In April, the total gaming spend on betting, online casinos, gaming machines and land-based casinos fell 6.9 per cent against the previous year to DKK595m.

However, in the same period, there was an increase in the consumption of online casinos of 6.0 per cent.

The Danish Gambling Authority Spillemyndigheden published the full statistics including figures describing the register of self-excluded players and the Danish Gambling Authority’s helpline StopSpillet.