Richard Desmond hit with £40m bill over ‘fanciful’ lottery feud

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Media tycoon Richard Desmond’s company Northern and Shell has been ordered to pay over £40m after a two-year-long legal feud with the Gambling Commission over the 2022 National Lottery license.

A High Court judge has ordered media giant Northern and Shell and its subsidiary, the New Lottery Company, to cough up 75 per cent of https://www.cityam.com/richard-desmond-hit-with-40m-bill-over-fanciful-lottery-feud/">[...]