Official language: Danish
Population: 5,511,451
Currency: Danish Krone (DKK)

Current Exchange Rate
1 EUR = DKK
1 GBP = DKK
1 USD = USD

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Gambling in Denmark
Gambling laws in Denmark are complicated, like they are throughout much of Europe. The main reason is that the Danish government makes a distinction between two types of gambling – games of skill and games of chance. Games of skill are only allowed in casinos, which are run on licenses granted by the Danish Ministry of Justice. Casino licenses are given out by the Ministry to whatever companies they see fit.

Games of chance are all controlled by a company called Dansk Spil, which has been in operation since 1948. The Danish government controls 80% of the Dansk Spil and therefore sanctions the monopoly it holds on all chance-based gambling. The government uses their power over the company to regulate much of the gaming in Denmark. Dansk Spil controls all sports betting, lottery, bingo, and keno games in the country. The EU is not happy with the situation, and is putting pressure on the Danish government to break the current monopoly and open up the Danish gambling industry to other companies.

Online Gambling in Denmark
While many forms of online gambling are legal in Denmark, Dansk Spil controls it all. The Dansk Spil website is the only place to legally gamble on the internet in Denmark. The site offers sports betting, bingo, keno, and a range of card and arcade games. In an effort to keep online gambling under control, there is a total stake limit for all Danish internet gambling on the Dansk Spil website at DKK 5,000 (670 Euro) per player every 24 hours.

While the Danish government discourages Danes from playing at internet casinos hosted in other countries, it still happens regularly. The government tries to slow down Danish gambling online at offshore sites by preventing banks in Denmark from authorizing payments to internet gambling sites other than Dansk Spil. The situation in Denmark is therefore similar to the one in the US. While this slows down Danish online gambling at offshore internet casinos, it does not stop it at all.