wide enforcement of Danish law against a foreign EU based entity can therefore not be excluded.


“However, regarding games that are still part of Danske Lotteri Spil A/S’s monopoly, the legality of the Gambling Act from an EU law perspective is unclear. Te government has given no justification for maintaining a state monopoly on the offering of, for example, lotteries and scratch cards and consequently the enforcement of this part of the legislation outside of Denmark is questionable at best.”


In terms of the online sector the authorities can measure the share of gambling spend coming in from licensed gambling operators. According to the DGA back in 2012 when betting and online casino were liberalised, a large part of the Danes’ gambling spend moved over to licensed operators and the channelling rate increased to


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In 2012, when betting and online casino were liberalised, a large part of the Danes’ gambling spend moved over to licensed operators and the channelling rate increased to 69 per cent compared to just 40 per cent in 2011. By 2020 the channelling rate was said to be 90 per cent onshore.


69 per cent compared to just 40 per cent in 2011. By 2020 the channelling rate was said to be 90 per cent onshore – a record high for the jurisdiction – and up from 88 per cent in 2019 putting Denmark in fifth place in Europe for channelisation behind the UK, Italy, Spain and Czech.


According to H2 Gambling Capital statistics - in 2019 the gambling GGR onshore total (landbased and online but excluding lotteries)


amounted to DKK6.75bn whilst offshore online saw gambling revenues of DKK694m. Tis was compared to DKK4.56bn and DKK932m respectively for the year 2012.


FACTS AND FIGURES


Te Danish gambling market on the whole struggled last year when gambling arcades and casinos were closed in spring and again in December 2020 and sport events cancelled or postponed, to prevent the spread of Covid. Certain sectors saw a massive drop in GGR whilst overall the GGR decreased by DKK600m between 2019 and 2020 with a total of DKK9.2bn last year.


Te lottery maintains over a third share of the total gambling revenue. Tere are three types of lotteries – charitable, monopoly and class lotteries.


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