Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden) Licensing Guide 2026

Short answer

Denmark requires the relevant Danish Gambling Authority licence for regulated betting, online casino and other covered gambling activity. Standard betting and online-casino licences may run for up to five years, while the separate revenue-restricted route lasts up to one year. Verify an operator in the Authority's current licensed-operator register and check current fees and duties on the applicable official pages. [6] [7] [9] [12]

Data freshness: fresh. Content as of .

Evidence set: 14 sources.

Source review
verified [1]
Published
2026-05-10 [1]
Updated
2026-08-09 [1]
Article snapshot retrieved
2026-07-25 [2]

Introduction

Denmark requires the relevant Danish Gambling Authority licence for regulated betting, online casino and other covered gambling activity. Standard betting and online-casino licences may run for up to five years, while the separate revenue-restricted route lasts up to one year. Verify an operator in the Authority's current licensed-operator register and check current fees and duties on the applicable official pages. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Legal Framework

The Authority's February 2026 guidance identifies the Gambling Act as Consolidation Act no. 1182 of 22 September 2025 and points to the June 2025 executive orders for online betting and online casino. The current official AML consolidation checked for this review is Consolidation Act no. 433 of 17 April 2026. [1, 2]

Licence Types

The public pages describe these principal routes. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Route Published scope or duration
Standard betting licence Online and land-based betting; up to 5 years
Standard online-casino licence Covered online-casino games; up to 5 years
Land-based casino Separate physical-casino regime; the Authority lists seven licensed casinos
Revenue-restricted betting or online casino Up to 1 year; GGR up to DKK 1 million and turnover up to DKK 10 million

Application Process

The standard betting and online-casino pages identify forms 2-01 and the related annexes. The revenue-restricted route has separate application material and requires an approved representative in Denmark for an applicant established outside Denmark, the EU or the EEA. The official pages do not provide one universal first-application SLA, so this guide does not promise one. [1, 2, 3]

2026 Fees

The Authority's fee pages publish these application and renewal amounts for 2026. [1, 2]

Fee Amount
Betting licence application DKK 343,300
Online-casino licence application DKK 343,300
Combined betting and online-casino application DKK 480,600
Renewal of betting or online-casino licence DKK 137,300
Combined renewal DKK 171,700
Revenue-restricted licence application DKK 68,700
Refund after refusal of a revenue-restricted application DKK 34,400

Annual fees for standard licences depend on gambling revenue and are published in a separate table on the same official fee page. [1, 2]

Responsible-Gambling Controls

The 2026 guidance describes three distinct controls: deposit-limit settings, checks against the national ROFUS exclusion register when an account is created and at each login, and the operator's own self-exclusion facility. It labels setting a deposit limit during account creation as good practice rather than restating it as a universal statutory timing rule. [1]

Enforcement Example

An official notice concerning the annual report for 2024 warned that failure to complete the required report may be considered a gross violation and may cause withdrawal under section 44(1)(1) of the Gambling Act. This is a dated notice about that reporting obligation, not a statement that every reporting error automatically causes withdrawal. [1]

Verifying an Operator

Use the Authority's licensed-operator register and match the legal entity and relevant licence category. The page checked for this review reported Last updated: 6 July 2026. An operator's interface may help assess compliance, but it is not a substitute for the official status record. [1]

Limitations

This guide reports official material retrieved for the review date below. It is not legal advice. Fees, executive orders and operator status may change, so confirm them in the live Authority pages before filing or relying on a claim.

Sources

This article was checked against the official sources above. Content as of: 2026-08-09. Fact check completed: 2026-08-09 (Europe/Warsaw).

Evidence details and source provenance (14 sources)

Additional facts

Category
Guide [1]
Reading time
9 minutes [1]
Content as of
2026-08-09 [1]
Fact checked
2026-08-08T23:31:01.000Z [1]
Dataset release
registry-2026-07-27-baseline-v2 [3]

Sources and provenance

  1. Versioned article snapshot: Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden) Licensing Guide 2026 — Gambling License Register Published . Source updated . Evidence: content/articles.snapshot.json entry slug=spillemyndigheden-denmark-complete-licensing-guide; schema 2; generator 2; SHA-256 covers the serialized entry. SHA-256 933b006a13525064a4463a8ab1c49b5cf6e5ffc4aa88e653348f24727dbc5840.
  2. Pinned source article snapshot registry-2026-07-31-build-static-baseline-v2 — Gambling License Register Snapshot retrieved . Evidence: articles snapshot; upstream baseline for article slug spillemyndigheden-denmark-complete-licensing-guide. SHA-256 56dc106f083f632b822d87a272739ca359f4fa61ba056bc30d9616e01ccdc165.
  3. Pinned registry release registry-2026-07-27-baseline-v2 — Gambling License Register Evidence: Release manifest identified by datasetReleaseId registry-2026-07-27-baseline-v2. SHA-256 a4e321707c5fb61680af979ec10093890aa8c8cc9285f03d05b5adbd94e15fda.
  4. Danish Gambling Authority Guidance on Responsible Gambling — Danish Gambling Authority (official regulator source) Published . Source updated . Snapshot retrieved . Evidence: Version 1.0, legal framework and sections 3–6.
  5. Danish AML Act, Consolidation Act no. 433 of 17 April 2026 — Retsinformation (official regulator source) Published . Snapshot retrieved . Evidence: Consolidation Act no. 433 of 17 April 2026.
  6. How to obtain a betting licence — Danish Gambling Authority (official regulator source) Snapshot retrieved . Evidence: Scope, duration and application forms.
  7. Apply for an online-casino licence — Danish Gambling Authority (official regulator source) Snapshot retrieved . Evidence: Duration and application forms.
  8. Land-based casinos — Danish Gambling Authority (official regulator source) Snapshot retrieved . Evidence: Seven licensed land-based casinos.
  9. Revenue-restricted licences — Danish Gambling Authority (official regulator source) Snapshot retrieved . Evidence: One-year duration, GGR and turnover caps.
  10. Fees on betting and online casino — Danish Gambling Authority (official regulator source) Snapshot retrieved . Evidence: 2026 application and renewal fees.
  11. Fees on revenue-restricted licences — Danish Gambling Authority (official regulator source) Snapshot retrieved . Evidence: 2026 application fee and refusal refund.
  12. Licensed gambling operators — Danish Gambling Authority (official regulator source) Source updated . Snapshot retrieved . Evidence: Licensed gambling operators; last updated 6 July 2026.
  13. Annual report submission notice — Danish Gambling Authority (official regulator source) Published . Snapshot retrieved . Evidence: 2024 annual report; withdrawal warning.
  14. Editorial and Evidence Policy — Gambling License Register Source updated . Evidence: Repository trust content /editorial-policy; lastUpdated 2026-08-09; SHA-256 covers the serialized page model. SHA-256 53427f6134a3a6b1ea323f0c87d3636d6fdea95d2751ae2a64fa16ddb6a6cc27.

Changelog

  1. — Rechecked current legislation, licence routes, 2026 fees, responsible-gambling controls, enforcement notice and operator register; replaced the superseded AML Act reference and added claim-level citations.