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Robert Wright
@reporterrwright.ft.com

This story went up late on Friday and got less attention than it otherwise might have done. A sentencing hearing on Friday was told three participants in the Tory election-betting scandal - dismissed at the time as "a flutter" - would have made nearly £50,000 if undetected www.ft.com/content/510e...

ft.comTory gamblers stood to make nearly £50,000 from insider information, court toldFormer Conservative director of campaigning and two others made scores of bets on date of 2024 general election

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Philippe Auclair
@philippeauclair.bsky.social

The British equivalent of the White House teleprompter operator who placed bets on the content of Trump's speeches on prediction markets, which certainly got more attention at the time.