Denmark’s Spillemyndigheden reported that gambling spend rose 21.5% in May 2026 compared with the same month a year earlier. Betting increased 54.2%, while online casinos rose 14.6%, gaming machines 3.4%, bingo halls 23.1% and land-based casinos 7.8%.
The segment figures give operators a regulator-sourced view of year-on-year changes across Denmark’s gambling market.
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Denmark’s Spillemyndigheden found that pupils were more aware of gambling risks after educational presentations, according to its research. More pupils viewed gambling as entertainment rather than a way to earn money, but the presentations appeared to have little effect on how often young people gambled.
Spillemyndigheden won the IAGR award for Best Responsible/Safer Gambling Initiative or Communications Campaign for StopSpillet, the Danish regulator said on 2 November 2026. The campaign aims to encourage people with gambling problems to seek help earlier; 7% of viewers took a concrete action, while the helpline received 108 calls in October 2025. This was the authority’s third consecutive annual award at the event.
Spillemyndigheden received the prize in the category "Best Responsible/Safer Gambling Initiative or Communications Campaign" for its StopSpillet campaign, according to the Danish regulator. Anders Dorph returned home from the IAGR conference in Lima, Peru, carrying an international award for the third year in a row. Roughly 200 representatives of gambling authorities from around the world took part in the conference, where a unanimous jury picked the Danish campaign as the winner among the nominated entries.
Denmark’s Spillemyndigheden reported that the share of surveyed male students who paid close attention to its licensing mark rose from 39% before its educational sessions to 61% afterwards. The findings drew on 1,967 student responses collected before and after sessions held from September 2024 to March 2025.
Denmark's gambling regulator, Spillemyndigheden, has published a report assessing the education sessions it runs in upper-secondary schools and youth training programmes. The report found that the share of male students who said they paid close attention to the regulator's licensing mark on gambling sites rose from 39% before the sessions to 61% afterwards, an increase of 22 percentage points, according to the report.
Denmark’s Gambling Authority has launched a campaign to alert parents to gambling-like features in children’s video games, the regulator said. The campaign highlights loot boxes, random rewards and in-game purchases, and includes a film, an information platform and temporary displays in Aarhus, Odense and Copenhagen.
Denmark’s Spillemyndigheden launched its “Casino in the children’s room” campaign on 26 October to raise parents’ awareness of gambling-like features in games played by children and young people. The campaign includes a film, decorated shopfronts in Aarhus, Odense and Copenhagen, and placements on Meta, YouTube and TV2 Play.
Denmark's Spillemyndigheden launched a campaign on 26 October aimed at raising parents' awareness of gambling-like mechanisms in the games their children play. The campaign, titled "Casino in the children's room", includes a film, decorated shopfronts in three cities and advertising placements, according to the regulator.