🎲 DragonBet Ltd

This is a remote sports betting operator licensed by the Gambling Commission in Great Britain. It is an active licensee and offers online betting services, with a particular focus on sports. The company was incorporated in 2023 and launched as the digital successor to a long-running Welsh on-course bookmaking business.

The business was founded by brothers James and David Lovell as the online evolution of John Lovell Racing, a family bookmaking operation with more than five decades of activity in Welsh racing. John Lovell had been active as a racecourse bookmaker and was noted for early adoption of computerised clerking in UK betting rings. The creation of the online brand in 2022–2023 marked the transition of the family’s activities from exclusively on-course bookmaking to a combined on-course and remote model.

The company remains family-owned and operated, with the Lovell brothers as directors. The online brand operates alongside continuing on-course bookmaking under the John Lovell Racing name. In 2022, the business entered into a licensing agreement with technology supplier FansUnite to provide the underlying sports betting platform for its remote operations.

Licensing and Operations

This operator holds an operating licence issued by the Gambling Commission in Great Britain. The licence covers remote betting activities, permitting it to offer online sports betting services to customers in Great Britain, subject to the conditions of its operating licence and relevant regulatory requirements.

The Gambling Commission licence is listed as active. The authorisation enables the company to provide facilities for betting via remote means, including through websites and mobile applications, and to lay bets on sporting and related events. The business trades online under the DragonBet brand while continuing to provide on-course bookmaking services under the John Lovell Racing name, though the latter activity is governed by separate racecourse and regulatory arrangements.

No historical suspensions, revocations, or surrenders of its Gambling Commission operating licence have been recorded in the public register as of the latest available information. Any changes to licence conditions, key personnel, or activities would be recorded by the regulator, but no such material changes have been publicly noted beyond the initial grant of the operating licence and its current active status.

Regulatory History

As of the latest information available from the Gambling Commission’s public register, there are no published regulatory sanctions, financial penalties, or formal warnings recorded against this licensee. There is no public record of licence suspension or revocation.

The company therefore appears in the public register with an active operating licence and without additional regulatory action notices disclosed by the regulator.