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UK Casino Ownership Report 2026

We mapped 428 UK casino brands to the companies behind them. 69% are not independent — they are sisters of at least one other brand.

  • 428brands investigated
  • 146companies behind them
  • 69%share an owner (sister sites)
  • 226UKGC-licensed & on GamStop
  • 141offshore, not on GamStop
  • 50operators run 2+ brands

UK players regularly compare casinos as if each is a separate business. In reality, of the 428 brands we have investigated, 295 (69%) belong to a company that runs at least one other brand. Sister sites typically share the same platform, game library, bonus terms and — critically — the same self-exclusion and account controls. Choosing a "different" casino from the same network rarely gives you a genuinely different experience or a fresh chance after a previous account was closed.

The biggest UK casino networks

#Network / operatorBrandsReport link
1Broadway Gaming39See all →
2Jumpman Gaming30See all →
3ProgressPlay21See all →
4Dama N.V.16See all →
5AG Communications13See all →
6Skill On Net13See all →
7Gamesys11See all →
8LC International11See all →
9White Hat Gaming10See all →
10Rank Interactive10See all →
11Grace Media8See all →
12Softon7

The regulatory record behind the networks

A UK Gambling Commission licence is a baseline, not a clean bill of health. Because a shared operator means a shared compliance record, a penalty against a network applies to every brand on it. The nine operators behind many of the sister sites we cover have together paid over £33 million in UK Gambling Commission penalties in recent years — overwhelmingly for anti-money-laundering and safer-gambling failings.

OperatorExample brandsUKGC penaltyYear
Entain (LC International) repeatFoxy Bingo, Gala, Ladbrokes & Coral online£17,000,0002022
In Touch Games repeatMr Spin, Dr Slot, Cashmo£6,100,0002023
Gamesys repeatJackpotjoy, Virgin Games, Monopoly Casino£6,000,0002024
AG Communications (Aspire Global) repeatKaramba, Mr Play, Magic Red£1,407,8342025
White Hat GamingThe Grand Ivy, Dream Vegas, 21.co.uk£1,334,0532020
ProgressPlay repeatMr Jack Vegas, Monster Casino£1,000,0002025
Jumpman GamingWizard Slots, Cash Casino£500,0002022
SkillOnNetPlayOJO, Slingo, Genting Casino£305,1502023
Grace MediaJackpot Mobile, Chit Chat Bingo£60,0002025

Figure shown is each operator's most significant recent UK Gambling Commission action; several are repeat offenders with more than one settlement, so total fines are higher still. Sources: UK Gambling Commission public register and enforcement notices, verified August 2026.

Method & sources

We identify the operator and licence behind each brand from its own terms and conditions, UK Gambling Commission and offshore licensing registers, and shared-platform fingerprints, then group brands by operator. Licence and GamStop status is verified per brand and re-checked regularly. Figures update automatically as our review database grows. Explore the raw data in our searchable database or read the full rating methodology.

Cite this study: SisteCasinoBet, "UK Casino Ownership Transparency Report" (2026). Data: 428 brands mapped to 146 operators.