Company file
Betdaq
UKGC +2
Dublin / Alderney · 22k visits / day
Legal Exchange Platform Solutions Limited · Dermot Desmond (last public owner, Nov 2021)
CEO Dermot Desmond, Executive Chairman (Wikipedia / company materials)
Founders Dermot Desmond
Founded 2000
Parent Dermot Desmond (last public owner, Nov 2021)
You bet with Exchange Platform Solutions Limited (EPS Ltd). UKGC account 34865, registered office Millennium House, Ollivier Street, Alderney GY9 3TD. Ireland: GRAI-0313-RBI-26-0001. Alderney GC for other accepted countries. Founder Dermot Desmond sold Global Betting Exchange Alderney to Ladbrokes in 2013 for €30m; Entain sold the exchange back to him in November 2021 (Racing Post, EGR). No later public sale found. He is described as Executive Chairman; Noel Browne as operations director. Not Entain, not Flutter.
2000 Dublin exchange. 2013 Ladbrokes €30m. 2021 Desmond buyback. Still the second UK/IE exchange by name, far behind Betfair on liquidity.
Licences UK Gambling Commission · Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland · Alderney Gambling Control Commission
Register UKGC 34865 — Exchange Platform Solutions Limited; GRAI-0313-RBI-26-0001 · UKGC 34865
Payments Visa, Mastercard, bank transfer
Currencies GBP, EUR, USD
Languages English
Products Sportsbook · Horse racing · Betting exchange
Odds formats Fractional · Decimal · US / American · Implied probability
Related companies Exchange Platform Solutions Limited (UKGC / GRAI / Alderney licensed operator of betdaq.com) · Entain plc (Former owner (Ladbrokes 2013–Nov 2021). Sold back. Not the current parent.)
Public officers / staff
- Dermot Desmond · Founder; last public beneficial owner (Entain sale Nov 2021); Executive Chairman
- Noel Browne · Director of Operations & Customer Experience
Trust matrix — categories, not the published weight
- MetVerified owners — Named private owners on the public record.
- MetNamed officers / staff — Dermot Desmond (Founder; last public beneficial owner (Entain sale Nov 2021); Executive Chairman) · Noel Browne (Director of Operations & Customer Experience)
- MetAddress on a register — UKGC 34865 — Exchange Platform Solutions Limited; GRAI-0313-RBI-26-0001 · UKGC 34865
- MissingPhone number on file — No published corporate or support telephone.
- MissingEmail address on file — No published corporate email — contact form only, or none.
- MetLongevity — Operating since 2000 (26 years).
- PartialRelated businesses — Exchange Platform Solutions Limited (UKGC / GRAI / Alderney licensed operator of betdaq.com) · Entain plc (Former owner (Ladbrokes 2013–Nov 2021). Sold back. Not the current parent.)
- MetLicence stringency — 3 jurisdictions. Strongest on file: UKGC. Extra countries add weight; they do not wash out a weak home licence.
- Exchange — counterparties are other customers, not a house book.
- Beneficial owner is the 2021 Desmond buyback. Alderney does not publish a UK-style PSC.
Sanctions / record
2021-11-25 Entain sold Betdaq back to Dermot Desmond. Ladbrokes bought Global Betting Exchange Alderney in 2013 for €30m. On 25 Nov 2021 Entain confirmed the sale of the Betdaq exchange back to founder Dermot Desmond for an undisclosed sum (Racing Post, EGR). No later public sale found. The live UKGC licensee is Exchange Platform Solutions Limited, account 34865, Alderney registered office.
Official website betdaq.com