Who owns BetStars?
As of : BetStars is the Danish betting and casino brand of PokerStars. At the top of the chain is Flutter Entertainment plc, whose shares trade on the NYSE and which also runs Paddy Power, Betfair and FanDuel. betstars.dk operates under Reel Denmark Limited, an Isle of Man company licensed by Spillemyndigheden, Denmark's gambling authority, for online casino and betting.
| Ultimate owner | Flutter Entertainment plc (listed (NYSE: FLUT)) |
|---|---|
| Operating company | Reel Denmark Limited, Isle of Man |
| Licences | Denmark — Spillemyndigheden |
| Products | Casino, Sports betting |
| Sportsbook | Amelco reported |
| Website | betstars.dk |
| Also runs as | betstars.fr |
| Companies of the other sites | Reel Malta Limited (betstars.fr) · France — ANJ |
| Sister casinos | 22 |
| Fines and actions | BetStars’s own company: 0 · whole Flutter Entertainment plc group: 21 |
| Owner proof | verified |
| Last checked | 14 Oct 2026 |
In numbers
- Reel Denmark Limited also runs 1 other gambling brand under the same company and licence.
- Flutter Entertainment plc owns 23 casino and betting brands (64 websites) in our data.
- 21 fines and regulator actions against the owner since 2018, about €12 million in total (converted to euros).
Who is behind it
Reel Denmark Limited holds the Danish licence under the PokerStars name. PokerStars came to Flutter with The Stars Group, which Flutter took over together with Sky Betting & Gaming. Flutter itself dates from 2016, the year Paddy Power and Betfair merged. Its legal home is Ireland, while its operational head office is in New York. During 2025 the group bought Snai, an Italian operator, and took a majority stake in Betnacional, a Brazilian one.
Licence and what it means for you
Spillemyndigheden lists Reel Denmark Limited, under its PokerStars entry, with an active licence for online casino and betting, and betstars.dk is one of its domains. Our data shows no licence number or end date. Danish rules apply on the site, including ROFUS, the national self-exclusion register. BetStars also has a French sports betting site, betstars.fr, under French rules.
Licence records
| Regulator | Type | Valid | Check it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark — Spillemyndigheden | Online casino, Betting | active | register |
What each licence means, and self-exclusion
- What a Spillemyndigheden licence means · self-exclusion: ROFUS
Sister sites
PokerStars Mobile FR is the closest sister in our data. Flutter's other brands include Paddy Power, Betfair, Sky Bet, Sisal, Sportsbet and FanDuel, for a total of 22 sister brands. A ROFUS registration in Denmark covers all Danish licensed sites. A limit set at BetStars stays at BetStars.
22 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.
Paddy Powerpaddypower.com
Betfairbetfair.com
Sky Betskybet.com
Sky Vegasskyvegas.com
Sky Casinoskycasino.com
Sky Bingoskybingo.com
Sky Pokerskypoker.com
PokerStars (US)pokerstarsmtairycasino.comtombolatombola.co.uk
- Sisalsisal.it
Snaisnai.it- Sportsbetsportsbet.com.au
FanDuelfanduel.com- Adjarabetadjarabet.com
MaxBetmaxbet.rs- Betnacionalbetnacional.bet.br closed
Junglee Gamesjungleegames.comPokerStars Mobile FRpokerstarsmobile.fr
FOX Betfoxbet.com closed- Betfair Brasilbetfair.bet.br closed
tombola arcadetombolaarcade.co.uk
MaxBet Bosniamaxbet.ba
Does self-exclusion at BetStars cover its sister sites? · How national self-exclusion schemes work
Fines and regulator actions
Reel Denmark Limited has no fine in our data. All 21 actions in the Flutter record name other group companies. Several concern the PokerStars business. Spelinspektionen, the Swedish regulator, sanctioned TSG Interactive PLC in May 2025: a warning plus SEK 7 million, over gaps in its anti-money-laundering work. The Spanish DGOJ fined TSG Interactive Spain more than once in 2025 and 2026 over technical rules and player protection. We count these as group context, not as the BetStars record.
