Rhino Bet sister sites

Rhino Bet’s former sister sites compared

Written by Benjamin Rose – Head Writer

Rhino Bet closed on 26 March 2025. Its former sister sites included Planet Sport Bet, BresBet, Vickers, BetZone, DragonBet and Yeeehaaa Bet through Playbook Gaming. Their later histories are different: some obtained separate licences, some closed, and the old network no longer operates as one family.

BresBet is no longer a surviving option under its own licence. That licence was surrendered on 4 September 2026. Planet Sport Bet and DragonBet have separate active operators, while Vickers has a newer registration under J R & S Leisure. An inactive entry on Playbook’s old record does not, by itself, tell the whole story of a brand.

Former brand	Current position
Rhino Bet	Closed in March 2025; former Playbook service.
BresBet	Separate licence surrendered on 4 September 2026.
Planet Sport Bet	Separately licensed to Planet Bet Limited.
DragonBet	Separately licensed to DragonBet Ltd.
Vickers	Newer addresses registered to J R & S Leisure Ltd; check current service availability.
BetZone	Former Playbook and Richmond Atlantic entries are inactive.
Yeeehaaa Bet	Inactive on the former Playbook record.

Planet Sport Bet

Planet Sport Bet was one of the fullest versions of the old Playbook sportsbook. Its menus, racecards and casino links had much in common with Rhino Bet, although the presentation could feel busier. The older landing page put a welcome promotion and a column of slots alongside the sports markets, so several things competed for attention.

The broad product remains the relevant comparison. Its public navigation includes horse racing, football and greyhounds, with a longer sports list covering cricket, rugby, tennis, basketball, politics and TV specials. Separate casino, live-casino and virtual-sports sections make it a mixed betting site, rather than a specialist slots brand.

Planet Bet Limited now holds the operating licence, and the current register lists Planet Sport Bet under that company. Its public casino pages also identify Planet Bet as the operator. The old Playbook relationship is therefore historical, even where the arrangement of the website looks familiar.

Someone looking for Rhino Bet’s combination of racing and casino games has a reason to compare Planet Sport Bet. That does not establish that it offers the widest markets, best prices or fastest payments. A particular race, game or promotion needs comparing on its own terms; the former shared platform is only the starting point.

BresBet

BresBet had a more restrained feel than Rhino Bet in the older network. Football and racing were available from the side menu, but the top navigation offered fewer immediate choices. That made the presentation less crowded, although it also made some of the range harder to find.

The simpler screen suited visitors who wanted fewer distractions. Others would have preferred football and racing to be available immediately from the top bar, as they were elsewhere in the network. Both sports were still offered, so the navigation needed exploring before judging the range.

BresBet Ltd obtained separate gambling permissions in February 2025. Those permissions later ended. The Commission suspended the licence on 28 August 2026 while investigating suspected social-responsibility and anti-money-laundering failings, then confirmed its surrender on 4 September.

The Commission’s notice says the suspension did not prevent account access or withdrawals and sets out its expectations for customers during closure. This is a materially different position from an active bookmaker accepting new bets. BresBet belongs here for its connection with Rhino Bet, not as a current joining recommendation.

Vickers

Vickers brought a family-bookmaker identity to the former network. Its racing background and offline business gave the name a history beyond the online template. Racing Post’s reporting from Catterick describes Jo Vickers managing the independent family firm and discusses its race and jockey sponsorships.

That background made Vickers a different kind of comparison from Rhino Bet’s blue-and-black casino branding. It did not mean the shared online system contained unique games or more markets. The earlier Vickers proposition was primarily about the bookmaker’s identity and racing emphasis, rather than a radically different website.

The old vickers.bet entry is inactive under Playbook Gaming. However, the current Vickers domain records list betvickers.com and betvickers.co.uk under J R & S Leisure Ltd, whose licence is active. The Vickers name therefore continues under a different licensing arrangement from the former Rhino Bet network.

