Trust Score 92/100 · Tier 1
92/100Tier 16 componentsPart of Flutter Entertainment and UK Gambling Commission-licensed: strong on the verifiable basics, with thin public-review and history data the reason its confidence sits at medium.
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Is it safe to bet with? Licence, owner and complaint record, verified 2026
Part of Flutter Entertainment and UK Gambling Commission-licensed: strong on the verifiable basics, with thin public-review and history data the reason its confidence sits at medium.
- ACTIVE LICENCES
- 1
- PLAYER REVIEWS
- 257k
Single jurisdiction
Review platforms + apps
Our independent 0-100 check, computed from public records. Not paid for, not editable by operators.
Quick scan
- LicenseTier 1 UK Gambling Commission
- EnforcementNo fines
- AppsiOS only
Author and sources
PaddyPower at a glance
At a glance
PaddyPower sits in the top 1% of bookmakers we track and earns a Tier-1 licensing posture. The trust score and tier shown in the header above are broken down by 6 weighted components in the score panel below.
What's behind the 92/100
6 weighted checks, total 100. Each bar shows the score, weight, and what it means.
What this score means: Active licences in tier-1 jurisdictions provide strong consumer protection and dispute-resolution channels.
Evidence: Tier-1: UK Gambling Commission
What this score means: Ownership traces to a publicly-known parent group with documented filings.
Evidence: SEC-filed public parent: flutter-entertainment
What this score means: TLS posture, security headers, and threat-feed checks all clean.
Evidence: Mozilla Observatory: B
What this score means: Public review platforms show consistently positive sentiment over time.
Evidence: App Store: 4.74star (257043 reviews)
What this score means: No fraud-intel hits, no AML enforcement actions, no KEV CVEs on infrastructure.
Evidence: No threat-intel hits
What this score means: Domain age, hosting tier, and CDN posture indicate a stable long-running operation.
Evidence: Domain age: 27y
PaddyPower overview
Paddy Power is one of the more accountable operators in the Atlas on the things you can verify. It is part of Flutter Entertainment, a publicly traded company that files with the SEC, so a regulated parent sits behind the brand rather than an anonymous holding company, and it holds a UK Gambling Commission licence, a top-tier regulator with real consumer-protection recourse.
Where the picture is thinner is in what we can see of it directly: as of April 2026 we hold no usable public review-sentiment data and could not establish a reliable domain-age record, which is why its confidence rating is medium rather than high. For a UK player the licensing and ownership are about as solid as the Atlas tracks; the caveat is in the data we do not yet hold, not in red flags we have found.
From a Dublin retail bookmaker to a Flutter flagship brand
Paddy Power was founded in 1988 by the merger of three independent Irish retail bookmaking chains and listed on the Dublin Stock Exchange in 2000. The 2016 merger with Betfair created Paddy Power Betfair plc, which acquired FanDuel in 2018 and rebranded as Flutter Entertainment in 2019. Flutter trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON: FLTR) as a FTSE-100 constituent and, since 2024, on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).
The practical signal for a player is that Paddy Power keeps its product personality (an aggressive marketing tone, distinctive money-back specials, a large Irish and UK retail estate) while running on the same Flutter group infrastructure as Betfair, FanDuel and Sky Bet. The brand's irreverence is an editorial choice from a London FTSE-100 entity, not the operating posture of a private offshore brand. UK players transact under the group's UK-licensed entity and Irish players under its Irish-licensed entity, with both inheriting Flutter group financial-stability and segregated-funds disclosures.
Paddy Power's UK Gambling Commission licence and the recourse it gives UK players
Paddy Power operates under a UK Gambling Commission licence, which by our tiering is a top-tier regulator. For a UK-resident player that licence is the part that actually protects you: access to the UK alternative-dispute-resolution ecosystem (an approved ADR provider for complaints the operator does not resolve), GamStop self-exclusion enforcement, and the Commission's own complaints and enforcement powers over the operator, including the ability to fine, suspend or revoke a licence.
The constraint to understand is that this recourse is tied to playing under the UK-licensed entity. Accessing the brand from outside the UK can place you under a different licence with a weaker dispute surface, so the single most important thing to confirm before depositing is that you are in a market the operator is licensed to serve.
