Who owns Gamebookers?

Gamebookers is owned by Entain plc, listed (LSE: ENT). The site runs under LC International Limited, Gibraltar, with a licence from UKGC (account 54743). The same owner has 33 other casinos.

Ultimate ownerEntain plc (listed (LSE: ENT))
Operating companyLC International Limited, Gibraltar
LicensesUKGC account 54743
ProductsSports betting, Casino
Websitegamebookers.com
Sister casinos33
Fines and actions11
Owner proofverified
Last checked14 Oct 2026

In numbers

  • LC International Limited also runs 12 other gambling brands under the same company and licence.
  • Entain plc owns 34 brand families with 62 websites in our data.
  • 11 regulator fines against the owner since 2015, about €719 million in total (converted to euros).

Licences

RegulatorTypeValidCheck it
UKGC
account 54743
—activeregister

What these licences mean for you

About Entain plc

Formerly GVC Holdings, Entain owns Ladbrokes, Coral, bwin, partypoker and a long list of European, Australian and Canadian brands. It co-owns BetMGM in the US with MGM Resorts. It has paid the largest UK gambling penalties on record, including a £585m bribery-related deferred prosecution agreement.

Headquarters: Isle of Man · Founded: 2004 · Ownership: listed (LSE: ENT)

How we know, and what we could not confirm

How we know: Active domain on LC International Ltd UK licence.

33 sister casinos

Same owner often means the same terms, the same support team and the same payout rules. A self-exclusion at one brand may not cover its sister sites.

Regulator fines

DateCompanyRegulator / courtAmountReason
2025-01-23Betent B.V. (BetCity)Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands)EUR 2,650,000Duty-of-care failures toward ten young adults (one 21-year-old lost EUR 45,000 in two weeks); BetCity is owned by Entain. source
2024-12-17Electraworks Ceuta, SASpain — DGOJEUR 217,200Let a person registered in Spain's gambling self-exclusion register (RGIAJ) play. Nominal fine €362.000; reduced to €217.200 after the firm admitted liability and paid early. Case ES/2024/208; DGOJ lists it under 2025. source
2023-12-05Entain plcCrown Prosecution Service / HMRC (UK DPA)GBP 585,000,000Deferred prosecution agreement for failing to prevent bribery in former Turkey-facing business (2011-2017), under GVC ownership; plus £20m charity and £10m costs. source
2023-11-30BetEnt B.V. (BetCity)Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands)EUR 3,000,000Anti-money-laundering (Wwft) breaches: weak customer due diligence and transaction monitoring. source
2023-06-27UAB Baltic Bet (Optibet)Lithuania — LPTEUR 16,705Website content and search keyword ads for Optibet judged to encourage gambling (date is the report date). source
2023-04-20Betent B.V. (BetCity)Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands)EUR 400,000Advertising aimed at young adults (date = trade press report). source
2022-08LC International Ltd and Ladbrokes Betting & Gaming (retail)UK Gambling CommissionGBP 17,000,000Record (at the time) settlement for social-responsibility and AML failures: ~£14m online, ~£3m retail. source
2022-01-26STS S.A.Poland — Ministry of Finance (GIIF)PLN 2,950,000AML breaches (no compliance officer appointed, risk assessment not provided, notification missing). Fine paid; court appeal was pending in 2024. Date is STS's disclosure; STS was acquired by Entain CEE in 2023. source
2019-06-26ElectraWorks LimitedSpelinspektionen (Sweden)SEK 5,500,000Warning and fine for taking bets on matches with under-18 players. source
2019Ladbrokes Coral GroupUK Gambling CommissionGBP 5,900,000Earlier social-responsibility penalty package for Ladbrokes and Coral. source
2015-10-12bwin.party (operating rights in Romania)Romania — ONJN—The Romanian regulator annulled bwin.party's right to operate and put bwin.com, partycasino.com and partypoker.com on its blacklist for taking bets before final licensing (press reports). source

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Questions and answers

Who owns Gamebookers?

Entain plc.

Is Gamebookers licensed?

Yes. Its operator LC International Limited holds a licence from UKGC (account 54743).

What are the sister casinos of Gamebookers?

Ladbrokes, Coral, bwin, Sportingbet, partypoker, PartyCasino, Foxy Bingo, Foxy Games and 25 more.

Has the owner of Gamebookers been fined?

11 records on file. The latest: Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands), 2025-01-23.

Sources

Last checked 14 Oct 2026. How we check facts. Gambling can be addictive. Help: BeGambleAware, GamStop, Gamblers Anonymous.