The present website has also displayed maintenance notices, so an active licence should not be read as a promise that every online feature is available at any particular moment. The useful distinction is between the former Rhino-era website and the newer Vickers addresses. Old Playbook payment terms should not be carried across without checking the current service.

BetZone

BetZone tried to add something beyond the familiar sportsbook and casino layout. Its News Zone carried sports news and betting previews, giving visitors something to read around the markets. Its dark grey-and-black design was plainer than Rhino Bet’s, but the editorial area gave it a more distinct reason to exist than a change of logo alone.

The former site covered mainstream sports and niche interests such as esports. News and tips were part of the presentation, rather than evidence that its predictions were more successful. A reader could value the extra context without assuming that it changed the chance of a bet winning.

BetZone’s history continued beyond its Playbook registration: the same domain also appears, inactive, under Richmond Atlantic Ltd. That company’s current register shows surrendered gambling permissions. The former News Zone and sportsbook remain useful historical comparisons, but neither an old welcome offer nor an old Playbook logo establishes a current service.

This also explains why grouping all the former brands under one closure date is misleading. A brand could leave the shared operator, use a different arrangement and later close separately. Rhino Bet’s March 2025 closure tells you what happened to Rhino itself, not the full subsequent history of BetZone.

DragonBet

DragonBet has a more regional identity. Its own history traces the business to John Lovell’s racecourse bookmaking and describes the 2022 launch of DragonBet by his sons James and David. Welsh sport and an ongoing connection with the betting ring are central to that story.

The current site puts horse racing, football and rugby union among its prominent sports. Casino, live casino and virtuals are separate parts of the product, so it is not restricted to racing. Its public guide describes DragonBoosts on selected events and a wider casino range, although individual offers need their own conditions.

DragonBet Ltd now holds the active British licence. That separates it from the surrendered Playbook Gaming account even though its old domain entry remains visible there. The Lovell family background also gives a more useful comparison than calling it simply another copy of Rhino Bet.

DragonBet is worth examining for someone interested in Welsh sport and a bookmaker with racecourse roots. Planet Sport Bet offers a broader general sports presentation. Those are differences in identity and emphasis, not a ranking of likely winnings or a claim that either brand inherits an old Rhino account.

Yeeehaaa Bet

Yeeehaaa Bet was another member of the former Playbook family. Its address, yeeehaaa.bet, is inactive on that operator’s record. Along with the five better-known names above, it completes the six-brand sibling group recorded alongside Rhino Bet.

That historical connection does not establish a current Yeeehaaa service or an available welcome offer. The former network split across several operators, so its size at one point in time says little about the number of brands a customer can use today.

Rhino Bet information

Playbook Gaming and the company behind Rhino Bet

Playbook Gaming operated Rhino Bet and the former white-label network. Companies House records its incorporation on 28 July 2017, initially as GW Gaming Limited. Its first listed betting permissions began in January 2018, with casino and bingo permissions added in June 2020.

Playbook Engineering is a separate company. It was incorporated in December 2016 as Two-Up Digital and changed its name in March 2021. The two Playbook names are closely associated, but describing Engineering as simply another trading name for the gambling operator obscures the difference between the company providing technology and the company responsible for a customer’s account.

The Engineering business describes a platform covering player accounts, payments and identity checks, promotions, customer management, sportsbook markets, casino games and virtuals. Those services help explain why several bookmakers could share recognisable navigation and account features while using different brands.

Engineering lists offices in London and Krakow. Its work spans much more than the appearance of a homepage: a platform supplier can provide much of the machinery behind a betting website without every customer-facing brand sharing one operating licence forever.

Playbook Engineering retains active software and host permissions on its own regulatory record. These do not reopen Rhino Bet. Playbook Gaming’s former consumer-facing permissions were all surrendered on 19 November 2025, and its seven recorded domains are inactive.

