New casinos in Denmark 2026: who is behind them, and which licence do they hold?

What is a new casino?

A new casino can be three different things, and it matters when you assess it. The name on the front page rarely tells you which one you are looking at:

• A new brand. A company that already runs other casinos opens one more site.
• A known brand under another company. The casino looks the way it always has, but a different company holds the licence.
• A new company. Both the name and the company are new to the market.

A new brand from a company you already know

Many companies run more than one casino. When we counted on 6 November 2026, 18 of the 40 companies licensed for online casino had web addresses under more than one name on the Danish Gambling Authority’s list. You may not know Denix Limited, but you may know Betinia and CampoBet. The same company is also listed with casinomoto.dk, the youngest address on the list. Skill on Net Limited, listed with winningkings.dk from July 2026, has no fewer than 60 addresses under 46 different names.

You see the same thing outside Denmark. In our own selection, Zizobet, Velobet, Rolletto and Cosmobet all belong to Santeda International, while Smash and Gambiva belong to Softon. If a new site appears from a company like that, the name is new but the company is not. We explain why the licence belongs to the company and not the name in the guide to casino licences.

A known brand under another company

On 21 August 2026, two companies most players have never heard of joined the list: MGMNordic Limited with expekt.dk and Roar Vegas Limited with leovegas.dk. Both addresses are still listed under LeoVegas Gaming Plc as well, and all three companies give an address on the same floor in Bisazza Street, Sliema, Malta. The list does not say why.

As a player, you see two familiar casinos. If you have an account at a casino that moves to a new company, read the terms again and check who your agreement is now with.

A new online casino from a new company

The newest company licensed for online casino on the list is Yes.Com Limited, from Valletta, Malta. It joined the list on 13 October 2026 with the address yes.com and is licensed for both online casino and betting. When we opened the site on 6 November 2026, it said “Coming 2026” and “Launching in Denmark first”. So a licence can be in place before a casino opens for play.

New gambling sites and casino sites

New gambling sites, new casino sites and new online casinos are just different words for the same thing, and none of them says anything about the licence. Gambling sites can also mean betting sites, and often the same company is behind both: 26 of the 40 casino companies on the list are licensed for both online casino and betting.

Newly opened casino: how to see how new it is

No single date shows when a casino opened, so check what a list of “newly opened casinos” is based on. You can put three clues together yourself:

• The web address. Look up a .com or .casino address in ICANN Lookup to see when it was registered. For a .dk address, the date is in the WHOIS record at Punktum dk, which runs .dk.
• The licence. Check the date in the register, if the licence has one, and compare it with the web address.
• The company. Find the name in the terms and search for it. If the company has other sites, the casino may be new, but the company is not.

Be careful with the web address alone. An address can be bought second-hand and be far older than the casino, so an old date tells you less than a recent one. We have not found reliable opening dates for the casinos in our own selection either. This is how their web addresses look:

New casinos with a Danish licence: how to find them

A licence from the Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden) is what most people call a Danish licence, while the authority’s own word is “tilladelse”. A Danish casino here means a casino on its list, wherever the company is based. Many of the companies are foreign, as we show on our page about foreign casinos. The list of licensed gambling operators is the reliable source. It shows each company’s address, web addresses and type of licence. A Danish casino must also show the authority’s mark on its front page, but always check the list, because a mark can be copied.

The list is in alphabetical order, and the company pages on it show no date. The data behind the list does give each row a date for when it was created, and those are the dates we use here. As many as 86 of the list’s 93 rows share one date, 18 May 2026, so the dates only tell us something from that day on.

Newest Danish casinos: the youngest web addresses on the list

If you are looking for the newest Danish casinos, the web address is the best clue we can check ourselves. We looked up all 138 web addresses that companies licensed for online casino are listed with. These were the ten youngest on 6 November 2026:

Nine of the ten belong to companies with more than one name on the list. A young web address is not the same as an open casino either: parisvegasclub.dk and eurokingclub.dk showed an error page when we tried them on 6 November from a connection outside Denmark. And a casino can open on an old address, so the table does not show every new casino.

New Danish casinos 2026: the newest companies on the list

These three companies licensed for online casino have joined the list since 18 May 2026. We also looked up when their web addresses were registered:

The date shows when the company joined the list, not when it got its licence or when the casino opened. The last column shows that an old web address can easily belong to a new company.

How often do new casinos appear in Denmark?

New companies do not appear very often. From 18 May to 6 November 2026, three companies licensed for online casino joined the list, and only one of them came with a new casino name. The four other new rows are a lottery, a poker club and two associations.

New casino names can appear more often, because a new web address can be added to an existing licence. Of the 138 addresses on the list, two were registered in 2026, four in 2025 and five in 2024. The list does not show when an address was added, so we are wary of monthly lists of new Danish casinos that we cannot check ourselves.

