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

Current Exchange Rate
1 EUR = 7.4435 DKK
1 GBP = 7.9440 DKK
1 USD = 5.0237 USD

Sports Betting in Denmark
Like most forms of gambling in Denmark, all legal sportsbooks are owned and operated by a state-owned company called Dansk Spil. The government forbids private Danish companies as well as foreign companies from setting up betting shops in Denmark. This has caused problems over the years. Dansk Spil operates or oversees around 4,000 kiosks and betting shops across Denmark where Danes go to place wagers on sporting events.

The most prevalent betting shop is the PitStop franchise, which combines a café environment with a counter selling Dansk Spil products. In addition to sports wagers, Dansk Spil offers a variety of lottery-style games.

Online Sports Betting in Denmark
While internet betting in Denmark is legal, it is all controlled by Dansk Spil, and no other companies are allowed to offer sports bets on the internet. The government even tries to keep foreign companies from catering to Danes. The Danish government took legal action against Ladbrokes for appealing to Danish players. Ladbrokes promptly countersued. The Danish Court ruled in favor of Dansk Spil in the end, since it is technically a not-for-profit organization.

In spite of the Danish government's efforts to keep foreign online sportsbooks away, there are many international sites that offer their services in Danish and accept Danish Krone. Even though Danish banks are not allowed to process payments to any online gambling site other than Dansk Spil, there are many ways to fund accounts, and some of the best online sportsbooks for Danes are those hosted in faraway lands.