Who owns Ladbrokes?
Ladbrokes is owned by Entain plc, a betting group listed on the London Stock Exchange and based in the Isle of Man. The UK site runs under LC International Limited, a Gibraltar company with UK Gambling Commission account 54743. Entain also owns Coral, bwin and partypoker. Our data lists 30 other active Entain brands.
| Ultimate owner | Entain plc (listed (LSE: ENT)) |
|---|---|
| Operating company | LC International Limited, Gibraltar |
| Licenses | UKGC account 54743 |
| Products | Sports betting, Casino, Poker, Bingo |
| Website | ladbrokes.com |
| Also runs as | ladbrokes.com.au |
| Sister casinos | 33 |
| Fines and actions | 11 |
| Owner proof | verified |
| Last checked | 14 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).
Who is behind it
Entain is the former GVC Holdings. It owns Ladbrokes, Coral, bwin, partypoker and many European, Australian and Canadian brands. In the US it co-owns BetMGM with MGM Resorts. Its shares trade in London as ENT.
License and what it means for you
The UK Gambling Commission is a strict regulator. Players in Great Britain get its rules on identity checks, safer-gambling tools and complaints. Ladbrokes serves the UK and Ireland.
Sister sites
Ladbrokes shares its licence holder with Coral, bwin and PartyCasino. Other Entain brands include Foxy Bingo, Gala Bingo, Gala Casino, Sportingbet, Eurobet and STS. Sister sites often share terms and support. A self-exclusion at Ladbrokes may not cover all of them.
Fines and regulator actions
Entain has the biggest penalty in our data. In December 2023 it agreed a £585 million deferred prosecution agreement with UK prosecutors over bribery in its former Turkey-facing business (2011-2017), plus £20 million to charity and £10 million in costs. In August 2022 the UK Gambling Commission settled with LC International and Ladbrokes retail for £17 million over safer-gambling and anti-money-laundering failures. In 2019 Ladbrokes Coral paid £5.9 million. The Dutch regulator fined its BetCity company €400,000 in 2023 and €2.65 million in 2025. Other actions in our data include: November 2023, the Dutch Kansspelautoriteit, €3 million (BetEnt B.V.); January 2022, Poland's Ministry of Finance (GIIF), PLN 2,950,000 (STS S.A.); June 2019, Sweden's Spelinspektionen, SEK 5.5 million (ElectraWorks Limited). The full list is in the table below.
Licences
| Regulator | Type | Valid | Check it |
|---|---|---|---|
| UKGC account 54743 | — | active | register |
What these licences mean for you
- Players in Great Britain get UK rules on identity checks, safer-gambling tools and complaints. GamStop self-exclusion covers all UK-licensed online sites. Self-exclusion: GamStop.
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.
- We have no company registration number for LC International Limited.
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.
Coralcoral.co.uk
bwinbwin.com
Sportingbetsportingbet.com
partypokerpartypoker.com
PartyCasinopartycasino.com
Foxy Bingofoxybingo.com
Foxy Gamesfoxygames.com
Gala Bingogalabingo.com- Gala Casinogalacasino.com
Gala Spinsgalaspins.com
Gamebookersgamebookers.com
Cheeky Bingocheekybingo.com closedEurobeteurobet.it
GiocoDigitalegiocodigitale.it- STSsts.pl
- SuperSportsupersport.hr
BetCitybetcity.nl
Crystalbetcrystalbet.com- Nedsneds.com.au
- Sports Interactionsportsinteraction.com
- Optibetoptibet.lv
Ninja Casinoninjacasino.com
Boost Casinoboostcasino.com
Enlabsenlabs.se- Nano Casinonanocasino.se
- Superbet (SE)superbet.se
Nutznutz.ee
Bpremium DEbpremium.de
bwin Dice BEbwindice.be
Vistabetvistabet.gr- Partysports (Ontario)on.partysports.ca
- Sportingbet Brasilsportingbet.bet.br closed
- Betboobetboo.bet.br closed
Everything Entain plc owns, with fines and sources →
Regulator fines
| Date | Company | Regulator / court | Amount | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-23 | Betent B.V. (BetCity) | Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands) | EUR 2,650,000 | Duty-of-care failures toward ten young adults (one 21-year-old lost EUR 45,000 in two weeks); BetCity is owned by Entain. source |
| 2024-12-17 | Electraworks Ceuta, SA | Spain — DGOJ | EUR 217,200 | Let 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 |
| 2023-12-05 | Entain plc | Crown Prosecution Service / HMRC (UK DPA) | GBP 585,000,000 | Deferred prosecution agreement for failing to prevent bribery in former Turkey-facing business (2011-2017), under GVC ownership; plus £20m charity and £10m costs. source |
| 2023-11-30 | BetEnt B.V. (BetCity) | Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands) | EUR 3,000,000 | Anti-money-laundering (Wwft) breaches: weak customer due diligence and transaction monitoring. source |
| 2023-06-27 | UAB Baltic Bet (Optibet) | Lithuania — LPT | EUR 16,705 | Website content and search keyword ads for Optibet judged to encourage gambling (date is the report date). source |
| 2023-04-20 | Betent B.V. (BetCity) | Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands) | EUR 400,000 | Advertising aimed at young adults (date = trade press report). source |
| 2022-08 | LC International Ltd and Ladbrokes Betting & Gaming (retail) | UK Gambling Commission | GBP 17,000,000 | Record (at the time) settlement for social-responsibility and AML failures: ~£14m online, ~£3m retail. source |
| 2022-01-26 | STS S.A. | Poland — Ministry of Finance (GIIF) | PLN 2,950,000 | AML 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 |
| 2019-06-26 | ElectraWorks Limited | Spelinspektionen (Sweden) | SEK 5,500,000 | Warning and fine for taking bets on matches with under-18 players. source |
| 2019 | Ladbrokes Coral Group | UK Gambling Commission | GBP 5,900,000 | Earlier social-responsibility penalty package for Ladbrokes and Coral. source |
| 2015-10-12 | bwin.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 Ladbrokes?
Entain plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Are Ladbrokes and Coral the same company?
Same owner and same UK licence holder: LC International Limited, account 54743.
Has Ladbrokes been fined?
Yes. In 2022 LC International and Ladbrokes retail settled with the UK Gambling Commission for £17 million.
Sources
- https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/public-register/business/detail/domain-names/54743
- https://data.fca.org.uk/artefacts/NSM/RNS/5584836.html
- https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/public-register/business/detail/54743
- https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/public-register/business/detail/trading-names/54743
Last checked 14 Oct 2026. How we check facts. Gambling can be addictive. Help: BeGambleAware, GamStop, Gamblers Anonymous.