Licensed Online Casinos Launched in Denmark

Denmark has started 2012 on the right foot after it had regulated its online gambling market towards the end of 2011 and started the New Year by offering Danish people a secure, reliable and fair online gambling market that is closely supervised by the state.

Now some of the biggest online casinos in Europe are available in Denmark in the Danish language and Danish players can enjoy the peace of mind that comes with playing at online casinos regulated and monitored by the state.

The journey Denmark took on its way to a regulated online gambling industry was not an easy one. For many years the Danish government made a distinction between games of chance that were offered by a single state-controlled company and games of skill that were offered in land casinos licensed by the state.

Denmark tried to regulate its online gambling market but insisted on stopping offshore operators from working in the country. The proposed regulation came under a lot of heat from operators and the European Commission.

Finally in May 2011 it revised its gambling legislation to allow offshore operators from offering their services to Danish gamblers. The revised legislation was welcomed by casino operators and European legislators but suffered a setback due to legal action from Danish land casino owners that protested the higher taxation imposed on land operators compared with online operators.

Eventually the European Commission rejected the claims of land casino owners on the grounds that the new legislation serves the greater purpose of finally providing secure online gambling for Danes and this purpose is more important than identical taxation for different operators.

Therefore as of the 1st of January 2012 every adult in Denmark can enjoy safe online gambling offered by casino operators that are licensed by the state. They can play with a peace of mind knowing that their money and private information is secure and that they are playing at a casino that values the principles of fair-play.

One of the best online casinos now available in Denmark is EU Casino that now offers a Danish website and casino software and player support around the clock in Danish. New players joining EU Casino can claim up to €300 welcome bonus when making their first deposit and enjoy a line of endless players’ promotions that change from day to day.