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US BILLIONAIRE and owner of the Indianapolis Colts American football team Jim Irsay bought the founding document of Alcoholics Anonymous for $2.4 million (£1.7m) at an auction on Saturday. 

The manuscript includes notes and scribbles from one of Alcoholics Anonymous’s founders, William Wilson, more commonly known as “Bill W.”

It is the third time the 161-page typed document has been sold. It sold in 2007 for £628,000 and for £1.1m in 2004. 

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