All 21 fines and regulator actions, with sources
None of these 21 names BetStars’s own company; they concern other companies of the Flutter Entertainment 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | FanDuel (Betfair Interactive US LLC) | USA New Jersey — DGE | USD 5,000 | DGE Director's ruling (summary for sep16-30 2026): civil penalty of $5,000 on FanDuel pursuant to an Action in Lieu of Complaint for failing to adhere to a Division directive source |
| 2026-03-31 | FanDuel (Betfair Interactive US LLC) | USA New Jersey — DGE | USD 25,000 | DGE Director's ruling (summary for mar16-31 2026): civil penalty of $25,000 against FanDuel pursuant to an Action in Lieu of Complaint for violation of responsible gaming rules source |
| 2026-03-23 | Betfair Interactive US, LLC d/b/a FanDuel | USA Massachusetts — Gaming Commission | USD 5,000 | Commission fine after an adjudicatory hearing: a FanDuel employee placed sports wagers in breach of 205 CMR 238.32(1) (19 to 21 April 2024). Listed on the Commission's noncompliance enforcement page (https://massgaming.com/regulations/noncompliance-enforcement-actions/). source |
| 2026-03-12 | Betfair Interactive US, LLC d/b/a FanDuel | USA Massachusetts — Gaming Commission | USD 5,000 | Civil administrative penalty for Sports Wagering Catalog noncompliance (7 to 9 September 2023); hearing waived. Listed on the Commission's noncompliance enforcement page (https://massgaming.com/regulations/noncompliance-enforcement-actions/). source |
| 2026-01-15 | TSG INTERACTIVE SPAIN SA | Spain — DGOJ | EUR 75,000 | Breached responsible-gambling and player-protection obligations. Nominal fine €125.000; reduced to €75.000 after the firm admitted liability and paid early. Case ES 2025/097; DGOJ lists it under 2026. source |
| 2026-01-08 | FanDuel Canada ULC | AGCO (Ontario) | CAD 350,000 | Penalty for failing to identify and report suspicious betting on Czech table tennis matches with match-fixing signs (Oct-Nov 2024). source |
| 2025-12-17 | Paddy Power / Betfair (PPB) | UK Gambling Commission | GBP 2,000,000 | About £2m for failing to spot signs of gambling harm quickly enough (amount approximate as reported). source |
| 2025-07-31 | FanDuel (Betfair Interactive US LLC) | USA New Jersey — DGE | USD 2,000 | DGE Director's ruling (summary for jul16-31 2025): $2,000 civil penalty on FanDuel pursuant to a Notice of Violation for an unauthorized promotion source |
| 2025-07-23 | Betfair Interactive US LLC d/b/a FanDuel | USA Pennsylvania — PGCB | USD 40,000 | Consent agreement: failed to license several employees. source |
| 2025-07-10 | TOMBOLA INTERNATIONAL MALTA, PLC | Spain — DGOJ | EUR 9,000 | Did not meet the technical requirements set by the gambling regulations. Nominal fine €15.000; reduced to €9.000 after the firm admitted liability and paid early. Case ES/2025/079; DGOJ lists it under 2026. source |
| 2025-05-28 | TSG Interactive PLC | Spelinspektionen (Sweden) | SEK 7,000,000 | Warning and fine (PokerStars) for anti-money-laundering shortcomings. source |
| 2025-03-25 | TSG Interactive Spain, S.A. | Spain — DGOJ | EUR 100,000 | Used technical systems that were not approved, e.g. moving gambling data to a new data centre without approval. Nominal fine €125.000; reduced to €100.000 after the firm admitted liability and paid early. Case ES/2025/002; DGOJ lists it under 2025. source |
| 2025-03-11 | TSG Interactive Spain, S.A. | Spain — DGOJ | EUR 60,000 | Did not meet the technical requirements set by the gambling regulations. Nominal fine €100.000; reduced to €60.000 after the firm admitted liability and paid early. Case ES/2025/017; DGOJ lists it under 2025. source |
| 2024-02-15 | FanDuel (Betfair Interactive US LLC) | USA New Jersey — DGE | USD 2,000 | DGE Director's ruling (summary for feb1-15 2024): $2,000 civil penalty on FanDuel pursuant to a Notice of Violation for violation of rules regarding patron wagering source |
| 2023-05-25 | PPB Counterparty Services (Paddy Power) | UK Gambling Commission | GBP 490,000 | Sent marketing to self-excluded or vulnerable consumers. source |
