OpenBet

The longest-running company in this comparison, with deep licensing across 13 US states and a complex ownership history.

Founded: 1996 Legal entity / HQ: OpenBet (OB Global Holdings LLC, following a March 2025 management buyout) Reviewed: 2026-08-21

Notable for: Longest disclosed operating history of the six platforms (founded 1996, as Orbis Technology) and licensing across 13 individually regulated US states — a genuinely different regulatory-maturity signal from the others here.

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Key Facts

Licensing footprint: Licensed in 13 individually regulated US states; also operating in Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Greece
Game catalog: Sports-betting-focused front-end and back-office technology (odds, risk, reporting); specific casino title counts not disclosed on the pages reviewed
Payment methods: Not disclosed on the pages reviewed
Years operating: 30 years (founded 1996 as Orbis Technology Ltd)
Named clients: Historically disclosed operators include Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, City Index, Sporting Life, and TAB NZ — some of these client relationships date to earlier company materials and should be reconfirmed as current
Team scale: Not disclosed on the pages reviewed
Target operator size: Established regulated-market sportsbook operators, particularly across US states and established European/Oceania markets
Compliance tooling: Front-end and back-office compliance/reporting tooling across web, mobile, retail, call-centre, and interactive-TV channels; specific certification standards not itemized on the pages reviewed

Overview

OpenBet traces its history to 1996, when it was founded as Orbis Technology Ltd, making it the longest-running company in this six-way comparison by a wide margin. It discloses licensing across 13 individually regulated US states, plus operations in Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Greece — a genuinely different, deeply regulated-market-specific footprint from the broader jurisdiction counts disclosed by Kambi or Altenar.

OpenBet's ownership history is unusually eventful for a platform vendor: acquired by NDS Group in 2000, a management buyout in 2011, sold to NYX Gaming Group in 2016, acquired by Scientific Games in 2017, sold to Endeavor Group in 2021 for $1.2 billion, and taken through a further management buyout in March 2025 (for a reported $450 million) by a group including Ari Emanuel, now operating as OB Global Holdings LLC. Its named client list — Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, Sporting Life among them — includes relationships that appear in older company materials and are worth reconfirming as current before relying on them.

Strengths

Longest disclosed operating history of the six platforms (30 years since 1996).
Deep, individually regulated US-state licensing (13 states) — a specific, high-friction regulatory achievement distinct from broader multi-jurisdiction counts.
Long track record with established European and Oceania sportsbook operators.

Considerations

Team size, specific game-catalog counts, and payment methods are not disclosed on the pages reviewed.
Named client relationships on public pages include older references that should be independently reconfirmed before being treated as current.
An unusually complex ownership history (six changes of ownership since 2000) is worth factoring into any long-term vendor-stability assessment.
Its US-state and international licensing, like every platform here, does not substitute for an operator's own UK Gambling Commission remote operating licence.

Best for: Operators prioritizing a vendor with the longest track record and deep, state-by-state US regulatory experience, who are comfortable independently verifying current client relationships.