A new Danish casino: how it gets a licence

The company applies to the Danish Gambling Authority and pays a fee with its application. In 2026 that is 343,300 kr. for online casino alone and 480,600 kr. together with betting. A licence lasts up to five years at a time. These things must be in place along the way:

• Directors, board members and beneficial owners fill in a personal declaration, and the authority assesses criminal records and debt declarations.
• The company must be based in the EU or EEA, or have an approved representative.
• The company must be able to run gambling on a sound financial and professional footing.
• The gaming system must be certified by an accredited test company before it goes into use.
• Games must come from a supplier with a Danish licence, unless the casino uses its own.

At the latest 14 months after the licence is taken into use, the casino must submit a report on its gambling offer, reviewed by an approved company. So a brand-new casino has its licence but has not yet submitted that report.

New foreign casinos: which licence do they hold?

You have to check casino by casino, because the word foreign says nothing about the licence. Among the nine on our cards, four have Curaçao, two have Anjouan and three show no licence. Other new casinos may hold a licence from Malta, Estonia or Gibraltar, for example. Malta and Estonia are EU countries, and we cover their licences under EU-licensed casinos.

A new foreign casino can use a licence older than the casino itself, because one company can have several sites on the same licence. Softon’s licence from Anjouan was issued on 7 September 2024, while Gambiva’s web address was not registered until 1 April 2025. So the age of a licence does not tell you how old the casino is. And if a casino shows no licence, there is no date to look up at all.

New casinos without a Danish licence: the difference

A casino needs a Danish licence to offer gambling in Denmark, even if it is brand new and has a licence from another country. The licence brings the Danish rules from day one. Without it, you have only a foreign licence, if there is one, and the casino’s own terms to rely on. These are the differences that matter most when a casino is new:

• Your money. At a Danish casino, your balance must be kept in a separate account that is protected if the company goes bankrupt. Other licences have other rules.
• Limits. You must choose a deposit limit before you can play at a Danish casino. That rule does not come with a foreign licence.
• Games. With a Danish licence, games and systems must be certified before the casino uses them. Otherwise it depends on the licence.
• Supervision. The Danish Gambling Authority supervises Danish casinos. For other casinos it is the licensing authority, if there is one, and the Danish authority can have a site blocked if it offers gambling to people in Denmark without a licence.

The rules on money, limits and system certification do not apply to the small, income-limited licences.

A new licence from Curaçao, Malta or Anjouan: can you see the date?

Where you find the date depends on the licence, because the registers do not show the same things:

• Curaçao. The Curaçao Gaming Authority has a register as a PDF and a licence check on its site, and the dates can differ. The licence shared by four casinos in our selection was issued on 14 August 2024 according to the licence check. The PDF shows 24 June 2025 and an expiry date of 24 December 2025. Both show the status “Assessment in progress”, which means the assessment is under way. So read both the dates and the status.
• Malta. The page the Malta Gaming Authority’s seal links to shows the company, licence number, type, status and approved web addresses, but we have not found a date there. Many numbers contain a year, such as MGA/B2C/959/2022, but treat that only as a hint.
• Anjouan. The register shows both the issue date and the expiry date. Softon’s licence, for example, runs from 7 September 2024 to 6 September 2027.

Are new casinos safe?

A casino is not unsafe because it is new, but you have less to go on. Fewer players have tried to get winnings paid out or to complain, and you cannot see how the casino behaves over several years. A licence or a smart front page does not change that, so neither is enough for us to call a casino safe.

Ask instead who is behind it. A new casino from a company with several years of operation and a licence you can find in the register is a different matter from a new name with no company and no licence. How you find the licence in the register depends on the licence, as you can see in the comparison of casino licences. Ask too what happens to your money if something goes wrong. We answer that in the questions at the bottom.

Pros and cons of new online casinos

We have not measured whether new casinos are generally better or worse than old ones. This is what you can count on.

Pros

• You are a new customer. If you have not had an account at the casino, you can usually take part in the welcome offer.
• There may be something new to try. A new casino has to win its first customers, so it may compete on design and apps. Yes.Com, for example, says it is building “the most entertaining betting app”.
• A known company gives you something to look into. If a new site comes from Denix, you can see how the company runs Betinia and CampoBet.

Cons

• There is no long track record. You have fewer player experiences to read, and a brand-new Danish casino has not yet submitted its first report to the Danish Gambling Authority.
• A new name is not necessarily a new casino. You may end up with the company you came from, with the same games and the same rules.
• The company can change. expekt.dk and leovegas.dk are now also listed under new companies, and if that happens to your casino, the other party to your agreement may change.
• The bonus does not get bigger. At a Danish casino the limit is 1,000 kr., however new it is, and a big offer elsewhere can have hard terms.

