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£2m gambler loses new bid to sue bookies
A compulsive gambler who lost £2 million failed today in a renewed court bid to win compensation against bookmaker William Hill for allowing him to carry on betting.
Graham Calvert, 29, a greyhound trainer from Houghton-le-Spring claimed the bookie failed in its "duty of care" by allowing him to continue telephone betting - and even to open a credit account - after he asked it to stop taking his money under its "self-exclusion" policy for problem gamblers.
His claim was rejected by the High Court and again today by the Court of Appeal in London.
Mr Calvert was not in court today. He is serving a two-year jail sentence on cocaine and firearms charges.
He was refused permission to appeal to the House of Lords and was ordered to pay William Hill's legal costs, starting with an interim payment of 50,000.
But the costs order was suspended pending a possible application directly to the Law Lords for leave to appeal.
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