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Danish Treasury backs merger of Danske Spil and Klasselotteri

SBC News Danish Treasury backs merger of Danske Spil and Klasselotteri

Nicolai Wammen, Denmark’s Minister of Finance, has stated that his department supports a merger of state-owned gambling operators Danske Spil and Danske Klasselotteri. Reporting to Folketing (parliament), Wammen expressed that a merger would ‘create a better strategic framework’ for the state-owned assets and how their charitable contributions are distributed, benefiting Danish society. Furthermore, Wammen detailed that both companies were in …

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Danske Spil elects ‘political heavyweight’ Peter Christensen as new Chairman 

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Denmark’s gambling and national lottery monopoly operator Danske Spil has announced the inbound appointment of Peter Christensen as new Chairman. A former MP for Denmark’s Venstre Liberal Party, Christensen has previously served as Minister of Taxation (2011) and Minister of Defence (2015) under the cabinet of former Danish PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen. The appointment was confirmed by Nicolai Wammen, Denmark’s …

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Blackout… Norwegian coalition moves to implement severe online gambling restrictions

SBC News Blackout... Norwegian coalition moves to implement severe online gambling restrictions

A coalition of Norwegian political parties has secured a mandate demanding that Parliament and the cultural committee of Storting (Norway’s legislative assembly) move to severely restrict consumer engagement with foreign online gambling/betting operators. Securing the motion, the coalition of Norway’s Labour, Christian Peoples, Socialist Left and Centrist Parties’ have developed a combined mandate, which demands that Storting move to immediately …

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Danske Spil appoints Susanne Mørch Koch as new Chief Executive

SBC News Danske Spil appoints Susanne Mørch Koch as new Chief Executive

Denmark state-owned gambling operator Danske Spil has confirmed the appointment of Susanne Mørch Koch as its new Chief Executive Officer. The operator ends its search for its replacement of Christian Madsen, who announced his departure as CEO this June following a 12-year leadership tenure with Danske Spil. Having been approved by the Danske Spil board, Mørch Koch will now work …

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Denmark split on the sale of Danske Spil

SBC News Denmark split on the sale of Danske Spil

Members of Denmark’s cabinet are split regarding the potential sale of state-owned gambling operator Danske Spil. Last week Danish news sources’ reported that ruling conservative-liberal party Venstre were considering the potential sale or break-up of Danske Spil assets. At present, it is reported that Venstre and gambling stakeholders would prefer to sell-off Danske Spil’s online gambling assets to the private …

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