Ian Kehoe on Business

Sean Quinn’s new sports betting business is worlds away from the sand and gravel with which he made his fortune

Sean Quinn: with QuinnBet, he is now the bookie and not the gamblerCourtpix

So the great gambler has become the bookie. Sean Quinn was the human embodiment of Ireland’s boom and bust. Now he wants to mirror the recovery too.

The tycoon, whose fortune once stretched to $6 billion, is now back in business as the sole shareholder of QuinnBet, a new sports betting venture that aims to disrupt the betting industry in Ireland and Britain.

It is no surprise that Quinn would seek a comeback. ...