DGA makes last-minute rule change
Danish Gambling Authority expects late amendments to gambling regulations to be approved by December 29 deadline.
The Danish Gambling Authority (DGA) has made last-minute changes to the country’s egaming legislation to allow operators based outside Denmark, and not regulated by jurisdictions with which it has signed a memorandum of understanding, to be granted a licence.
Operators licensed outside of Alderney and the Isle of Man will be eligible to receive a Danish licence, providing “the licence holder can give the DGA access to perform an adequate control of the gambling system by the means of remote access or similar”, its rules state.
Though the cooperation agreement with the Alderney Gambling Control Commission was signed in July this year, no details are being released until the Danish Gaming Act comes into force on 1 January next year.
The revised terms were submitted to the European Commission for approval on 28 September. The EC has until 29 December to grant its final approval. DGA director Birgitte Sand claimed the regulator is “not expecting any challenges” to the amendments, and expects the revisions to be approved by the deadline.
Following last week’s announcement of a bi-lateral cooperation agreement between the DGA and the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission, Sand revealed that another agreement is expected to be signed with another regulatory body this week.
Additional changes have also been made to the country’s mobile regulation. Players will now have to log in to their mobile account via a PC to verify their identity, after which they will be given a code to access their mobile app.
The DGA has also invited “all interested parties” to an information session on 20 December in Copenhagen, where it will explain how it plans to monitor the market and block illegal sites and illegal payments providers; outline the everyday procedures for interacting with licence holders; and announce details of its cooperation agreements with other jurisidictions.
While Sand has admitted that licences may not be awarded by December 15 as planned, she added that the list of companies approved to go live on 1 January next year should be prior to the meeting.