🎲 BD Stadia Limited

BD Stadia Limited is a licensed gambling operator in the United Kingdom that holds an active operating licence from the Gambling Commission. It was incorporated as a private limited company on 17 November 2008.

Company information

The company is registered in the UK under company number 06751259. It was created as the operating stadium betting arm of BD Sport Group, a business founded in 2007 to run match-day and stadium betting and sports marketing for football and rugby clubs in the UK and Europe.

Public statements by BD Sport Group described BD Stadia as responsible for stadium betting operations using systems that processed millions of match-day bets per season. An acquisition announcement stated that BD Sport Group ran stadium betting at 31 stadiums and employed around 9 full-time staff and over 1,000 match-day staff.

In December 2016 Gaming Nation Inc, a Canadian-listed company, announced the acquisition of BD Sport Group. The announcement stated that Gaming Nation acquired 100% of the shares of BD Sport Ltd, BD Stadia Ltd and BD Deportes SL for £8,800,000 with up to £2,200,000 in potential earn-out consideration.

The acquiring company’s release identified BD Stadia as a wholly owned subsidiary within BD Sport Group at the time of the transaction. Companies House records contain the filing history and officer appointments for the company.

BD Stadia has been identified in public materials as the licensed betting operator entity within BD Sport Group for venue environments. Clubs named in acquirer descriptions of BD Sport Group’s stadium betting activities included Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Norwich City, Newcastle United and Sunderland.

Public sources state that BD Sport and BD Stadia also carried out sports marketing, brokering and activation activity connecting betting brands with rights-holders and stadium audiences. These activities were described alongside the stadium betting operations in the acquirer’s documentation.

Licensing and Operations

The company holds a UK Gambling Commission operating licence under account number 19104. The licence is recorded by the regulator as active.

The operating licence authorises the company to carry out regulated gambling activities as specified in the Gambling Commission public register entry for this account number. The company is listed by the regulator as responsible for licensed gambling at specified premises, which are recorded in the premises section of the same register entry.

Regulatory History

The Gambling Commission public register includes a section for regulatory sanctions linked to the company’s operating licence. Any formal actions are recorded by the regulator in that section with their outcomes and dates.