Stephen Cohen<\/a>, chair of the National Lottery Competition Committee (NLCC), ran the hedge fund arm of Troika Dialog, once described as \u201cthe Kremlin\u2019s preferred investment bank,\u201d working under Andrey Sharonov, Putin\u2019s former deputy economic minister.<\/p>\nBut this detail was not mentioned in his biography on the UKGC website nor his LinkedIn page and was also omitted from the government announcement of his appointment in 2020<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Saska is owned by the Czech oil and gas tycoon Karel Komarek, who also has business ties to Russia.<\/p>\n
In 2016, Kormarek\u2019s company, MND, built an underground gas storage facility in the Czech Republic in partnership with Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom.<\/p>\n
Kormarek has publicly condemned Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
IGT is the latest litigant hoping to overturn the UK Gambling Commission\u2019s decision to award Britain\u2019s \u00a380 billion (US$108 billion) National Lottery contract to Allywn Entertainment. IGT claims the UKGC violated its obligations to provide a fair and transparent procurement process, according to court filings published in the Times of London. Camelot has also made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":210642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,13699],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
IGT Sues UK Gambling Commission Over Camelot\u2019s Failed Lottery Bid<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n