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Your weighted score
92
Atlas default
92
Delta
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Licensing & regulatory footprint
Country access
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Europe0 accepted, 0 blocked
Americas0 accepted, 0 blocked
Asia0 accepted, 0 blocked
Africa0 accepted, 0 blocked
Oceania0 accepted, 0 blocked
Activity timeline
Atlas tracked 4 timeline sources for this brand: licence registers, UKGC enforcement sitemap, certificate transparency, atlas verification. 1 returned signal so far. Atlas first observed this brand on 2026-04-19.Latest event: Atlas last verified on 2026-04-19.
Public reviews
What to expect
Identity checks
Standard: ID on first withdrawal
A general expectation for this brand type, not an individually verified KYC audit. Check the operator’s own terms before depositing.
Mobile apps
How we know: Apple App Store + Google Play Store metadata, atlas brand catalogue. Last checked 2026-04-19.
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Frequently asked questions
Is PaddyPower safe?
PaddyPower has a Trust Score of 92/100 with high data confidence. It rates well on independent signals: licensing 88/100, reviews 95/100, corporate 95/100, security 75/100. No active red flags are recorded against the brand.
Is PaddyPower licensed?
PaddyPower appears in regulator registers classified by the Trust Score v2 scorer as UKGC (tier-1). The licensing component scores 88/100 in Trust Score v2. Tier-1 status means strict KYC, AML, segregated player funds, and mandatory dispute resolution. Tier-2 covers Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Alderney, Kahnawake, and KSA-NL. Tier-3 covers Curacao-style light-touch frameworks.
Does PaddyPower have a mobile app?
PaddyPower ships a native iOS app verified against the App Store listing. On the App Store, "Paddy Power Sports Betting" rates 4.74/5 across 257,043 reviews, published by Paddy Power PLC (App Store category: Sports). Store ratings reflect user satisfaction with the app itself, not the underlying betting product, and can drift after major updates.
What are alternatives to PaddyPower?
Alternatives in the same operator family (parent group: flutter-group) include adjarabet, betfair-exchange, betfair-sportsbook, fanduel, junglee-games and 5 other branded clones. Same-family sites typically share the platform, licensing posture, payment rails, and corporate ownership, so a complaint pattern, regulator action, or AML failure at one site frequently recurs across siblings. Compare independent Trust Scores side by side before switching, and check whether the alternative holds the same licences in your country.
Is PaddyPower's site secure?
PaddyPower scores 75/100 on the Trust Score v2 security component, indicating a strong security posture. Signals include: Mozilla Observatory grade B; HSTS enabled. The security component blends HTTP-header hardening (HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options), TLS configuration, DNS hygiene (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), CDN/WAF presence, and hosting reputation; it does not assess the operator's internal security or breach history.
Compare PaddyPower to alternatives
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| Metric | This brand PaddyPower | Alternative 1 Not selected | Alternative 2 Not selected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trust Score | 92/100 | ||
| Tier | Tier 1 | ||
| Active licences | 1 | ||
| Player reviews | 257k | ||
| Top regulator | UK Gambling Commission | ||
| Regulator actions | None on file |
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Author and sources
Sources (7)
Citations backing every factual claim in this PaddyPower profile, grouped by category. Atlas verifies each source on the date shown. External links open in a new tab.
Regulator records (2)
- [2]Paddy Power on the UK Gambling Commission public register (Gambling Commission (UK))Accessed
- [5]PaddyPower licence record (no. 1034) (UK Gambling Commission)
Corporate filings (1)
- [3]Paddy Power Holdings Limited at Companies House (Companies House (UK))Accessed
Operator pages (2)
- [1]Flutter Entertainment plc filings (SEC EDGAR) (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)Accessed
- [7]Domain registration record for paddypower.com (RDAP (registry data))Accessed
Knowledge bases (1)
- [4]Paddy Power (Wikipedia)Accessed
Other (1)
- [6]Web-security scan of paddypower.eu (grade B) (Mozilla HTTP Observatory)Accessed
Trust score computed from 6 weighted components (licensing, corporate, security, reviews, threat intel, operational). License data verified against public authority records. Last verified 53 days ago. Sources cited: 7.
Last updated: 19 Apr 2026
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