Who owns whom
Parent groups
27 listed groups from the original company files.
Flutter Entertainment plc
Public · NYSE: FLUT / LSE: FLTR · Dublin (registered), New York (operational)
World's largest online betting company. Created by the 2016 Paddy Power–Betfair merger, rebranded Flutter in 2019, then bought The Stars Group in 2020 (PokerStars, Sky Bet) and took control of FanDuel. FY2024 revenue was reported at £14.0 billion.
FanDuel · Paddy Power · Betfair · Sky Bet · PokerStars · Sportsbet · Sisal · Tombola
Entain plc
Public · LSE: ENT · Isle of Man (registered), London / Gibraltar operations
FTSE 100 operator formerly named GVC Holdings. Bought bwin.party in 2016 and Ladbrokes Coral in 2018. Owns half of BetMGM with MGM Resorts. 2023 HMRC settlement is part of the public record. 2026: began a phased exit from its CEE joint venture.
Ladbrokes · Coral · bwin · PartyPoker · Sportingbet · BetMGM (50%) · Neds · Eurobet
Evoke plc (formerly 888 Holdings)
Public · LSE: EVOK · Gibraltar / London
Online pioneer 888 bought William Hill's non-US business from Caesars in 2022 and rebranded to Evoke. UKGC reviewed the 888 operating licence in 2023. In 2026 Evoke agreed a takeover path with Bally's Intralot after a strategic review.
William Hill · 888sport · 888casino · 888poker · Mr Green
DraftKings Inc.
Public · NASDAQ: DKNG · Boston, USA
US-listed DFS-turned-sportsbook. Multi-state licensed. Heavier public enforcement/litigation file than some US peers, fully visible because it is a reporting company.
DraftKings Sportsbook · DraftKings Casino · Jackpocket
Bet365 Group (Coates family)
Private · Private · Stoke-on-Trent, England
Single-brand giant owned by Denise, John and Peter Coates. No sister sportsbooks. FY25 group revenue reported around £4.0bn. Joint CEOs Denise and John Coates.
bet365
Super Group (SGHC) Ltd
Public · NYSE: SGHC · Guernsey
Listed via SPAC in 2022. Betway is the flagship sportsbook; the group also runs a portfolio of casino brands.
Betway · Jackpot City · SpinAway
FDJ UNITED / Kindred Group
Public · EPA: FDJU · Paris / Malta
French lottery operator FDJ bought Kindred Group (Unibet, 32Red) in 2024 for about €2.45bn, folding one of Europe's best-known sportsbooks into a state-rooted listed parent.
Unibet · 32Red · Maria Casino · Bingo.com
Easygo / Medium Rare N.V.
Private · Private · Melbourne / Curaçao
Founders Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani. Medium Rare N.V. operates Stake.com. Separate legal entity Sweepsteaks Limited operates Stake.us. Same people also behind Kick and Primedice.
Stake · Primedice · Stake.us (separate entity) · Kick
1xBet network
Private · Private / opaque · Cyprus + Curaçao vehicles + local franchisees
Franchise-style international network founded in 2007 by Sergey Karshkov, Roman Semiokhin and Dmitry Kazorin. Ownership is not disclosed like a listed company. A Curaçao vehicle (1xCorp N.V.) went through bankruptcy after unpaid-player claims. Melbet is treated by industry sources as part of the same wider network.
1xBet · Melbet
Kaizen Gaming
Private · Private · Athens / Gibraltar
Independent operator behind Betano and Stoiximan. Particularly large in regulated Brazil, Portugal and Greece.
Betano · Stoiximan
Cirsa / Blackstone
Private equity-owned · Private (Blackstone-owned) · Terrassa / Madrid, Spain
Spanish gaming group bought by Blackstone. Majority owner of Peru’s Apuesta Total since July 2024 (70%, with a path to 100%). Large Latin American and Spanish retail estate.
Apuesta Total · Cirsa casinos
Nederlandse Loterij
State-rooted · State-rooted · Rijswijk, Netherlands
Dutch lottery and betting group from the 2016 Staatsloterij–Lotto merger. TOTO Sport and TOTO Casino are the online betting brands, KSA-licensed.
