🎲 Jennings Racing Limited

This operator is a licensed British bookmaker that offers betting services on sporting and related events. It is currently active and operates under an operating licence issued by the Gambling Commission. The business is part of a multi-generational family enterprise that traces its origins to off-course betting legalisation in the early 1960s.

The wider group’s betting activities began in 1961 following the implementation of the Betting and Gaming Act 1960, which legalised off-course betting shops in Great Britain from 1 May 1961. The founding business opened its first betting shop in Harrow in that year. Over subsequent decades, the retail estate expanded and the enterprise remained under family control across three generations.

The present corporate entity was incorporated in the United Kingdom on 1 March 2006. It is privately owned, with 100% of its shares held by Betting Shop Services Ltd. The company trades under the Jennningsbet brand, a development from the earlier Joe Jennings identity used by the family’s betting operations. Public filings indicate that at various points the wider group has operated a substantial network of licensed betting offices and has employed several hundred staff.

The business has adopted a range of betting delivery channels over time. Historical accounts of the group’s activities record the introduction of telephone betting in the 1970s, the roll-out of fixed-odds betting terminals from 1999, the installation of self-service betting terminals in the early 2000s, and the launch of SMS text betting facilities in 2012. These activities sit alongside the core operation of licensed betting premises.

Licensing and Operations

This operator holds a Gambling Commission operating licence covering general betting activities. According to the public register, it has held:

• a General Betting Standard (Non-Remote) operating licence since 1 January 2009; and
• a General Betting Standard (Remote – Ancillary) operating licence since 1 January 2009.

The non-remote general betting licence authorises it to provide facilities for betting in Great Britain through licensed betting premises. The remote ancillary licence permits the provision of remote betting facilities in limited circumstances connected with equipment located entirely on licensed premises.

The Gambling Commission’s premises register lists several dozen active licensed betting premises associated with this operating licence, reflecting a retail-focused business model. These premises are located in multiple areas of Great Britain and Crown Dependencies, including parts of southern England, the Isle of Man and Jersey. The operating licence is currently recorded as active.

Regulatory History

Publicly available Gambling Commission records do not show any published financial penalties, licence suspensions, or formal regulatory sanctions against this licensee. No licence revocations or surrenders are recorded on the public register for this operating licence, and the status remains active.

If any regulatory investigations, settlements or other compliance interventions have occurred but have not been published by the regulator, they are not reflected in the publicly accessible data.