vinylweatherman
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OK, I might not have been entirely clear in my post, sorry
I do not think it has to do with IP and Copyrights, I suspect the reason specific MG slots are not available in DK is due to the Danish Gambling licensensing oganisation "Spillemyndigheden", who I think somehow has to approve every single game, or at least every underlying "engine" - This would explain why the second TFROL was ok at one casino, it showed up at the others, same with the newer Netent slots and other MGs.
As for Isis and The dark knight, I think it is due to the progressive jackpot (hall of gods are not available in DK as well), I believe the "spillemyndigheden" somehow requires Danish taxation on the progressive pool
Also, it seems NordicBet tried to get the WMS slots to DK but failed (I found online "play for free" versions, with NordicBet tags and all text translated to Danish, but they are still not available at any casino with an official DK license)
And BTW "Spillemyndigheden" was certainly not formed with the players in mind, but simply to ensure Danish tax revenue when the EU refused to allow the monoply held by "danske spil" to continue. And to some extend to protect the former monoply at "danske spil" since they pay part of their revenue to Youth organisations of political parties, disability organisations and local youth sports in DK.
The only official DK casino I have seen with an international progressive, is "danske spil" which also runs the official lotteries and used to be the monopoly (and I think it's fair to assume that they are VERY close with "spillemyndigheden" )
What about the non progressive Isis, this shouldn't be a problem.
The UK is bringing in a similar regime, so I hope we don't start getting similar unexplained oddities.
However, from a player's point of view, a slot being yanked without notice nor explanation is far worse than it not appearing at all due to some local issue.
For months, Playboy was fine in Canada, and then suddenly it isn't, and not just suddenly, but with incredible urgency such that even the operators couldn't be told, let alone a press release prepared. That looks very much like a big corporation got completely caught out, and had to resort to panic measures. Perhaps something along the lines of it never having supposed to be available to start with, and suddenly finding out that for the past 2 months they had been making a SERIOUS mistake, and risked the wrath of Heffner descending upon them.