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Gambling watchdog looks into second Tory candidate over alleged election bet

Party urged to suspend Laura Saunders, whose husband – the party’s director of campaigns – is also reportedly being looked at

The Guardian - UK

Kay Burley clashes with Michael Gove over claims of Labour 'forever government'

Sky News presenter tells Gove: ‘It’s a democracy. If they’ve been given a mandate, they’re not rigging the system’

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak under Labour pressure for backing Tory candidates despite alleged election date bets

A second Tory being looked into by the Gambling Commission — Bristol North West candidate Laura Saunders — previously worked at the Tory campaign HQ

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Tory campaign chief out as his wife faces gambling probe over election betting

THE Conservatives have lost their campaign chief with just a fortnight to go until the General Election as a growing betting scandal engulfs the…

The National (Scotland)

Tory scandal grows as second candidate linked to Sunak’s inner circle faces questions over election gambling

A second Tory candidate is under investigation for taking a bet on the election date

The Independent UK

Police Constable Arrested For Allegedly Betting On UK General Election

A police constable in the UK Prime Minister's protection team arrested for betting on election timing, raising concerns about electoral integrity amidst ca...

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Sunak protection officer arrested over alleged bets on timing of election

Officer arrested on Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, say Metropolitan police

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Police officer in Sunak’s close protection team arrested over alleged general election date bets

The officer was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office after the alleged bets were made

The Independent UK

Tories face fresh questions over Sunak aide who placed election bet amid Gambling Commission probe

Craig Williams has admitted ‘error of judgement’ but declined to answer further questions

Evening Standard

Tories face new questions over Sunak aide who placed bet on July election

Labour has asked what role Craig Williams played in election date discussions and when party knew about bet

The Guardian - UK

Bookmakers told to find all substantial bets on July poll after Sunak aide’s ‘flutter’

Craig Williams’s £100 bet prompted an inquiry by the Gambling Commission and fury within the Conservative party

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak aide’s £100 bet on election date: what are the rules?

Craig Williams, who is standing to be Conservative MP, is subject of an inquiry. These are the key issues at stake

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s closest aide apologises for placing £100 bet on July election date

Craig Williams, who placed bet three days before PM made election announcement, says ‘I made huge error of judgment’

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s closest aide Craig Williams says he made ‘huge error of judgement’ betting on election date

Craig Williams, the prime minister’s private secretary, apologises after admitting that he placed a bet on the election days before Mr Sunak called it on 22 May

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The Guardian - UK

David Cameron says Rishi Sunak aide’s bet on election date was ‘very foolish’

Minister condemns decision by election candidate Craig Williams to place bet days before snap poll announced

Evening Standard

Parliamentary aide who made £100 election day bet apologises for 'huge error of judgement'

Craig Williams admitted to placing a bet on the July 4 election date just three days before it was called by Rishi Sunak

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak’s close aide faces probe after betting on July election date

ONE of Rishi Sunak’s closest parliamentary aides is facing a Gambling Commission probe after he “put a flutter” on when the General Election…

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak aide placed bet on election date days before announcement

Exclusive: £100 bet placed in Montgomeryshire – the constituency of Craig Williams – over July poll

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Owner of UK national lottery operator to sever ties with Gazprom

Allwyn parent company says deal to buy 3% stake in Czech gas facility will cut final link with Kremlin-controlled energy firm

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Tory MP Philip Davies takes £500-an-hour job at slot machine company

Davies will provide ‘strategic advice’ to Merkur Gaming, part of group behind network of gambling venues on UK high streets

The Guardian - UK

Online gamblers who lose £500 or more a month to face extra checks

New measures will eventually also ban some features on online games, regulator for Great Britain says

The Guardian - UK

Slot machine operator being investigated over cancer patient’s activity

Staff at Merkur’s Stockport branch reportedly looked away as customer lost £2,000 over two days of play

The Guardian - UK

Three years on, Football Index users are still trying to get their money back

Some customers had five- or six-figure sums trapped when it collapsed in 2021 and say the site was not regulated properly

The Guardian - UK

Masters of spin – how slot machine operators are taking over UK high streets

With concern focused on online casinos, the firms who run ‘adult gaming centres’ have been expanding fast – and glad-handing dozens of MPs

The Guardian - UK

In the grip of slot machine addiction: ‘I’d keep loading £20s in. I could be in a daze’

As ‘adult gaming centres’ spread across the UK, one woman tells of how she kept playing even after getting a cancer diagnosis

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