Who owns theScore Casino?

As of 15 Oct 2026: theScore Casino is owned by PENN Entertainment, Inc., listed (Nasdaq:PENN). The site runs under Score Media and Gaming Inc., CA-ON, with a licence from iGaming Ontario (Canada Ontario) and a licence from AGLC (Canada Alberta). The same owner has 3 other casinos.

Ultimate owner	PENN Entertainment, Inc. (listed (Nasdaq:PENN))
Operating company	Score Media and Gaming Inc., CA-ON
Licences	Canada Ontario — iGaming Ontario Operating agreement with iGaming Ontario; AGCO registration (number not shown on iGO directory) Canada Alberta — AGLC iGaming operator registration (AGLC register; registered for the Alberta market opened 13 Jul 2026)
Products	Casino
Website	thescore.casino
Also runs as	thescore.bet, sportsbook.thescore.bet
Companies of the other sites	Greektown Casino, L.L.C. d/b/a Hollywood Casino at Greektown (sportsbook.thescore.bet) · USA Michigan — MGCB
Sister casinos	3
Fines and actions	theScore Casino’s own company: 2 · whole PENN Entertainment, Inc. group: 9
Owner proof	verified
Last checked	15 Oct 2026

In numbers

PENN Entertainment, Inc. owns 4 casino and betting brands (6 websites) in our data.
9 fines and regulator actions against the owner since 2023, about €365,000 in total (converted to euros).

Licences

Regulator	Type	Valid	Check it
Canada Ontario — iGaming Ontario Operating agreement with iGaming Ontario; AGCO registration (number not shown on iGO directory)	—	active	register
Canada Alberta — AGLC iGaming operator registration (AGLC register; registered for the Alberta market opened 13 Jul 2026)	—	– 2027-07-13	register

What these licences mean for you

What an Ontario licence means

About PENN Entertainment, Inc.

Regional casino owner (Hollywood Casino properties) with a digital arm built on theScore, bought in 2021. It ended its ESPN licence early and rebranded ESPN Bet as theScore Bet on Dec 1 2025, taking a large write-down; online casino runs as Hollywood Casino and theScore Casino.

Headquarters: US · Founded: 1972 · Ownership: listed (Nasdaq:PENN)

How we know, and what we could not confirm

How we know: Ontario casino brand.

We have no company registration number for Score Media and Gaming Inc..

3 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 theScore Casino cover its sister sites? · How national self-exclusion schemes work

PENN Entertainment, Inc. sister sites, fines and sources →

Fines and regulator actions

2 of these 9 concern theScore Casino’s own company; the others concern other companies of the PENN Entertainment, Inc. 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
2026-10-06	Score Media and Gaming Inc. (theScore.Bet)	AGCO (Ontario)	CAD 200,000	Monetary penalty for showing cash-out offers on a parlay that were not honoured (Standard 4.07). source
2026-08-04	Penn Sports Interactive, LLC	USA Michigan — MGCB	—	Board approved an Acknowledgment of Violation against this internet gaming/sports betting supplier licensee; the minutes do not state the facts or the fine amount. source
2026-05-12	Penn Sports Interactive, LLC	USA Michigan — MGCB	—	Board approved an Acknowledgment of Violation against this internet gaming/sports betting supplier licensee; the minutes do not state the facts or the fine amount. source
2026-01-15	Penn Interactive / Penn Sports Interactive	USA New Jersey — DGE	USD 2,000	DGE Director's ruling (summary for jan1-15 2026): $2,000 civil penalty on Penn Sports Interactive pursuant to a Notice of Violation regarding software rules source
2025-10-07	Score Media and Gaming Inc.	AGCO (Ontario)	CAD 105,000	Monetary penalty for failing to act on clear signs of gambling harm by a high-stakes patron (about $230k lost over eight months). source
2025-09-15	Penn Interactive / Penn Sports Interactive	USA New Jersey — DGE	USD 3,000	DGE Director's ruling (summary for sep1-15 2025): $3,000 civil penalty on Penn Interactive pursuant to an Action in Lieu of Complaint and denied its request to void certain wagers for failing to correctly list a wagering market source
2025-08-15	Penn Interactive / Penn Sports Interactive	USA New Jersey — DGE	USD 27,500	DGE Director's ruling (summary for aug1-15 2025): civil penalty of $27,500 and ordered the disgorgement of $4,194.26 against Penn Interactive pursuant to an Action in Lieu of Complaint for violation of self-exclusion rules source
2024-02-21	Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association, LLC (Penn Interactive Ventures platforms)	USA Pennsylvania — PGCB	USD 97,500	Consent agreement: weak controls on Penn Interactive's online casino/sportsbook let people open accounts with other people's identities, fund them with stolen cards and withdraw funds. source
2023-03-22	Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association, LLC (Hollywood Casino at Penn National)	USA Pennsylvania — PGCB	USD 45,000	Consent agreement: five people on the iGaming self-exclusion list were able to gamble on the online Barstool Sportsbook. source

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