| 2023-04-24 | Betfair International plc | Spelinspektionen (Sweden) | SEK 4,000,000 | Warning and fine for offering bets on a Swedish U21 football league, which is not allowed. source |
| 2022-03-09 | Bonne Terre Limited (Sky Betting & Gaming) | UK Gambling Commission | GBP 1,170,000 | Marketing emails sent to self-excluded and unsubscribed customers. source |
| 2022-02 | Sportsbet Pty Ltd | ACMA (Australia) | AUD 2,508,600 | Infringement notice for spam breaches: marketing emails and SMS sent without consent or without a working unsubscribe facility (Jan 2020 to Mar 2021). Also an enforceable undertaking and about A$1.2m in customer refunds. source |
| 2021-01-01 | PokerStars (Flutter group) | Austria — Courts (civil) | EUR 1,600,000 | Civil court order to repay one player's online casino and poker losses, because the operator had no Austrian licence. A court judgment, not a regulator fine; date approximate. source |
| 2019-06-26 | Betfair International plc | Spelinspektionen (Sweden) | SEK 5,500,000 | Warning and fine for taking bets on matches with under-18 players. source |
| 2018-10 | Paddy Power Betfair | UK Gambling Commission | GBP 2,200,000 | Customer-interaction and AML failures; stolen money gambled on Betfair exchange. source |
About Flutter Entertainment plc
The world's largest online betting group by revenue, formed when Paddy Power merged with Betfair in 2016 and later absorbed The Stars Group (PokerStars, Sky Betting & Gaming). Recent deals added Italy's Snai (2025) and a majority of Brazil's NSX/Betnacional (2025); its Brazilian sites had to go offline in October 2026 under a provisional Brazilian ban on fixed-odds betting. FanDuel is its main US brand.
Headquarters: Ireland (incorporated); operational HQ New York, USA · Founded: 2016 · Ownership: listed (NYSE: FLUT)
How we know, and what we could not confirm
How we know: Listed under Reel Denmark Limited (Pokerstars) in the Spillemyndigheden licence list (domain betstars.dk).
- We have no company registration number for Reel Denmark Limited.
Flutter Entertainment plc sister sites, fines and sources →
Ratings elsewhere
- Trustpilot: read the reviews there
Ratings from other websites, with their source. We do not copy their reviews, and they do not change our facts.
Often compared
- Are BetStars and FanDuel owned by the same company? Yes, both are owned by Flutter Entertainment plc.
Questions and answers
Who owns BetStars?
Flutter Entertainment plc, through its PokerStars business.
Is BetStars licensed in Denmark?
Yes. Reel Denmark Limited holds a Spillemyndigheden licence for online casino and betting, and betstars.dk is listed under it.
Has BetStars been fined?
Our data shows no fine against Reel Denmark Limited. Other PokerStars companies were fined in Sweden and Spain.
Is BetStars the same as PokerStars?
It is the PokerStars sports and casino brand. In Denmark both use the same company, Reel Denmark Limited.
Is BetStars legit?
BetStars is run by Reel Denmark Limited, which holds a licence from Spillemyndigheden (Denmark) for Online casino, Betting. Check the licence in the Spillemyndigheden licence register. Its owner is Flutter Entertainment plc, a listed company. Fines and regulator actions against BetStars’s own company: 0; against the whole Flutter Entertainment plc group: 21. Sister sites with the same owner: 22. Guide: How to check a casino. We do not rate sites. A licence from your country’s regulator is the main protection.
What are BetStars’s sister sites?
BetStars has 22 sister casinos with the same owner, Flutter Entertainment plc: Paddy Power, Betfair, Sky Bet, Sky Vegas, Sky Casino and 17 more. Full list: all Flutter Entertainment plc sister sites.
Sources
Last checked 14 Oct 2026. Review text checked against our data on 25 Oct 2026. How we check facts. Gambling can be addictive. Help: BeGambleAware, GamStop, Gamblers Anonymous.
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