Paddy Power or Betfair: what the register and the terms show

The register snapshot of 6 November 2026 lists PPB Counterparty Services Limited, licence GRAI-1003-RB-26-0001, type RB, issued on 11 August 2026. The trading names on the record are Betfair and Paddy Power.

Betfair also appears under Betfair International plc, GRAI-1074-RBI-26-0001, type RBI, issued on 11 August 2026, with the trading name Betfair Exchange.

We will read both cards again on the day of publication; the card for each is reached by the steps on (page:licence/check-grai-register).

Bottom line: one shared bookmaker record and one separate exchange record.

The table has 12 rows. The first rows come from one register snapshot. Rows from operator pages are open until the pages are captured, and open cells score nothing.

Bottom line: the register rows are filled; the 6 criteria from operator pages are not yet verified.

At licence level there is nothing to separate them on the RB record: the licensee, number, type and date are identical in the snapshot. Betfair adds an exchange record that Paddy Power does not have.

Any difference must therefore come from the published terms: payments, menus and support. Those pages are not yet captured, so no difference is claimed.

We make no statement on ownership. If a group relationship matters, it needs a primary document such as a company annual report, which we have not read.

Bottom line: the register shows a shared record; differences, if any, sit in the terms.

If you hold one account and consider the other, the shared record tells you the register ties both names to one licensee. It does not tell you whether the two share an account, a wallet or a set of terms.

Read the terms row for the licensee name and the version date before you decide that the two are interchangeable.

If you want an exchange, the second record is the one that matters.

Bottom line: a shared licence does not make two sites the same service.

Both trading names sit on the same licence record in the snapshot, so type, number, issue date and term are the same.

Both are subject to the same rules on showing the licence number and on age limits: 18+ under s.158 and s.169, as summarised in our research.

Bottom line: the licence is shared, and so are the legal duties tied to it.

18+ only. Gambling can be addictive – play responsibly. Free 24/7 support: Gambling Awareness Trust 1800 936 725 · gamblingcare.ie.

Tools for limits, breaks and self-exclusion are explained on (page:responsible-gambling).

Bottom line: this page does not place bets and does not ask you to.