spillemyndigheden secured court orders to block 334 websites offering gambling without Danish licences in 2025. The regulator said 695 platforms were investigated with the Danish Tax Authority's anti-fraud unit, and 36 further sites removed or changed their gambling offerings after intervention. Online casinos overtook lotteries as the largest segment in 2025, generating DKK4.31bn in GGR, 38% of the market.
Danish gambling spending totalled DKK680m in April, citing Spillemyndigheden figures. Spending increased 2.3% against the same month in 2025, with online gambling growing faster than other segments.