Bettor ConciergeTrust Index

Company file

Metro Play

58

UKGC

Alderney (historic)

Legal Metro Play Limited · Paul Bell / 666Bet group

CEO Paul Bell (director)

Founders Paul Bell

Founded 2014

Parent Paul Bell / 666Bet group

Same Metro Play Limited vehicle as 666Bet. Compulsory liquidation, Alderney, July 2015. Same liquidators, same unpaid-balance problem. Not a separate solvent company.

Acquired by 666Bet from DMG Media (2014). Wound up with 666Bet.

Licences UK Gambling Commission (lapsed 2015)

Register Same Metro Play Limited vehicle as 666Bet

Currencies GBP

Languages English

Sister brands 666Bet

Products Sportsbook · Horse racing · Casino

Odds formats Fractional · Decimal · US / American · Implied probability

Related companies Paul Bell / 666Bet group (Parent) · 666Bet (Sister brand)

Public officers / staff

  • Paul Bell · Director — see 666Bet

Trust matrix — categories, not the published weight

  • MetVerified owners — Named private owners on the public record.
  • PartialNamed officers / staff — Paul Bell (Director — see 666Bet)
  • MetAddress on a register — Same Metro Play Limited vehicle as 666Bet
  • MissingPhone number on file — No published corporate or support telephone.
  • MissingEmail address on file — No published corporate email — contact form only, or none.
  • PartialLongevity — Operating since 2014 (12 years).
  • PartialRelated businesses — Paul Bell / 666Bet group (Parent) · 666Bet (Sister brand)
  • MetLicence stringency — 1 jurisdiction. Strongest on file: UKGC. Extra countries add weight; they do not wash out a weak home licence.
  • CLOSED with 666Bet. Claimants were sent to KPMG.

Sanctions / record

2015-07-13 Metro Play Limited wound up — customers sent to KPMG. Alderney court compulsory liquidation of Metro Play Limited (666Bet.com and MetroPlay.com). Liquidators KPMG Channel Islands (Linda Maree Johnson) and KPMG LLP (David John Standish). UKGC: licence lapsed; it did not know whether outstanding customer balances would be paid and could not compel repayment. Company had said in May 2015 it needed extra capital to make players whole.

2015-03 Director Paul Bell arrested — alleged £21m VAT / ML investigation. Paul Bell, director of 666Bet / Metro Play, arrested (Heathrow reporting) in a joint HMRC / NCA / Isle of Man / Cheshire / Guernsey investigation. He denied wrongdoing. Six other people were arrested and not named in the consumer press. Harry Redknapp and Vas Blackwood were paid pitchmen, not directors. Guardian 20 Oct 2019: confidential settlement of claims against former companies (RSM; reported around £67m).

GB

Official website metroplay.com