Who owns talkSPORT BET?

As of 15 Oct 2026: talkSPORT BET is owned by BetVictor, private (controlled since 2014 by businessman Michael Tabor, a founding shareholder). The site runs under BV Gaming Limited, with a licence from UKGC (account 39576) and a licence from GRAI (Ireland) for B2C Remote Betting. The same owner has 2 other casinos.

Ultimate owner	BetVictor (private (controlled since 2014 by businessman Michael Tabor, a founding shareholder))
Operating company	BV Gaming Limited · seat: Gibraltar, not confirmed on the register
Licences	UKGC 039576-R-319370-028 (account 39576) Ireland — GRAI (GRAI-0862-RB-26-0001)
Products	Sports betting, Casino
Website	talksportbet.com
Sister casinos	2
Fines and actions	talkSPORT BET’s own company: 1 · whole BetVictor group: 2
Owner proof	verified
Last checked	15 Oct 2026

In numbers

BV Gaming Limited also runs 4 other gambling brands under the same company and licence.
BetVictor owns 3 casino and betting brands and runs 3 white-label sites for partners in our data.
2 fines and regulator actions against the owner since 2022, about €2.4 million in total (converted to euros).
Licensed in 2 countries: GB, IE.

Licences

Regulator	Type	Valid	Check it
UKGC 039576-R-319370-028 (account 39576)	—	active	register
Ireland — GRAI GRAI-0862-RB-26-0001	B2C Remote Betting	2026-07-01 – 2029-06-30	register

What these licences mean for you

What a UKGC licence means · self-exclusion: GamStop

About BetVictor

Gibraltar-based bookmaker and online casino group, formerly Victor Chandler. Michael Tabor took control of the group in 2014 after a restructuring of its holding company. Its UK business runs under BV Gaming Limited; in Ontario it runs under BV (Canada) Limited.

Headquarters: Gibraltar · Founded: 1946 · Ownership: private (controlled since 2014 by businessman Michael Tabor, a founding shareholder)

How we know, and what we could not confirm

How we know: White-label on BV Gaming Limited (BetVictor) (UKGC register lists the domain with status 'White Label' under account 39576); the brand owner is a separate partner company.

We have no company registration number for BV Gaming Limited.

2 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 talkSPORT BET cover its sister sites? · How national self-exclusion schemes work

BetVictor also runs 3 white-label sites for partner brands

BetVictor sister sites, fines and sources →

Fines and regulator actions

1 of these 2 concerns talkSPORT BET’s own company; the others concern other companies of the BetVictor 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
2023-06-20	BV Gaming Limited	AGCO (Ontario)	CAD 15,000	Penalty for offering bets on Canadian major junior hockey (OHL/WHL/QMJHL), which Ontario prohibits. source
2022-02-24	BetVictor Limited (headline: 'Online gambling business faces £2m regulatory action')	UK Gambling Commission	GBP 2,000,000	Fairness and social responsibility failures (operator identity from secondary list). source

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