Owner Flutter Entertainment says it will pay former Labour MP for advice on problem gambling

Tom Watson, the former Labour MP who was one of parliament’s most virulent campaigners for gambling reform, has joined the world’s largest online betting company as an adviser.

Flutter Entertainment, which owns Paddy Power, Betfair and SkyBet, said it would pay Watson a retainer, understood to be £100,000, to advise it on tackling problem gambling.

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