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Netplay Malta casinos

Netplay Malta Limited, formerly known as NetPlay TV, is a Malta-based gaming operator that became part of the Betsson AB group in March 2017, when Betsson bought NetPlay TV’s assets for £26 million. The company holds UK Gambling Commission licensing for its brands and moved its operational headquarters from the UK to Malta in December 2018. Netplay Malta ran two UK-facing casinos, Jackpot247 and SuperCasino, until Betsson withdrew almost its entire brand portfolio from the British market in late 2020, and previously ran a third brand, Vernons Casino, which Betsson closed down in 2019. None of the three names appears on the UK Gambling Commission’s brands register today, so this page now documents a closed operator rather than a live one.

Netplay Malta At A Glance

Who they were
The company behind Britain’s televised roulette era: Jackpot247 on ITV and SuperCasino on Channel 5, both born from the AIM-listed NetPlay TV plc.
Status in July 2026
Closed to UK players since November 2020. Netplay Malta Limited no longer appears on the Gambling Commission’s public registers, consistent with its UK licences having been surrendered or allowed to lapse after the exit.
Parent group
Betsson AB of Sweden, which bought NetPlay TV’s assets for £26 million in March 2017 and later kept only Rizk facing the UK.

Jackpot247

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Jackpot247 started out on 1 July 2008 as Challenge Jackpot, an interactive gambling channel, and took its familiar name in September 2011. For most of the 2010s it was the late-night live roulette show on ITV, with presenters taking bets on air while the website ran a Playtech casino around the clock. The final television broadcast went out in the early hours of 1 July 2019 after Betsson chose not to renew its ITV contract, and the website itself stopped taking UK customers in November 2020 as part of the group’s market exit. Visit jackpot247.com from Britain today and you are met with a country-blocked notice rather than a casino lobby.

SuperCasino

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SuperCasino began life as a UK TV gambling channel on Channel 5 from 2009 to 2018 before continuing purely online once the broadcast deal ended. It runs mainly on Playtech software, with extra titles from IGT, Quickspin and Virtue Fusion in its Vegas section, and its live-dealer games use NetPlay TV’s own proprietary system. New players were historically offered a 100% deposit match up to £200 carrying a 25x wagering requirement to clear within 30 days (slots counting fully towards wagering, roulette 15% and other games just 5%); any bonus SuperCasino advertises today must carry 10x wagering or less under the Gambling Commission’s January 2026 cap — our wagering requirements guide explains the change — and banking covers Visa, Mastercard and several other methods. SuperCasino stopped accepting UK players in November 2020 alongside Jackpot247, and neither the brand nor Netplay Malta Limited appears on the Gambling Commission’s current brands register; our guide on how to verify a UK casino licence shows how to run that check yourself. Confusingly, the supercasino.com domain is still online, but it now hosts a different, non-UK-facing casino operation with no visible link to the old Channel 5 show, so do not treat anything trading there today as the Netplay Malta brand.

Vernons Casino

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Vernons was the third brand Betsson picked up in its 2017 acquisition of NetPlay TV’s assets, alongside Jackpot247 and SuperCasino, and held UK Gambling Commission and Alderney licences while it operated. Unlike its two stablemates, Vernons did not survive: Betsson shut the brand down completely in 2019 after concluding it cost more to keep running than it earned, as part of a wider scaling-back of the NetPlay portfolio that also saw the group’s London office close and management move to Malta. Vernons has no live website today, so treat any site currently trading under the Vernons name as unrelated to this closed Netplay Malta brand.

How NetPlay TV Became Netplay Malta, Then Disappeared

Few operator stories compress the whole arc of British TV gambling as neatly as this one, from terrestrial television roulette to a quiet delisting from the regulator’s register in under a decade. The sequence below is worth reading before you trust any older article that still describes these casinos as active.

  • July 2008: Challenge Jackpot launches as an interactive TV gambling service from the AIM-listed NetPlay TV plc.
  • 2009: SuperCasino begins broadcasting live casino programming on Channel 5.
  • September 2011: Challenge Jackpot is rebranded as Jackpot247, becoming ITV’s late-night roulette fixture.
  • March 2017: Betsson AB buys NetPlay TV’s assets for £26 million, inheriting Jackpot247, SuperCasino and Vernons.
  • 2018: The Channel 5 SuperCasino broadcasts end, and operational headquarters move from London to Malta in December.
  • 1 July 2019: The last Jackpot247 programme airs on ITV; the same year Betsson closes Vernons entirely and shuts the London office.
  • 21 October 2020: Betsson’s BML Group pulls eight of its nine brands out of the UK with immediate effect for new customers, giving existing players until 18 November 2020 to withdraw funds. Only Rizk stays.
  • July 2026: Neither Netplay Malta Limited nor any of its three brands appears on the UKGC’s registers of licensees, domains or trading names.

Why The TV Casino Format Died With Netplay

Late-night broadcast roulette depended on an unusual bargain: expensive studio airtime paid for by a small pool of high-frequency phone and web bettors. Three pressures dismantled it. Advertising and watershed rules kept tightening around gambling on terrestrial television, smartphone live-dealer streams made a scheduled TV show feel slow, and the Gambling Commission’s growing affordability expectations raised the cost of serving exactly the impulsive late-night audience the format attracted.