The £250,000 regulatory penalty

On 10 November 2025 the Gambling Commission imposed a £250,000 financial penalty and a warning on Playbook Gaming. Its published decision covers anti-money-laundering controls, customer interaction and remote customer identification between August 2023 and August 2024. The Commission also records that the company co-operated with the investigation.

The decision came after Rhino Bet’s closure and before the licence surrender. Those are separate events. The decision does not establish why Rhino Bet closed, and it should not be presented as proof that a particular slot result or individual disputed withdrawal was unlawful.

Rhino Bet review: the former sportsbook and casino

Rhino Bet’s old homepage was built around betting information. A long sports menu sat on the left, racecards occupied the centre and a bet slip waited on the right. The blue accents and dark background gave it a fairly serious appearance, with little of the cartoon-animal styling the name might suggest.

The illustrated screen shows separate Sports, In Play, Virtuals, Casino and Live Casino navigation. Racing prices, promotional banners and a row of casino games all appear on the same page. That arrangement made the range easy to see, but it could also feel crowded: the next race, a slots promotion and an enhanced-price offer were all asking for attention.

For a visitor interested only in slots, the main screen was an indirect route into the product. For someone moving between racing and casino games, it offered a compact overview. That is the strongest reason to distinguish Rhino Bet from a dedicated casino: its design assumed that sports betting remained central.

Sports, racing and in-play markets

The sportsbook included familiar choices such as football, horse racing, tennis and cricket, alongside American football, ice hockey, mixed martial arts and rugby. Its older menu also included special markets. The range was substantial, but a long list of sports did not establish that every event had unusually deep betting options.

The screenshot’s racecards show meeting tabs, individual runners and prices in the main area. A separate in-play section sits below. This allowed the visitor to move from upcoming races to events already taking place without leaving the main screen, although finding one particular competition still depended on the navigation.

Best Odds Guaranteed featured prominently in the racing banners. Historically, that promotion mattered to bettors taking an early price, but its value depended on eligibility and the bookmaker’s rules. It should not be confused with a promise that every bet carried the highest available price.

Rhino Reels and the game collection

Rhino Reels was the casino’s own label. It gave slots more prominence than they had in some of the old network’s racing-focused presentations, yet the name did not mean that the games were developed in-house or exclusive to Rhino Bet.

The former collection included Bonanza, Gold Cash: Free Spins, Piggy Payouts and Book of Ba’al. Bonanza uses Big Time Gaming’s Megaways format, with a variable number of symbols and cascading wins. Its mining theme is a long way from Rhino’s own branding. The other named games show that the casino was not organised around one developer or one slot mechanic.

The provider filter helped visitors narrow the catalogue, and the homepage’s small casino tiles offered a quick route into familiar titles. That organisation was useful. Describing the whole library as unique, or assuming its games paid better than the same titles elsewhere, would go beyond what the product showed.

Rhino Reels also blurred the boundary between betting and casino promotions. A reward earned from a sports bet could lead to spins, and a slots banner could appear beside racing prices. The important detail was always the reward’s eligible game and conditions, rather than the Rhino branding around it.

What the old promotions offered

At one point Rhino Bet relied on ongoing promotions rather than a separate new-customer welcome package. That was a description of a particular stage of the site’s life, not proof that it never used a welcome offer. All Rhino Bet joining promotions are now historical because the bookmaker has closed.

One earlier Punchestown promotion awarded 25 casino spins after a qualifying £10 bet whose horse finished second. Other examples included enhanced prices around Premier League fixtures. Their appeal was tied to an event and a particular result, so an old article mentioning the promotion could not establish availability at another meeting or on a later weekend.

A Rhino Reels promotion offered 50 spins after £250 of qualifying slots play. The homepage image also contains a £250 wager requirement beside a free-spins message. That was a substantial play requirement for a small additional reward; calling the spins free without explaining the qualifying activity would leave out the cost of reaching them.

These examples help explain the product’s character. It used racing guarantees, event promotions and crossovers into slots, rather than relying entirely on one prominent deposit bonus. They should be read as past features, with no expectation that the old rewards can still be claimed.

