Spillemyndigheden, the Danish Gambling Authority, has published the figures for May 2026.
The overall gambling spend rose 21.5% year-on-year, totalling €830m ($947.9m).
Online casino
Online casinos still dominated the figures, bringing in 53.7% of the total, or €446m. This represented a 14.6% increase Y-o-Y.
Slot machines accounted for 85.6% of online casino GGR, followed by 5.41% from blackjack, 4.72% from roulette, 2.3% from poker, 1.8% from bingo and a final 0.27% from ‘other.’
Last May, 31.9% of online casino stakes were placed through PC and 68.1% through mobile. This year, 25.6% were through computers, while 74.4% were through mobile - indicating quite a significant swing towards mobile gaming.
Friday proved to be the most popular day for online casinos, accounting for 16.89% of all stakes.
Sports betting
Sports betting saw the largest annual increase, jumping 54.2% to €238m, or 28.6% of the total gross gaming revenue (GGR).
A total of 76.1% of all sports bets were placed through mobile, with computers accounting for 12.7% and land-based shops with 11.1%.
Interestingly, looking at stakes specifically, 74.42% of the money was wagered through mobile, 18.4% through computer and 7.2% from land-based shops – continuing the modern trend of casual punters using high-street bookies, while higher stakes are done through a PC or phone.
The busiest day for sports betting was Saturday, when 21.7% of all wagers were placed.
Slot machines
Slot machines recorded a 3.4% rise, totalling €109m.
A total of 80.7% of GGR came from gaming arcades, while 19.3% came from restaurants.
Similar to online casinos, Friday was the most popular day for slot machines, with the most amount of money being dropped between 4pm and 5pm.
Land-based casinos
Land‑based bingo increased by 23.1% to €3m and land‑based casinos increased 7.8% to €35m.
The average daily GGR for land-based bingo was €99,958, while the average daily GGR for land-based casinos was €1.16m.
Responsible gambling
A total of 73,192 people were registered with ROFUS during May 2026, comprising 47,416 permanently blocked people and 25,776 temporarily suspended people.
When looking at genders, 21.5% of people on ROFUS identified as female and 78.5% identified as male.
Men under 30 years old accounted for 40.6% of all ROFUS registrations, which grew to 59.3% when accounting for all men under 40 years old.
By comparison, only 4.3% of ROFUS registrations were women under 30 years old.
A total of 100 StopSpillet conversations were had during May 2026, with 64% of these being from the players themselves, 32% from affected others and 4% from consultants.
Players below the age of 18 when they started gambling accounted for 60.5% of StopSpillet talks, compared to 7% of those who began after the age of 26.
The vast majority, or 32.4%, spent less than five hours a week on gambling; while 2.7% spent more than 70 hours.
Online casinos were selected in 67.2% of StopSpillet talks, while physical slot machines were the preferred gambling type of only 3.1% of players.
73,192 people were excluded with ROFUS as of 1 June 2026
