A spokesperson for Komarek said the businessman had been the subject of 'a malicious accusation that was quickly proven to be false at the time'.īut as Allwyn closed in on its successful lottery bid, Karel's links to Russia came under greater scrutiny and the Gambling Commission said the Czech billionaire probed over his links Russian-state energy giant Gazprom, which is controlled by the Kremlin, would not be hit by the UK's sanctions package.ĭespite retaining a gas storage joint venture with the Russian energy firm, Komarek has distanced himself from any close links to the Kremlin and slammed Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
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The allegations never made it to court as the trial collapsed. In 2002, he sued Scottish oil company Ramco after the firm commissioned a report, written by former British intelligence officers, 'implicated the claimants in corruption and in one instance, in murder' and compared it to a James Bond-esque plot. Over the last 10 years, Komarek's company has bought stakes or run successful lotteries across the continent in Austria, Italy, Greece and Cyprus.įrom his humble beginnings, Karel, his glamorous wife Stepanka, and their four children now count themselves among Europe's wealthiest families with homes across the continent and America. Komarek's father lent his then 20-year-old son $10,000 (£7,634) to help him set-up an industrial parts business that eventually blossomed into KKCG, an oil and gas giant that has since grown into a £5billion empire.īy 2012, KKCG had diversified its portfolio and took over Sazka, the Czech lottery operator. Karel Komarek celebrated his 53rd birthday in style yesterday after his firm Allwyn was named the National Lottery's 'preferred partner', but his success story begins amid the fall of the Soviet Union 33years ago in Hodonín, Czech Republic. His company has hit the jackpot and will take over the lucrative National Lottery licence from 2024, but who is the £6billion Czech oil tycoon behind the venture?
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