Bookmakers by country, on one globe

A bookmaker is a company that sets odds on sports and other events and accepts bets at those odds. Online, the same business is usually called a betting site or sportsbook. Many also run a casino, poker or a betting exchange, and each country page shows which products a brand offers there.

Betting is licensed country by country, and in some places state by state. In regulated markets a brand needs a local licence, and often a separate website, for each country it enters, so the list for Germany looks nothing like the list for Nigeria. Local brands that never left their home market fill the rest of each list.

It means the operator itself publishes a product or service for that country: a local website, terms that name the country, payment methods in the local currency or a country bonus page. A “register entry” means the brand appears in the regulator’s register. The two are shown separately because a licence and a live offer are not the same thing.

It means no entry for the brand was found in that country’s register, or the country does not publish one. It says nothing more than that. International brands often operate under a licence from another jurisdiction, which is listed on the brand’s page when the operator states it.

It depends on where you live, not where the bookmaker is based. Betting sites usually ask for your country of residence when you register, and many accept customers only from the markets they serve. The page for your country lists the brands that take players there.

A national gambling regulator in most countries. In federal countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia and Nigeria, states or provinces issue licences of their own, so a licence there covers one state or province rather than the whole country.