TOTO · Staatsloterij · Lotto · Eurojackpot
MultiChoice Group
Public · JSE: MCG · Randburg, South Africa
African pay-TV group. SuperSportBet is the licensed sportsbook attached to the SuperSport channels.
SuperSportBet · SuperSport · DStv
Codere / Codere Online
Public (online vehicle) · NASDAQ: CDRO · Madrid / Mexico City
Spanish-origin LatAm gaming group. Codere Online is the listed digital arm; retail halls remain a separate stack. Big in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Panama, Spain.
Codere · Codere Online
Superbet Group
Private · Private (Blackstone-backed) · Bucharest, Romania
Founded by Mihai Rotaru. CEE retail-to-online group with licences in Romania, Poland, Serbia, Belgium, Brazil and others. Blackstone is an investor.
Superbet
The Rank Group plc
Public · LSE: RNK · Maidenhead, United Kingdom
UK listed leisure group. Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo are the consumer brands; Rank Interactive runs the UKGC online stack.
Grosvenor Casinos · Mecca Bingo
Rush Street Interactive
Public · NYSE: RSI · Chicago, United States
US-listed iGaming and sportsbook operator. BetRivers is the main sportsbook brand; PlaySugarHouse and other skins share the platform.
BetRivers · PlaySugarHouse
PENN Entertainment
Public · NASDAQ: PENN · Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, United States
US regional casino group. Operates ESPN BET under a brand licence from ESPN/Disney. theScore Bet was the prior digital brand.
ESPN BET · theScore Bet
Tabcorp Holdings
Public · ASX: TAH · Sydney, Australia
ASX-listed Australian wagering incumbent. TAB is the retail and online tote/sports brand under state licences.
TAB
Star Racing Limited
Private · Private · Hove, United Kingdom
Ben Keith’s Star Sports group. Companies House 06475105. Owns Playbook Engineering (the software) and, through it, Playbook Gaming Limited — UKGC 50122 fined £250,000 on 10 Nov 2025 and surrendered 19 Nov 2025. Star Sports itself is a separate UKGC account. Playbook-powered books (London.bet, PricedUp, BresBet, DragonBet, etc.) hold their own licences.
Star Sports · PricedUp
Better Collective
Public · STO: BETCO · Copenhagen, Denmark
Listed sports-media and affiliation group that bought Coolbet, becoming an operator as well as a publisher.
Coolbet
Novomatic
Private · Private (Graf family) · Gumpoldskirchen, Austria
Austrian gaming industrial group founded by Johann Graf. Majority owner of bet-at-home.com AG. Admiral / AdmiralBet is the sportsbook brand in DACH and the Balkans.
bet-at-home · AdmiralBet · Admiral
Churchill Downs Incorporated
Public · NASDAQ: CHDN · Louisville, United States
US-listed racing group. Owns the Kentucky Derby and TwinSpires, the ADW and sportsbook brand.
TwinSpires · Kentucky Derby
Gauselmann Group
Private · Private (family) · Lübbecke, Germany
German family industrial group (Merkur slots and arcades). Merkur Bets is the GGL sportsbook brand.
Merkur Bets · Merkur
Lottomatica Group
Public · BIT: LTMC · Rome, Italy
Listed Italian gaming group and ADM concessionaire. Goldbet and other domestic skins sit under the same parent.
Lottomatica · Goldbet · Better
OPAP S.A.
Public · ASE: OPAP · Athens, Greece
Listed Greek lottery and betting incumbent. Pamestoixima is the sportsbook brand under the Hellenic Gaming Commission.
Pamestoixima · OPAP · Tzoker
Bally's Corporation
Public · NYSE: BALY · Providence, United States
US-listed casino group. Bought Gamesys (Jackpotjoy, Virgin Bet, Heart Bingo). Bally Bet is the US sports brand.
Jackpotjoy · Virgin Bet · Bally Bet · Heart Bingo