Who owns BetCity?

As of 14 Oct 2026: BetCity is owned by Entain plc, the London-listed betting group behind Ladbrokes, Coral and bwin. Entain bought BetCity in January 2023. The Dutch site betcity.nl runs under BetEnt B.V., a Netherlands company (number 82283141). BetEnt B.V. holds licence 3629 from the Dutch regulator, the Kansspelautoriteit, valid until October 2031.

Ultimate owner	Entain plc (listed (LSE: ENT))
Operating company	BetEnt B.V., Netherlands · reg. 82283141
Licences	Netherlands — KSA 3629
Products	Sports betting, Casino
Sportsbook	Kambi reported
Website	betcity.nl
Sister casinos	33
Fines and actions	BetCity’s own company: 3 · whole Entain plc group: 9
Owner proof	verified
Last checked	14 Oct 2026

In numbers

Entain plc owns 34 casino and betting brands (67 websites) in our data.
9 fines and regulator actions against the owner since 2019, about €715 million in total (converted to euros).
Entain plc has owned BetCity since 2023.

Who is behind it

BetCity joined Entain in January 2023 and gave the group a Dutch sports betting and casino brand. Entain names it in its own brand list. The parent, Entain plc, is based in the Isle of Man and its shares trade in London as ENT. In our data no other Entain brand uses BetCity's licence holder, BetEnt B.V.

Licence and what it means for you

The Kansspelautoriteit is a strict regulator. Dutch rules apply to players in the Netherlands. The Cruks self-exclusion register covers all sites with a Dutch licence, so a Cruks registration also blocks BetCity.

Licence records

Regulator	Type	Valid	Check it
Netherlands — KSA 3629	—	– 2031-10-01	register

What each licence means, and self-exclusion

What a KSA licence means · self-exclusion: Cruks

Sister sites

Entain runs 33 other brands in our data, but none of them shares BetEnt B.V. The nearest product matches are Sportingbet, bwin and Ladbrokes, which also combine sports betting and casino. A Cruks registration blocks every Dutch-licensed site, while an account-level self-exclusion at BetCity does not reach Entain sites outside the Netherlands.

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.

Does self-exclusion at BetCity cover its sister sites? · How national self-exclusion schemes work

Fines and regulator actions

The Dutch regulator has fined BetCity's company 3 times in our data. In April 2023 it fined BetEnt B.V. €400,000 for advertising aimed at young adults. In November 2023 it fined the company €3 million for weak customer checks and transaction monitoring under anti-money-laundering law. In January 2025 it fined BetEnt B.V. €2.65 million for duty-of-care failures toward ten young adults. These three are part of 9 actions across Entain in our data.

All 9 fines and regulator actions, with sources

3 of these 9 concern BetCity’s own company; the others concern other companies of the Entain plc 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
2025-01-23	Betent B.V. (BetCity)	Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands)	EUR 2,650,000	Fine for duty-of-care failures toward young adults (18 to 23) with large losses; all 10 player files reviewed showed breaches. Decision of 23 January 2025, published 28 October 2025; the objection was rejected on 5 August 2025 and BetEnt has appealed to the court. 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
2022-08-17	LC International Limited (ladbrokes.com, coral.co.uk, foxybingo.com)	UK Gambling Commission	GBP 14,000,000	Social responsibility and AML failures across 13 online sites; Entain paid GBP 17m in total including GBP 3m for its retail arm. 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

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: Named in Entain's own brand list (2025 annual report / 2026 AGM notice). Acquired Jan 2023.

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