Payments and customer support

The older cashier information described debit-card payments, with Visa, Mastercard and Maestro among the displayed methods. It gave a withdrawal expectation of two to five business days. Compared with a site built around immediate account access and live markets, that could feel slow.

Customer support centred on customerservice@rhino.bet, and the earlier help offering did not provide a live-chat or telephone alternative. Email can be adequate for a routine question, but it is less convenient when a customer needs clarification about a bet or a withdrawal urgently.

These are historical service details. They explain the criticism of limited payment choice and slow support, but they are not a working cashier guide after closure. The old two-to-five-day estimate should not be used to predict what will happen to an unresolved claim now.

The closure timeline

Contemporary reporting on 24 March 2025 described the closure email sent to customers and reproduced the operator’s notice. It named 26 March as the end of operations, said unsettled bets would be voided and gave customers until 26 April to withdraw remaining balances.

The end of the withdrawal window did not turn another former sister site into Rhino Bet’s customer-service department. A later licence held by Planet Bet, DragonBet or J R & S Leisure is not, on its own, evidence that those businesses took responsibility for a Rhino balance.

The historical strengths were the clear sports emphasis, visible casino range and compact navigation between products. The weaknesses were the crowded presentation, limited cashier choices and reliance on email support. Closure now changes the purpose of this review: it explains the former service and the different paths taken by its relatives.

Old Rhino Bet accounts and customer reviews

Rhino’s Trustpilot profile no longer accepts reviews because the website has closed. Its historical accounts include complaints about verification, restricted accounts, unanswered emails and withdrawals. A March 2025 reviewer described an account suspension and difficulty recovering a deposit; a December 2024 reviewer said verification was eventually completed and funds withdrawn.

There were positive experiences too, including a September 2023 account of payment arriving the next day. These reports are individual recollections, not independently established findings about each transaction. Complaints about losing spins do not prove that games were rigged, and a positive payment report does not establish that every withdrawal was fast.

If you believe a balance remains outstanding, gather the account identifier, relevant statements, bet references, withdrawal requests and correspondence. A dated account of what was requested and what response arrived is more useful than a general complaint about the brand.

The Gambling Commission’s money and rights guidance explains the general consumer position. The Commission also makes clear that it cannot resolve individual gambling complaints or recover money for consumers. For an unresolved claim, seek independent advice on the available route and provide the original operator details.

An old support address can help identify correspondence you already hold, but its presence in an earlier review is not evidence that it remains staffed. Do not send identity documents or make a new deposit to a similarly named website on the assumption that it represents the closed Rhino Bet service.

Rhino Bet sister sites questions

Is Rhino Bet still open?

No. Rhino Bet ended UK operations on 26 March 2025. Its former operator, Playbook Gaming, later surrendered its gambling permissions in November 2025.

Which sites were related to Rhino Bet?

Planet Sport Bet, BresBet, Vickers, BetZone, DragonBet and Yeeehaaa Bet appeared alongside Rhino Bet in the former Playbook network. Their current status must be checked separately.

Is BresBet still an active alternative?

No. BresBet Ltd surrendered its operating licence on 4 September 2026, following a suspension in August. Older descriptions of it as an active survivor are no longer current.

Are Planet Sport Bet and DragonBet still direct sisters?

No. They have separate active operating companies, Planet Bet Limited and DragonBet Ltd. Their former connection with Rhino Bet does not mean they now share its operator.

Did Vickers disappear with Playbook Gaming?

The old vickers.bet entry is inactive under Playbook, but newer Vickers addresses are registered to J R & S Leisure Ltd. That is a separate licensing arrangement, and current website availability and terms need checking there.

Can I claim an old Rhino Bet bonus or use my account elsewhere?

Rhino Bet’s old offers have expired. A historical sister-site connection does not establish that an account, balance or bonus transfers to another bookmaker.