There is a phrase which appears a number of times in ‘Punters’ in Aaron Rogan’s book about the rise of Paddy Power. “Flutter declined to comment when approached prior to publication”. This isn’t the Paddy Power we thought we knew which now operates as part of the behemoth Flutter. The shameless, North Korean-visiting, Oscar Pistorius-odds-offering, brash “punter’s pal” with an opinion to enrage what was once known as the politically correct has, it would appear, learned the value of silence. “I think that the gambling industry generally, and perhaps Flutter in particular, is at a tipping point,” Rogan says in…

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