Betsson’s accountants simply reached the obvious conclusion first. Once the ITV and Channel 5 contracts lapsed, Jackpot247 and SuperCasino were ordinary mid-sized Playtech casinos with famous names and above-average overheads, and neither justified the compliance bill of a post-2020 UK licence on its own. The brand equity built over a decade of television was real, but it was equity in a product category that no longer existed.

Brand Launched TV home Fate
Jackpot247 2008 (as Challenge Jackpot) ITV, until 1 July 2019 Left the UK market November 2020; domain now blocks British visitors
SuperCasino 2009 Channel 5, until 2018 Left the UK market November 2020; domain reused by an unrelated operation
Vernons Heritage pools name, relaunched online 2017 None Closed by Betsson in 2019 on cost grounds

For readers who remember the shows, the presenters and studio staff mostly moved into the wider live-casino industry, which now produces the same product from purpose-built studios rather than television facilities. The regulated live-dealer lobbies reviewed across this site are the format’s true successors, streamed around the clock and covered by the same UKGC protections the TV casinos once carried.

Netplay Malta Review – July 2026

Jackpot247 homepage archived screenshot – Netplay Malta’s flagship brand as it looked in 2019

Because the operator is gone, this is a retrospective verdict rather than a buying guide. The archived capture above shows Jackpot247 in May 2019, near the end of its run: live roulette streams promoted alongside Playtech’s Age of the Gods jackpots, a £22,000 Live Football Roulette prize pool and the winners ticker that was a hallmark of the TV-casino format. It was a genuinely distinctive product, and nothing quite like the ITV call-in roulette era has replaced it.

As a corporate story, Netplay Malta is a case study in how quickly a licensed operator can wind down. The brands were profitable enough to attract a £26 million offer in 2017, yet within three years the TV deals had ended, Vernons was shut, and Britain’s tightening compliance climate persuaded Betsson to serve UK customers through a single brand instead of nine. There was no scandal-driven licence loss here, simply a commercial retreat, which is why we still rate the operator’s historical conduct as reasonable even though no part of it survives for UK players.

What Former Players Should Know

Any balance you held should have been withdrawn by 18 November 2020; if you missed that window, contact Betsson group support through its corporate site rather than any site now squatting on the old brand names. Be especially wary of lookalike domains: a site using the Jackpot247, SuperCasino or Vernons name today has no connection to the UKGC-licensed originals, and depositing there gives you none of the protections the TV-era casinos carried.

Where To Compare Live Operators Instead

If what you liked was Betsson’s style, Rizk is the group’s remaining UK-licensed casino and the natural first stop. Fans of televised-style live roulette are better served today by the big live-dealer lobbies at brands such as Grosvenor Casino, while NetBet, the similarly named but entirely unrelated operator, remains live and separately licensed. Every UK offer you compare now falls under the January 2026 rules capping bonus wagering at 10x, a consumer protection the Netplay brands never lived to see.

Netplay Malta FAQs

What casinos does Netplay Malta Limited actually own?

Netplay Malta Limited (formerly NetPlay TV), part of the Betsson AB group since 2017, owns Jackpot247 and SuperCasino, both still live and UK Gambling Commission licensed, plus the now-closed Vernons Casino. NetBet, previously shown on this page as a Netplay Malta brand, is a separate company (NetBet Enterprises Limited, UKGC account 39170) with no ownership link to Netplay Malta, and has been removed from this page.

Is Netplay Malta the same company as NetBet?

No. This page previously listed NetBet as a Netplay Malta brand in error. NetBet is operated by the separate, independently UKGC-licensed NetBet Enterprises Limited and has no corporate connection to Netplay Malta Limited or Betsson AB.

Is Netplay Malta Limited licensed in the UK?

Not any more. Netplay Malta Limited no longer appears on the UK Gambling Commission’s public register, consistent with its UK licences having been surrendered or allowed to lapse after Betsson pulled the brands from the British market in late 2020. Historic Malta Gaming Authority cover through Betsson AB does not extend any protection to UK players today.

What happened to Vernons Casino?

Vernons was closed down by Betsson in 2019 after the company decided it was no longer commercially worth keeping open, as part of a broader restructuring of the NetPlay TV brands it had acquired two years earlier. It is not currently possible to sign up to or play at Vernons.

Can UK players still sign up to Jackpot247 or SuperCasino?

No. Both sites closed to new UK customers on 21 October 2020 and to existing ones on 18 November 2020. The jackpot247.com domain currently shows a country-blocked page to British visitors, and no UKGC licence covers either name today.

Who owns the supercasino.com website now?

The domain hosts a separate, non-UK-facing casino with different branding from the old Channel 5 show. It should not be confused with the Netplay Malta brand, and it offers UK players none of the protections of a Gambling Commission licence.

Did any Betsson brand stay in the UK?

Yes, one. When Betsson’s BML Group withdrew its other brands in late 2020 it kept Rizk as its sole UK-licensed casino, and our Rizk review covers that site’s current sisters, bonus terms and payments.

Full list of Netplay Malta Limited casinos

Netplay Malta Limited operated three brands in total: Jackpot247 and SuperCasino, which left the UK market in November 2020, and Vernons Casino, closed in 2019. All three are shown for the historical record only and are not linked; NetBet, previously shown here as a Netplay Malta brand, has been removed as it belongs to the unrelated NetBet Enterprises Limited.

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Jackpot247 (left the UK market in 2020)
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SuperCasino (left the UK market in 2020)
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Vernons Casino (closed 2019)

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