Danish regulation changes to move forward next month
First reading of the amendments, including new licence application fees, to go before parliament on 8 December
A series of amendments to Denmark’s online gambling legislation, including new licence fees, are set to go before parliament next month, eGaming Review has learned.
The changes include differentiated annual and application fees depending on the vertical and revenues of the operator, as well as proposals to change the frequency of tax reports from a weekly to a monthly basis.
Operators will also no longer be required to publicly publish their key performance figures and can instead report numbers to the Danish Gaming Authority (Spillemyndigheden) directly.
Chief executive of the Danish Online Gambling Association (DOGA) Morten Ronde welcomed the news but admitted the amendments don’t go far enough for the trade body’s members.
“All of the amendments are in our favour, and we’re quite pleased with what’s in there, but they are very small and we would like bigger amendments such as the regulation of online bingo,” Ronde said.
The first reading of the amendments is tabled for 8 December and will be followed up by a second and third reading in parliament a couple of weeks later.
News of the changes come after figures from the country’s gambling regulator revealed the online casino market continued its double-digit growth during Q3 2015 after reporting a 25% year-on-year rise in gross gaming revenue (GGR).
Revenues from casino for the three-month period grew to DKK330m (£31.1m), up from DKK265 (£24.9m) in the same period last year, while sports betting also recorded modest growth.