Game suppliers in Denmark will now have to file their own regulatory compliance paperwork as part of Spillemyndigheden’s new certification policies.
The shift in requirements for betting and igaming providers were signed into law at the turn of the new year, and will officially come into force on 1 July – giving companies a six-month transition period to accommodate the changes.
As previously stated, gambling licence holders and game suppliers will now have separate documentation filing duties, as opposed to the previous system where operators produced reports from the name of their game suppliers.
According to Spillemyndigheden, the changes will bring more clarity to the market for all relevant shareholders, as both those who offer games and those who make them have independent responsibilities towards the Danish gambling authority.
Companies that produce their own games whilst also operating B2C services will need to comply with the new rules as well, having to apply for two separate certifications relating to each of the activities.
To provide a more detailed explanation of the new regime, Spillemyndigheden published Newsletter 58, in which it outlined the seven different variations of certifications, which one applies to what type of company, and the frequency with which they have to be updated.

We remind readers that Denmark also made significant changes to its land-based bingo framework, when Spillemyndigheden opened up the license application process for local and international companies towards the end of last year.