New or established casinos: which suits you?

If you would like to try something new and are willing to check the company, licence and terms yourself, a new casino may suit you. If you would rather have a name with years of player experience behind it, an established casino is the easy choice. Either way, the same three questions apply: who is behind it, which licence does it hold, and how do you get your money out? Set a limit on your gambling before you start, too. You will find tips under responsible gambling.

Bonuses at new casinos

Many people search for new casino offers hoping for a bigger bonus, but the rules follow the licence, not the casino’s age. A new Danish casino cannot give more than an old one, and the value can be at most 1,000 kr. Without a Danish licence, the casino’s terms and the licence’s rules set the limit. Our cards show offers such as 300% up to €2,000 and 600% up to €10,000, but offers change, so always check the current one.

Welcome bonus for new players: check the wagering

The Danish rules make a good checklist, even when you are looking at a casino without a Danish licence. At a Danish casino:

• If the bonus requires a deposit, the deposit must match the value of the bonus.
• Wagering can be at most 10 times the deposit and bonus together.
• The casino must show a worked example, in the game’s currency, of how much you have to play for.
• The games you may use must count 100% towards the wagering.
• You must have at least 60 days to meet the terms.

Elsewhere, all of this can be different. So find the same five things in the terms before you accept a welcome bonus. If you cannot find them, you do not know what the offer is worth. At Curaçao casinos, for example, bonus terms must be clear and fair, but we have not found a fixed limit on the size of a bonus.

Free spins with no deposit

Many people look for new casino sites with free spins or a no deposit bonus. Six of the nine offers on our cards include free spins, from 50 to 300. The cards show them alongside a bonus, so do not count on them coming without a deposit until you have read the terms.

Check too what each spin is worth, which games it applies to, how long it lasts and the most you can withdraw. The Danish rules ban wagering on what you win with a bonus offer, but that does not automatically come with a foreign licence.

Payment methods at new casinos

A Danish casino may only accept payments through a payment service lawfully offered in Denmark, and it may not accept cash.

According to our information, all nine casinos on our cards take Visa, Mastercard, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin. None of them takes Dankort, MobilePay or Trustly. This can vary from country to country, so always check for yourself before you open an account.

Fast payouts: what can slow them down?

We have not measured payout times, and there is rarely much experience to go on with a new casino. At a Danish casino, your identity can be the first stop. Until your details have been checked, you have only a temporary account, and you cannot withdraw from it. If you do not send the documents within 30 days of the casino asking for them, the casino must close the account. You then get back only the deposited money that is left, not the winnings. If you close an ordinary gaming account, the balance must be paid out within five working days.

At a casino without a Danish licence, the rules are in the terms. Check which documents you may be asked for, whether there is a limit per day or week, and whether an active bonus locks your money.

A new crypto casino: what to know

The Danish rules for online casino do not mention cryptocurrency, but as noted, payments must go through a lawful payment service. All nine casinos on our cards take crypto, and none of them holds a Danish licence. So it is any foreign licence and the terms you need to read if you are considering a new casino with crypto.

Two things set crypto apart from a payment card. According to bitcoin.org, a Bitcoin transaction cannot be reversed unless the receiver sends the money back, and the price can change unpredictably in a short time. A Curaçao Gaming Authority guideline from June 2026 requires, among other things, players’ crypto to be kept separate from the casino’s own. Full compliance is due in June 2027.

Games at new casinos

A new casino does not necessarily mean new games, because many casinos get their games from the same suppliers. At a Danish casino they must come from a supplier with a Danish licence, unless the casino uses its own. Games and the random number generator must also be certified before delivery. At Kahnawake casinos, one of KGC’s approved agents must audit software and systems every year.

The Danish Gambling Authority’s overview had 65 suppliers when we counted on 6 November 2026, including Evolution, Play’n GO, Playtech, Yggdrasil and Nolimit City. The overview only covers supply to Danish casinos. So a well-known game at a casino without a Danish licence says nothing about that casino’s licence.

Which are the best new casinos? How to compare them

We do not name the best new casinos, because that takes someone following them over time, and we have not. Be critical of lists of the best new online casinos too: check whether the dates can be verified and whether the site gets paid. If you use one of our links, open an account and deposit, we earn commission ourselves.

The ratings on our cards are our own, and the cards are in that order. A rating does not say how new a casino is or that it accepts players from Denmark. So compare these things yourself:

• Who is behind it, and what else has the company run?
• Can you find the licence in the register, and does the web address match?
• Is Denmark excluded in the terms?
• What does the bonus require, and can you withdraw what you win?
• How do you get your money out, and what does it cost?