Who owns Sky Bet?
As of : Flutter Entertainment plc owns Sky Bet. The sportsbook joined Flutter in 2020, when the NYSE-listed group took over The Stars Group and its Sky Betting & Gaming business. Today skybet.com runs under SBG Sports Limited, UK Gambling Commission account 67370. The domain moved there from Bonne Terre Limited, whose entry is now inactive.
| Ultimate owner | Flutter Entertainment plc (listed (NYSE: FLUT)) |
|---|---|
| Operating company | SBG Sports Limited · seat not confirmed on the register |
| Licences | UKGC account 67370 Ireland — GRAI (GRAI-1069-RB-26-0001) |
| Products | Sports betting |
| Website | skybet.com |
| Sister casinos | 22 |
| Fines and actions | Sky Bet’s own company: 0 · whole Flutter Entertainment plc group: 21 |
| Owner proof | verified |
| Last checked | 14 Oct 2026 |
In numbers
- 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).
- Licensed in 2 countries: GB, IE.
- Flutter Entertainment plc has owned Sky Bet since 2020.
Who is behind it
Sky Bet came to Flutter in 2020 with The Stars Group, which owned Sky Betting & Gaming. The Sky name comes from the TV company, but Sky Bet itself belongs to Flutter, an NYSE-listed group incorporated in Ireland.
Licence and what it means for you
SBG Sports Limited holds UK Gambling Commission account 67370 for skybet.com. For sports bettors in Great Britain this brings UK rules on identity checks, safer-gambling tools and complaints. Sky Bet also serves Ireland. There SBG Sports Limited holds GRAI licence GRAI-1069-RB-26-0001, a remote betting licence valid from August 2026 to August 2029.
Licence records
| Regulator | Type | Valid | Check it |
|---|---|---|---|
| UKGC account 67370 | — | active | register |
| Ireland — GRAI GRAI-1069-RB-26-0001 | B2C Remote Betting | 2026-08-11 – 2029-08-10 | register |
What each licence means, and self-exclusion
- What a UKGC licence means · self-exclusion: GamStop
Sister sites
Sky Bet's closest relatives are the other Sky brands: Sky Vegas and Sky Casino for casino games, plus Sky Bingo and Sky Poker. Those four run under Bonne Terre Gaming Limited, not SBG Sports Limited. For sports betting, Paddy Power and Betfair are Flutter's other UK brands. Our data lists 22 Flutter brands besides Sky Bet.
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 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.com- BetStarsbetstars.dk
PokerStars Mobile FRpokerstarsmobile.fr
FOX Betfoxbet.com closed- Betfair Brasilbetfair.bet.br closed
tombola arcadetombolaarcade.co.uk
MaxBet Bosniamaxbet.ba
Does self-exclusion at Sky Bet cover its sister sites? · How national self-exclusion schemes work
Fines and regulator actions
Our data lists no fine against SBG Sports Limited. Before the domain moved, Sky Bet ran under Bonne Terre Limited. In March 2022 that company paid £1.17 million to the UK Gambling Commission for marketing emails sent to self-excluded and unsubscribed customers. Across Flutter our data counts 21 fines and actions. One sports-betting example: in February 2024 New Jersey fined FanDuel $2,000 over patron wagering rules.
All 21 fines and regulator actions, with sources
None of these 21 names Sky Bet’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: Came to Flutter through the 2020 merger with The Stars Group; UK domain moved from Bonne Terre Ltd (inactive) to SBG Sports Ltd (active).
- We have no company registration number for SBG Sports Limited.
Flutter Entertainment plc sister sites, fines and sources →
Ratings elsewhere
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Ratings from other websites, with their source. We do not copy their reviews, and they do not change our facts.
Often compared
- Are PokerStars and Sky Bet owned by the same company? Yes, both are owned by Flutter Entertainment plc.
- Are Paddy Power and Sky Bet owned by the same company? Yes, both are owned by Flutter Entertainment plc.
Questions and answers
Who owns Sky Bet?
Flutter Entertainment plc. Sky Bet is not owned by the Sky TV company.
Is Sky Bet licensed?
Yes. SBG Sports Limited holds UK Gambling Commission account 67370.
Has Sky Bet been fined?
Bonne Terre Limited, the former Sky Betting & Gaming licence holder, paid £1.17 million to the UK Gambling Commission in 2022.
Is Sky Bet legit?
Sky Bet is run by SBG Sports Limited, which holds a licence from UKGC (account 67370) and a licence from GRAI (Ireland) for B2C Remote Betting. Check the licence in the UKGC licence register. Its owner is Flutter Entertainment plc, a listed company. Fines and regulator actions against Sky Bet’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 Sky Bet’s sister sites?
Sky Bet has 22 sister casinos with the same owner, Flutter Entertainment plc: Paddy Power, Betfair, Sky Vegas, Sky Casino, Sky Bingo and 17 more. Full list: all Flutter Entertainment plc sister sites.
Sources
- https://www.flutter.com/our-business/our-brands/
- https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/downloads/business-licence-register-domain-names.csv
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Betting_%26_Gaming
- https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/downloads/business-licence-register-businesses.csv
- 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.
