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By Mikey Smith A Czech billionaire’s gambling firm donated £20,000 to the Tories just a year after winning a controversial battle to run the UK’s National Lottery. The Gambling Commission, a government body, handed the licence to run the Lottery to Allwyn, Europe’s biggest lottery operator, in March 2022. The bitter competition had been plagued by months of legal wrangling – but Allwyn will finally take over the licence from next month. The firm, previously known as Sazka before rebranding during the bidding process, pledged to double charitable donations to £38billion over the next decade and…

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