Licensed Entity for Bet365

Request

1. What was the licenced entity for bet365.com prior to 17 October 2019?

2. Why doesn't a licenced entity for bet365.com appear in the GC's business register prior to 2019?

Hillside (Sports/UKGambing) ENC is shown as having a licence for bet365.com since 17 October 2019but no other entities are listed before 2019.

Response

Thank you for your request which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

In your email you have requested:

‘1. What was the licenced entity for bet365.com prior to 17 October 2019?

2. Why doesn't a licenced entity for bet365.com appear in the GC's business register prior to 2019?

Hillside (Sports/UKGambing) ENC is shown as having a licence for bet365.com since 17 October 2019 but no other entities are listed before 2019.’

The Gambling Commission can confirm as follows:

Question 1

The licensed entities in the group prior to October 2019 that used domain name bet365.com or www.bet365.com were:

• Hillside (New Media) Limited who surrendered their licences in 2015
• Hillside (Gibraltar) Limited who surrendered their licence in 2020
• Hillside (UK Sports) LP who surrendered their licence in 2020

Question 2

A licensed entity for bet365.com does not appear on the public register prior to 2019 because the entities above all surrendered their licences more than three years ago. A surrendered licence is shown as surrendered on the public register and is removed after 3 years from the date they surrendered the licence.

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