An eight per cent rise in online casino spend helped push total gambling spend in Denmark in July up by 2.5 per cent year-on-year.

Online casino spend climbed from DKK263m (£29.7m) in July 2023 to the latest figure of DKK284m (£32.1m).

But while betting spend increased by 0.7 per cent to DKK149m (£16.8m), gaming machines spend and land-based casino spend were both down by 5.2 per cent to DKK92m (£10.4m) and by 9.4 per cent to DKK29m (£3.3m), respectively.

Month-on-month, there were declines across all gaming verticals, according to the data from Spillemyndigheden, the Danish gambling regulator.

Betting spend fell from DKK271m (£30.6m) to DKK149m while online casino spend fell from DKK303m (£34.2m) to DKK284m.