When David Power surveyed the betting ring for the last time, his health poor and worsening, well might he ruminate: that which made him one of Ireland’s wealthiest people – the internet – had also seen to the demise of that jungle in which he was king. Power’s death Monday, aged 77, prompted a flood of genuine tributes for old ‘Pipe’, rare enough when someone passes who is worth hundreds of millions of euro – especially in a country where we are not bred to look up to the rich. Gambling, because of bookmaker practices primarily in the online age,…
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