Who owns Gala Spins?

As of : Gala Spins is owned by Entain plc, listed (LSE: ENT). The site runs under LC International Limited, Gibraltar, with a licence from UKGC (account 54743) and a licence from GRAI (Ireland) for B2C Remote Betting. The same owner has 33 other casinos.

Ultimate ownerEntain plc (listed (LSE: ENT))
Operating companyLC International Limited, Gibraltar
LicencesUKGC account 54743
Ireland — GRAI (GRAI-0622-RB-26-0001)
ProductsCasino
Websitegalaspins.com
Sister casinos33
Fines and actionsGala Spins’s own company: 0 · whole Entain plc group: 9
Owner proofverified
Last checked14 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.

Licences

RegulatorTypeValidCheck it
UKGC
account 54743
—activeregister
Ireland — GRAI
GRAI-0622-RB-26-0001
B2C Remote Betting2026-07-01 – 2029-06-30register

What these licences mean for you

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.

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 Gala Spins cover its sister sites? · How national self-exclusion schemes work

Fines and regulator actions

None of these 9 names Gala Spins’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.

DateCompanyRegulator / courtAmountReason
2025-01-23Betent B.V. (BetCity)Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands)EUR 2,650,000Fine 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
2024-12-17Electraworks Ceuta, SASpain — DGOJEUR 217,200Let 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
2023-12-05Entain plcCrown Prosecution Service / HMRC (UK DPA)GBP 585,000,000Deferred prosecution agreement for failing to prevent bribery in former Turkey-facing business (2011-2017), under GVC ownership; plus £20m charity and £10m costs. source
2023-11-30BetEnt B.V. (BetCity)Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands)EUR 3,000,000Anti-money-laundering (Wwft) breaches: weak customer due diligence and transaction monitoring. source
2023-06-27UAB Baltic Bet (Optibet)Lithuania — LPTEUR 16,705Website content and search keyword ads for Optibet judged to encourage gambling (date is the report date). source
2023-04-20Betent B.V. (BetCity)Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands)EUR 400,000Advertising aimed at young adults (date = trade press report). source
2022-08-17LC International Limited (ladbrokes.com, coral.co.uk, foxybingo.com)UK Gambling CommissionGBP 14,000,000Social responsibility and AML failures across 13 online sites; Entain paid GBP 17m in total including GBP 3m for its retail arm. source
2019-06-26ElectraWorks LimitedSpelinspektionen (Sweden)SEK 5,500,000Warning and fine for taking bets on matches with under-18 players. source
2019Ladbrokes Coral GroupUK Gambling CommissionGBP 5,900,000Earlier social-responsibility penalty package for Ladbrokes and Coral. source

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Questions and answers

Who owns Gala Spins?

Entain plc.

Is Gala Spins licensed?

Yes. Its operator LC International Limited holds a licence from UKGC (account 54743) and a licence from GRAI (Ireland) for B2C Remote Betting.

Has the owner of Gala Spins been fined?

9 records on file. The latest: Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands), 2025-01-23.

Is Gala Spins legit?

Gala Spins 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 Spins’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 Spins’s sister sites?

Gala Spins 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

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