Who owns 1xBet Nigeria?
As of : 1xBet Nigeria is owned by 1xBet. The site runs under Beaufortbet Nigeria Limited (listed as 'Beauforbet Nigeria Limited'), Nigeria, with a licence from Nigeria Lagos - LSLGA and a licence from Nigeria - NLRC (federal). The same owner has 3 other casinos. Who owns that company is not published. Press reports this link; we have not confirmed it in a register yet.
| Ultimate owner | 1xBet (private (the people behind it are not public; press reports conflict)) |
|---|---|
| Operating company | Beaufortbet Nigeria Limited (listed as 'Beauforbet Nigeria Limited'), Nigeria |
| Licences | Nigeria Lagos - LSLGA Nigeria - NLRC (federal) expired |
| Products | Sports betting, Casino |
| Website | 1xbet.ng |
| Also runs as | 1xbet.com, 1xbet.ua, 1xbet.rs, 1xbet.co.ke, 1xbet.ug, 1xbet.tz |
| Companies of the other sites | Caecus N.V. (1xbet.com) · Curaçao — CGA OGL/2024/1262/0493 TOV Tvoya Bettingova Kompaniya (Your Betting Company) (1xbet.ua) SAFEPLAY D.O.O. Beograd (1xbet.rs) · Serbia — Games of Chance Administration Advanced Gaming Limited (1xbet.co.ke) · Kenya — Gambling Regulatory Authority (formerly BCLB) BK 0001232 / PG 0001233 Advanced Gaming Limited (1xbet.ug) · Uganda — National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board NLGRB-BM-26-0206 Katavi Gaming Limited (1xbet.tz) · Tanzania — Gaming Board of Tanzania |
| Sister casinos | 3 |
| Fines and actions | 1xBet Nigeria’s own company: 1 · whole 1xBet group: 3 |
| Owner proof | reported |
| Last checked | 15 Oct 2026 |
In numbers
- 1xBet owns 4 casino and betting brands (10 websites) in our data.
- 3 fines and regulator actions against the owner since 2020.
Licences
| Regulator | Type | Valid | Check it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria Lagos - LSLGA | — | – 2027-08-05 | register |
| Nigeria - NLRC (federal) | — | expired | register |
About 1xBet
Global sportsbook brand with Russian roots and opaque ownership. Its Curaçao arm Caecus N.V. reportedly received a CGA licence in 2024 while investigators' ownership questions were unresolved; an earlier entity, 1xCorp N.V., was declared bankrupt in Curaçao.
Headquarters: Cyprus · Ownership: private (the people behind it are not public; press reports conflict)
How we know, and what we could not confirm
How we know: Run by a local company, Beaufortbet Nigeria Limited, which got a five-year NLRC permit in 2019/20 and now holds a Lagos licence. The local company's shareholders are not disclosed.
- The ultimate owner (the people or company at the top) is not published.
- The owner link comes from press reports; we have not confirmed it in a register or in the brand’s own terms.
- We have no company registration number for Beaufortbet Nigeria Limited (listed as 'Beauforbet Nigeria Limited').
3 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.
Does self-exclusion at 1xBet Nigeria cover its sister sites? · How national self-exclusion schemes work
1xBet sister sites, fines and sources →
Fines and regulator actions
1 of these 3 concerns 1xBet Nigeria’s own company; the others concern other companies of the 1xBet group. The company column names who was fined.
Fines from the 40 regulators, prosecutors and courts we track, online gambling only; fines against land-based casinos are out of scope. How we count fines.
| Date | Company | Regulator / court | Amount | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-10 | TOV Your Betting Company | Ukraine — NSDC (Presidential decree) | — | Named in the March 2023 sanctions decree. source |
| 2022-09-06 | TOV Your Betting Company (1xbet.ua) | Ukraine — KRAIL (now PlayCity) | — | Casino and bookmaker licences annulled. source |
| 2020-01-13 | 1X Corp N.V. | Spelinspektionen (Sweden) | — | Order banning the company from offering unlicensed gambling to people in Sweden (förbud). source |
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Questions and answers
Who owns 1xBet Nigeria?
1xBet. Press reports this link; we have not confirmed it in a register yet.
Is 1xBet Nigeria licensed?
Yes. Its operator Beaufortbet Nigeria Limited (listed as 'Beauforbet Nigeria Limited') holds a licence from Nigeria Lagos - LSLGA and a licence from Nigeria - NLRC (federal).
Has the owner of 1xBet Nigeria been fined?
3 records on file. The latest: Ukraine — NSDC (Presidential decree), 2023-03-10.
Is 1xBet Nigeria legit?
1xBet Nigeria is run by Beaufortbet Nigeria Limited (listed as 'Beauforbet Nigeria Limited'), which holds a licence from Nigeria Lagos - LSLGA and a licence from Nigeria - NLRC (federal). Its owner is 1xBet; who owns 1xBet is not published. Fines and regulator actions against 1xBet Nigeria’s own company: 1; against the whole 1xBet group: 3. Sister sites with the same owner: 3. Guide: How to check a casino. We do not rate sites. A licence from your country’s regulator is the main protection.
What are 1xBet Nigeria’s sister sites?
1xBet Nigeria has 3 sister casinos with the same owner, 1xBet: Melbet, Betwinner, 1xBet Brasil. Full list: all 1xBet sister sites.
Sources
- https://lslga.org/list-of-licenced-operators-by-lagos-state-lotteries-and-gaming-authority/
- https://www.sbcnews.co.uk/sportsbook/2020/01/03/1xbet-five-year-national-licence-nigeria/
- https://igamingbusiness.com/1xbet-granted-full-national-licence-in-nigeria/
- https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://nlrc-gov.ng/nlrc-issues-sports-betting-permit-to-beaufortbet-nigeria-limited-trading-as-1xbet/
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