{"id":15211,"date":"2024-07-20T12:37:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T10:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/20\/a-53m-gamble-billionaires-firm-claims-it-was-tricked-into-buying-uk-online-betting-firm-that-was-worth-nil\/"},"modified":"2024-07-20T12:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T10:37:51","slug":"a-53m-gamble-billionaires-firm-claims-it-was-tricked-into-buying-uk-online-betting-firm-that-was-worth-nil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/20\/a-53m-gamble-billionaires-firm-claims-it-was-tricked-into-buying-uk-online-betting-firm-that-was-worth-nil\/","title":{"rendered":"A \u00a353m gamble: billionaire\u2019s firm claims it was tricked into buying UK online betting firm that was worth \u2018nil\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Internet betting tycoon Teddy Sagi\u2019s multimillion-pound acquisition of a gaming firm now allegedly worth nothing is the subject of a court case involving heavily contested claims of fraud and physical threat<\/p>\n<p>Ensconced within the luxury of his \u00a330m Knightsbridge pad overlooking Hyde Park, the billionaire Teddy Sagi laid his cards on the table. \u201cI have a big pair of balls,\u201d he proclaimed, according to documents filed at the high court. \u201cI lost \u00a3300,000 in the casino last night. I will buy your business for \u00a353m.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the man on the other side of the negotiating table, the online gambling entrepreneur Simon Wilson, the stakes had never been\u00a0higher.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/article\/2024\/jul\/20\/a-53m-gamble-billionaires-firm-claims-it-was-tricked-into-buying-uk-online-betting-firm-that-was-worth-nil\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8f5cf0a5a148db106f9271329613fcad831bce66\/0_0_640_384\/master\/640.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=961f936229cf623b56e445bdf3e95710\" title=\"A \u00a353m gamble: billionaire\u2019s firm claims it was tricked into buying UK online betting firm that was worth \u2018nil\u2019\" \/>Internet betting tycoon Teddy Sagi\u2019s multimillion-pound acquisition of a gaming firm now allegedly worth nothing is the subject of a court case involving heavily contested claims of fraud and physical threat<br \/>\nEnsconced within the luxury of his \u00a330m Knightsbridge pad overlooking Hyde Park, the billionaire Teddy Sagi laid his cards on the table. \u201cI have a big pair of balls,\u201d he proclaimed, according to documents filed at the high court. \u201cI lost \u00a3300,000 in the casino last night. I will buy your business for \u00a353m.\u201d<br \/>\nFor the man on the other side of the negotiating table, the online gambling entrepreneur Simon Wilson, the stakes had never been\u00a0higher. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet betting tycoon Teddy Sagi\u2019s multimillion-pound acquisition of a gaming firm now allegedly worth nothing is the subject of a court case involving heavily contested claims of fraud and physical threat Ensconced within the luxury of his \u00a330m Knightsbridge pad overlooking Hyde Park, the billionaire Teddy Sagi laid his cards on the table. \u201cI have &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/20\/a-53m-gamble-billionaires-firm-claims-it-was-tricked-into-buying-uk-online-betting-firm-that-was-worth-nil\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A \u00a353m gamble: billionaire\u2019s firm claims it was tricked into buying UK online betting firm that was worth \u2018nil\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15211"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}