Who owns Gala Casino?
As of : Gala Casino belongs to Entain plc, a gambling group with its head office in the Isle of Man and shares on the London Stock Exchange. Its website, galacasino.com, operates on the UK licence of LC International Limited, a Gibraltar company, account 54743. We confirmed the link in the UK Gambling Commission register.
| Ultimate owner | Entain plc (listed (LSE: ENT)) |
|---|---|
| Operating company | LC International Limited, Gibraltar |
| Licences | UKGC account 54743 Ireland — GRAI (GRAI-0622-RB-26-0001) |
| Products | Casino |
| Website | galacasino.com |
| Sister casinos | 33 |
| Fines and actions | Gala Casino’s own company: 0 · whole Entain plc group: 9 |
| 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 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).
- Licensed in 2 countries: GB, IE.
Who is behind it
Entain plc is at the top of the chain. The group used the name GVC Holdings before it became Entain, and our data gives 2004 as its founding year. Entain also owns Ladbrokes, Coral, bwin and partypoker, and it co-owns BetMGM in the US with MGM Resorts. The UK register lists galacasino.com as an active domain of LC International.
Licence and what it means for you
The register shows UK account 54743 as active. On galacasino.com, UK rules on age and identity checks, safer-gambling tools and complaints apply. Our data lists the UK as the only market of Gala Casino. LC International Limited also holds an Irish GRAI licence, GRAI-0622-RB-26-0001, valid from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2029. Its type is B2C remote betting, so it is a betting licence and not a casino licence.
Licence records
| Regulator | Type | Valid | Check it |
|---|---|---|---|
| UKGC account 54743 | — | active | register |
| Ireland — GRAI GRAI-0622-RB-26-0001 | B2C Remote Betting | 2026-07-01 – 2029-06-30 | register |
What each licence means, and self-exclusion
- What a UKGC licence means · self-exclusion: GamStop
Sister sites
Gala Bingo and Gala Spins carry the same Gala name, and Gala Bingo runs under the same company, LC International Limited. Coral, Ladbrokes and Foxy Bingo are other Entain brands. Our data counts 33 sister brands, and 30 of them are active. A block or limit that you set on Gala Casino stays on Gala Casino; other Entain accounts need their own.
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.
Ladbrokesladbrokes.com
Coralcoral.co.uk
bwinbwin.com
Sportingbetsportingbet.com
partypokerpartypoker.com
PartyCasinopartycasino.com
Foxy Bingofoxybingo.com
Foxy Gamesfoxygames.com
Gala Bingogalabingo.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
Does self-exclusion at Gala Casino cover its sister sites? · How national self-exclusion schemes work
Fines and regulator actions
One action in our data names LC International Limited itself. In August 2022 the UK Gambling Commission agreed a £17 million settlement with this company and with Ladbrokes Betting & Gaming, the retail arm. The reasons were social-responsibility and anti-money-laundering failures, and about £14 million of the sum related to the online business. The other actions concern Entain as a group, not Gala Casino. The largest is a £585 million deferred prosecution agreement that Entain plc made in December 2023 over bribery in a former Turkey-facing business under GVC. Our data lists 9 actions across the group.
All 9 fines and regulator actions, with sources
None of these 9 names Gala Casino’s own company; they 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: Active domain on LC International Ltd UK licence.
- We have no company registration number for LC International Limited.
Entain plc sister sites, fines and sources →
Ratings elsewhere
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Questions and answers
Who owns Gala Casino?
Entain plc, a London-listed group with its head office in the Isle of Man.
Which company runs galacasino.com?
LC International Limited, a Gibraltar company with UK Gambling Commission account 54743.
Has Gala Casino been fined?
Our data has no fine that names Gala Casino. Its licence holder, LC International Limited, was part of a £17 million UK settlement in 2022.
Are Gala Casino and Gala Bingo the same company?
Yes. Both run under LC International Limited, and Entain owns both. Gala Bingo is for bingo; Gala Casino is for casino games.
Is Gala Casino legit?
Gala Casino is run by LC International Limited, which holds a licence from UKGC (account 54743) and a licence from GRAI (Ireland) for B2C Remote Betting. Check the licence in the UKGC licence register. Its owner is Entain plc, a listed company. Fines and regulator actions against Gala Casino’s own company: 0; against the whole Entain plc group: 9. Sister sites with the same owner: 33. Guide: How to check a casino. We do not rate sites. A licence from your country’s regulator is the main protection.
What are Gala Casino’s sister sites?
Gala Casino has 33 sister casinos with the same owner, Entain plc: Ladbrokes, Coral, bwin, Sportingbet, partypoker and 28 more. Full list: all Entain plc sister sites.
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
- https://www.grai.ie/register/licence-register
- https://www.grai.ie/register/download
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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