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Rethinking Danish Legislation

Denmark’s new legislation to expand online casino gambling in the country outside of the country’s current monopoly have met a lot of resistance from the European internet gambling scene as well as from the European Commission and particularly land based operators in Denmark. Danish laws have long supported the state’s land gambling monopoly and protected those state interests despite the European Commission’s demands for compliance regarding an open EU market. Denmark passed regulations that would have heavily taxed land based gambling operators far more than the tax on offshore online casinos – almost a reward for foreign companies according to the complaints from Denmark’s land companies.

Danish legislators have now re-worked the new land and online casino gambling regulations, passed these new regulations through parliament and are actually now awaiting European Commission approval. Once the Commission approves the regulations it will mark an important step for Denmark in coming into full compliance and welcoming in foreign online casinos – something that has been a long time coming. Naturally though the land gambling companies that are facing higher taxes and new competition are less than thrilled with the liberalization and do not approve of the huge discrepancy between proposed taxes on land and internet companies – up to 75 percent for land companies and a mere 20 percent tax on internet casino sites licensed to operate in Denmark.

The Commission is currently reviewing the recently submitted Danish regulations and approval or commentary is expected soon. The foreign online casinos, however, are eagerly awaiting approval because that will mean legal and full access to the lucrative Danish market.