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Alex Duff @duffofbrentford.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

This is a good explainer about Tony Bloom and Matthew Benham and how they came to run Premier League clubs and major football gambling syndicates. It's not (yet) a scandal, more an uncomfortable juxtaposition that has avoided the limelight until now.

Michael Caley@michaelcaley.bsky.social

new @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social on the Tony Bloom gambling scandal, whether it is a scandal, how gambling syndicates work, and what's going on with the Premier League gambling rule exceptions open.spotify.com/episode/0EON...

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Tony Bloom and the Premier League Sports Gambling "Scandal"

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Alex Duff @duffofbrentford.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

One small clarification @michaelcaley.bsky.social their clubs Brighton & Brentford were both in League One, not the Championship, when they bought them. The story has so much intrigue and depth that it blows the Wrexham 'fairy tale' out of the water.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

What’s the potential scandal or uncomfortable juxtaposition? My understanding is that Bloom is banned from betting on teams he owns & competitions they’re in, and Starlizard is regularly audited. Is the worry that the ban might be easy to evade anyway?

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