About this episode

David Lovell shares his journey from a bookmaking family to becoming a professional punter and founding DragonBet.

David Lovell, born into a respected and innovative bookmaking family, started life learning the odds with his father John, and started one of Wales’ first in-running suites, where fortunes were made before he became a full-time professional punter with runners countrywide until founding DragonBet with his brother James. Reticent to talk publicly for years, finally we have David Lovell in the #BettingPeople chair, speaking to Simon Nott.

People in this episode

Host: Simon Nott

Guest: David Lovell

Topics covered

• bookmaking
• sports betting
• professional punting

Keywords

• Wales
• in-running betting
• DragonBet

Mentioned in this episode

Products: DragonBet

Books & works: #BettingPeople

Places: Wales

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