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Hearts investor Tony Bloom has been accused of running a secret £600 million betting syndicate gamble on football fixtures - with some of the accounts used belonging to a former chief of staff of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. ‌

Billionaire Brighton owner Bloom, who also has a controlling stake in Belgian champions Royale Union Saint-Gilloise , pumped £10million into the Tynecastle coffers this summer as he bought a 29 per cent stake in the club. ‌

Hearts have exclusive Scottish use of the 55-year-old businessman and professional gambler’s Jamestown Analytics, the renowned player recruitment and opposition data tool . ‌

Bloom controls the “Tony Bloom Betting Syndicate” which is said in court papers to have agreed with controversial politician Farage’s former

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