According to Section 7(1) of the Anti‑Money Laundering Act, gambling operators are required to identify and assess the risk that they may be misused for money laundering. The risk assessment must be based on the operator’s business model and must cover risk factors associated with customers, products, services and transactions, as well as delivery channels and countries or geographical areas.

The Danish Gambling Authority points out that this obligation means that any new technology used by a gambling operator must be risk‑assessed before it is launched, ensuring that no part of the operator’s business remains unassessed. New technology could, for example, include the introduction of new games or new payment solutions. The introduction of new technology therefore constitutes a change to the operator’s business model, which requires an update of the risk assessment.

When launching a new game product or other technology with which the operator has no prior experience, the operator must investigate whether relevant sources exist that can support the risk assessment.

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Danes’ gambling spend increased in April 2026 compared with the same month last year, according to the latest monthly statistics from the Danish Gambling Authority. The online casino market in particular experienced notable growth.

The figures show that total gambling spend in April 2026 rose by 2.3% compared with the same month last year. Betting saw a decrease of 22.5%. Online casino recorded an increase of 18.4%. Gaming machines experienced a 2.8% increase. For land‑based bingo, there was an increase of 17%, while land‑based casinos saw a decline of 8.3%.

More Data on ROFUS

From this month onwards, additional statistics on ROFUS (the Danish Gambling Authority’s Register of Voluntarily Excluded Players) will be available. In addition to information on the number of registered individuals and their gender, it is now also possible to view the age distribution of the nearly 72,000 people who have excluded themselves from gambling. For example, 40.7% of those registered in ROFUS are men under the age of 30.

The monthly statistics also include figures from the Danish Gambling Authority’s helpline, StopSpillet.

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On Thursday, June 18, 2026, Gaming in the Nordics will bring together in Copenhagen key decision makers in the regulated (or soon-to-be-regulated) Danish, Swedish, Finnish, and Norwegian iGaming markets.

Gaming in the Nordics is the latest initiative from Gaming in Europe, which is well known for its annual Gaming in Holland, Gaming in Germany, and Gaming in Spain conferences.

The event will take place at the Better Collective HQ in Copenhagen, and will feature Mr. Anders Dorph, Director of the Danish Gambling Authority as its headline speaker.

Other confirmed speakers include:

• Pontus Lindwall, CEO, Betsson
• Jesper Søgaard, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Better Collective
• Morten Ronde, CEO, Danish Online Gambling Association (DOGA)
• Fredrik Stenstrøm, Secretary General, Norway Association for Online Gaming (NBO)
• Pekka Ilmivalta, Head of Office, Nordic Legal – Finland
• Birgitte Sand, CEO, Birgitte Sand & Associates
• Josh Hodgson, COO, H2 Gambling Capital
• Peter-Paul de Goeij, Managing Consultant, QuodBonum.se (day chair)

Gaming in the Nordics founder, Willem van Oort commented: “We are extremely pleased that Mr. Anders Dorph has agreed to speak at the Gaming in the Nordics launch event. In my experience, it is always good to able to facilitate a dialogue between regulatory authorities and the industry – which in this case will be very capably represented by Betsson’s Mr. Pontus Lindwall, as well as several leading trade bodies. Although the Nordic markets are in varying states of regulation and market maturity, there nonetheless exist certain commonalities, which together provide a solid basis for the fruitful exchange of lessons learned and best practices.”

Launch event

This year’s Gaming in the Nordics launch event will be a small, half-day conference with a limited capacity for accommodating event attendees.

A full-size, annual Gaming in the Nordics Conference will be held in June in Copenhagen from 2027 onward.

Stay tuned for future updates!

Signup & waiting list

If you would like to attend this year’s Gaming in the Nordics launch event, please register your interest here: https://luma.com/605sboce

As only a very limited number of attendees can be accommodated, all registrants will initially be placed on a waiting list.

We will let you know as soon as possible whether we will have a seat available for you.

For press access, please contact: [email protected].

Video sessions

Key sessions of the Gaming in the Nordics launch event will be recorded and shared with the members of the Gaming in Nordics community.

If you would like to receive updates, including the links to the recorded sessions, please sign up for our Gaming in the Nordics mailing list at www.gamingin.eu.

Sponsorship opportunities available

Sponsorship and media partnership opportunities are available. Please contact Willem van Oort at [email protected] for more information.

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