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David Power, co-founder of betting company Paddy Power
David Power was standing next to the fashion designer Jeff Banks at Ascot as a Banks horse galloped first past the winning post. “Very impressive,” said Power in his unmistakable Dublin brogue, with a reflective puff on his pipe. He had just lost £200,000. …