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Network Gaming secures £1.25m funding from prominent investors

SBC News Network Gaming secures £1.25m funding from prominent investors

Sports prediction games developer Network Gaming has received funding of £1.25 million from a raft of investors, including some major names in the betting and igaming industry. Participants in the funding round include Betfair Co-Founder Andrew Black, Colossus Bets CEO David O’Reilly and TX Odds CEO Einar Knobel. Additional investors include Sandford Loudon, a partner at financial consultancy firm Oakside …

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Lord Goldsmith QC to head up new commission on ‘crime and problem gambling’

SBC News Lord Goldsmith QC to head up new commission on 'crime and problem gambling'

UK prison reform charity, the ‘Howard League for Penal Reform’ has launched a new commission investigating links between problem gambling and criminal behaviours. The Howard League has disclosed that the first meeting of its ‘Commission on Crime & Problem Gambling’ took place in London on 20 June, kick-starting a three-year research project led by Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith QC …

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Gambling industry tycoons feature in Sunday Times Rich List

SBC News Gambling industry tycoons feature in Sunday Times Rich List

Billionaire brothers David and Simon Rueben co-owners of Arena Racing UK, have featured as the highest placed Brits in the 2015 Sunday Times Rich List. The Sunday newspaper estimates the brothers to be worth a combined £9.7 billion. The Rueben brothers are reported to have earned an additional £700 million in 2014, through diverse investments in property, digital services and …

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