🎲 Daub Alderney Limited

This company is a remote gambling operator active in the United Kingdom, offering online casino-style games and bingo to British customers. It holds an operating licence from the Gambling Commission and, as of the latest public register information, its licence status is recorded as active. The business forms part of the online division of the Rank Group, a British gambling group listed on the London Stock Exchange.

The company’s activities in online gambling date back to at least the late 2000s. Industry sources indicate that its earlier business sold two of its first websites to 888 Holdings in 2009, and that the operation was reorganised into its current corporate form in 2012 before re‑entering the European online gambling market. In October 2019 it was acquired by the Rank Group, which integrated it into what it refers to as the “Stride” or digital business within the wider group.

Under Rank’s ownership, the company has continued to operate multiple remote gambling brands in the UK market, focusing on online bingo and casino games. Some of its sites have been operated in association with other licensed entities for technical or transactional purposes, but the company itself remains the licence holder responsible for compliance with Gambling Commission requirements for its own operating licence.

Licensing and Operations

The company holds a Gambling Commission operating licence authorising it to offer remote gambling services to customers in Great Britain. The licence covers the provision of online casino games and online bingo, including associated facilities such as remote gaming software and customer account management, in accordance with the conditions attached to its licence.

Its authorisation as a remote operator allows it to make gambling facilities available via internet and mobile platforms to British customers, subject to compliance with the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP). The public register maintained by the Gambling Commission lists the business as active, with no indication that its operating licence has been surrendered or revoked.

The company’s licensed activities are confined to remote gambling; it is not recorded on the public register as holding non‑remote (land‑based) operating licences. Any premises or technical facilities used in connection with its remote operations are regulated under the framework applicable to remote operators and, where relevant, are listed separately on the Commission’s premises register.

Regulatory History

In 2021 the Gambling Commission announced the outcome of a regulatory investigation into this operator covering the period from January 2019 to March 2020. The Commission found breaches of social responsibility and anti‑money laundering requirements under the LCCP. As a result, the operator received a formal warning and was ordered to pay a financial penalty of £5.85 million. The Commission stated that the failings occurred largely before the Rank Group assumed full control of the business following the October 2019 acquisition.

The Rank Group subsequently reported in its 2021 annual report that it intended to appeal the penalty imposed on the acquired business. This led to proceedings before the First‑tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) in the case titled “Daub Alderney Limited v The Gambling Commission”, with a decision issued in early 2023. The case concerned the level and appropriateness of the financial penalty, but the operator’s Gambling Commission licence remained active during and after the proceedings.

Beyond this enforcement action, there is no public record on the Commission’s register of the operator having had its licence suspended or revoked. Any subsequent compliance improvements referenced by the Commission or by the Rank Group relate to the operator’s ongoing obligations under its existing operating licence.