Who owns Caesars Sportsbook?

As of 15 Oct 2026: Caesars Sportsbook is owned by Caesars Entertainment, the Nasdaq-listed US casino company, and run by its Caesars Digital unit. In Pennsylvania the brand runs under the interactive gaming certificate of Chester Downs and Marina, LLC, which trades as Harrah's Philadelphia. The betting platform came from William Hill US.

Ultimate owner	Caesars Entertainment (listed (Nasdaq:CZR))
Operating company	Chester Downs and Marina, LLC d/b/a Harrah's Philadelphia, US-PA
Licences	USA Pennsylvania — PGCB Interactive gaming certificate
Products	Sports betting, Casino
Website	sportsbook.caesars.com
Sister casinos	4
Fines and actions	Caesars Sportsbook’s own company: 4 · whole Caesars Entertainment group: 4
Owner proof	verified
Last checked	15 Oct 2026

In numbers

Chester Downs and Marina, LLC d/b/a Harrah's Philadelphia also runs 2 other gambling brands under the same company and licence.
Caesars Entertainment owns 5 casino and betting brands and runs 1 white-label site for partners in our data.
4 fines and regulator actions against the owner since 2025, about €334,000 in total (converted to euros).

Who is behind it

Caesars is the largest US casino owner, and our data gives 1973 as its founding year. Caesars Digital runs its online sportsbook and casinos. In October 2024 Caesars sold the World Series of Poker brand to NSUS, the GGPoker owner, for $500m. It still runs WSOP.com in Nevada, New Jersey, Michigan and Pennsylvania under licence. In 2026 it agreed a tribal online casino deal in Maine, pending approval.

Licence and what it means for you

For sports betting in Pennsylvania, Caesars Sportsbook runs under the interactive gaming certificate of Chester Downs and Marina, LLC (Harrah's Philadelphia). Our sources include the PGCB list of licensed online sports wagering operators. Our state list is partial: it covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Michigan, plus an entry on Alberta's registrant list. A state licence protects bettors inside that state only. Complaints and self-exclusion go through the regulator of the state where you bet.

Licence records

Regulator	Type	Valid	Check it
USA Pennsylvania — PGCB Interactive gaming certificate	—	active	register

What each licence means, and self-exclusion

What a Pennsylvania licence means

Sister sites

Caesars runs 4 other online brands in our data: Caesars Palace Online Casino, Horseshoe Online Casino, Tropicana Online Casino, Harrah's Online Casino and WSOP.com. A self-exclusion at one may not cover the others.

4 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 Caesars Sportsbook cover its sister sites? · How national self-exclusion schemes work

Caesars Entertainment also runs 1 white-label sites for partner brands

WSOP.comwsop.com

Fines and regulator actions

Our data lists 4 actions. In August 2026 New Jersey fined Caesars Sportsbook $251,250 and ordered it to give up $45,465.38. In March 2026 the Massachusetts Gaming Commission fined American Wagering, which runs Caesars Sportsbook, $10,000 for taking bets outside its approved betting catalogue. In April 2025 New Jersey fined it $2,000 over sports wagering rules. In 2025 Michigan reportedly fined it $100,000 after a payment-system flaw let a bettor make fake deposits in 2023. That last case comes from a secondary source.

All 4 fines and regulator actions, with sources

All 4 concern Caesars Sportsbook’s own company.

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
2026-08-15	Caesars Sportsbook (American Wagering / Caesars Interactive NJ)	USA New Jersey — DGE	USD 251,250	DGE Director's ruling (summary for aug1-15 2026): civil penalty of $251,250 and disgorgement of $45,465.38 from Caesars Sportsbook pursuant to an Action in Lieu of Complaint for violation of regulations regarding responsible gaming source
2026-03-12	American Wagering Inc. d/b/a Caesars Sportsbook	USA Massachusetts — Gaming Commission	USD 10,000	Civil administrative penalty for Sports Wagering Catalog noncompliance (27 June to 9 July 2024). Listed on the Commission's noncompliance enforcement page (https://massgaming.com/regulations/noncompliance-enforcement-actions/). source
2025-04-30	Caesars Sportsbook (American Wagering / Caesars Interactive NJ)	USA New Jersey — DGE	USD 2,000	DGE Director's ruling (summary for apr16-30 2025): civil penalty of $2,000 against Caesars Sportsbook via a Notice of Violation for violation of sports wagering rules source
2025	Caesars Sportsbook (American Wagering, Inc.)	USA Michigan — MGCB	USD 100,000	Reported fine after a payment-system flaw let a bettor make fake deposits in 2023; Caesars signed an Acknowledgment of Violation in mid-2025 (secondary source). source

About Caesars Entertainment

Largest US casino owner; its Caesars Digital unit runs Caesars Sportsbook, Caesars Palace Online Casino, Horseshoe Online Casino, Tropicana and Harrah's online casinos. It sold the WSOP trademark to NSUS Group (GGPoker) on 29 Oct 2024 for $500m and signed licence agreements that let it keep running its US WSOP operations, including the Las Vegas series, for 20 years. It runs WSOP Online real-money poker in NV, NJ, MI and PA under that licence. In 2026 it agreed a Maine tribal online casino deal, pending approval.

Headquarters: US · Founded: 1973 · Ownership: listed (Nasdaq:CZR)

How we know, and what we could not confirm

How we know: Ex-William Hill US platform; state list partial.

We have no company registration number for Chester Downs and Marina, LLC d/b/a Harrah's Philadelphia.

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Often compared

Are Caesars Palace Online Casino and Caesars Sportsbook owned by the same company? Yes, both are owned by Caesars Entertainment.
Are Caesars Sportsbook and WSOP.com owned by the same company? No: Caesars Entertainment runs both sites, but WSOP.com is a white-label site owned by a partner.