Danish regulator backs player-funds claim as Supreme Court set to hear DK Gambling ApS bankruptcy case

Denmark’s Spillemyndigheden has stepped into a Supreme Court case over whether player balances held by bankrupt operator DK Gambling ApS are protected from the bankruptcy estate. For PSPs and gambling operators, this is the part that matters: it goes to the treatment of customer funds when a licensed brand collapses, not just to the collapse itself.

1. Spillemyndigheden said the fate of player funds at DK Gambling ApS will now be heard by Denmark’s Supreme Court on March 10, 2027. The company entered bankruptcy proceedings in April 2022, and the regulator has been granted permission to intervene in support of the player’s claim.
2. The dispute started because the trustee refused to pay out money that players held in their gaming accounts when the operator went bankrupt. In the trustee’s view, those funds were not specifically protected against bankruptcy. Spillemyndigheden says that interpretation conflicts with Danish gambling legislation.
3. The Maritime and Commercial Court initially sided with the trustee, but the High Court reversed that result in November and ruled for the player. The High Court said funds in a gambling account with the bankrupt operator are specially protected and belong to the customer, not to the other creditors of the bankruptcy estate.
4. Spillemyndigheden also flagged another licensed operator, Jackpotbet A/S, which entered bankruptcy proceedings on June 18, 2026. Its licences to offer online casino gaming and betting in Denmark have lapsed, and players with funds deposited there were told to contact the trustee, DLA Piper Denmark Advokatpartnerselskab.
5. Separately, the regulator ordered internet service providers in Denmark to block 98 more gambling websites, including Polymarket. That takes the total number of illegal gambling domains blocked since 2012 to 870.

Spillemyndigheden said the newly blocked sites were deliberately targeting Danish users: they used Danish language, currency, and national symbols, and offered native payment methods and customer service in Danish. For operators and their payment stacks, that is the usual enforcement pattern: local-facing acquisition, local payment methods, and then a block order once the regulator decides the site is aimed at Denmark.