UK bookmakers William Hill and Blue SQ have reported some betting irregularities on the Blue Square Premier game between Grays Athletic and Forest Green Rovers.  Grays won the game 2-1 after being 1-0 down and then scored twice in 50 seconds to win the game. Both of the companies reported that they had seen large [...]

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UK based bookmaker William Hill has revealed that they are to be the new sponsors of the Winter Festival at Kempton Park racecourse with a four year deal which will include sponsorship of the of King George VI Chase. The event will now be know as the William Hill Winter Festival and William Hill will [...]

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Representives from the leading UK bookmakers William Hill and Ladbrokes have issued a warning to the Chancellor that any attempt to increase taxes and regulations in the April budget will lead to job losses and shop closures amid fears that the government is considering a raise of gross profits tax from 15pc to 17pc. An [...]

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Following the news from December 2008 that the BBC will only be covering 14 days worth of live racing for each of the next the years it appears the first high profile casualty has appeared.  The UK based operator William Hill who have sponsored key events at Ascot racecourse in previous years have confirmed they [...]

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One of the UK’s largest bookmakers, William Hill have today reported that they have suspended betting on the next Premiership manager to go after an unprecedented number of bets being place on Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez. On Tuesday evening Rafa Benitez was showing at odds of 20/1 and was classed as an outside to be [...]

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William Hill the UK based bookmaker has decided to pay out early on the World Matchplay golf tournament next week by declaring Tiger Woods the winner. They will pay out on anyone who placed Tiger Woods to win as a single bet on the tournament before Friday 20th February. They will not however be pay [...]

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Following the peoples favourite Todd Carty being booted off ITV1′s reality television show Dancing on Ice bookies across the country have noticed a severe downtown in punters betting on Dancing on Ice. A spokeman for one of the UK’s largest bettting companies William Hill said “”We have taken just under half as much as we [...]

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The UK Company William Hill has announced a sponsorship deal for its online Bingo with the ITV1 daytime show “The Real Deal”. The deal will initially start from the Monday 5th January for four months in what William Hill hopes will raise brand awareness of its Bingo division. Lili Huang speaking on behalf of William [...]

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The UK bookmakers William Hill have today announced a new sponsorship deal at Kempton Park Racecourse. The new deal will see William Hill sponsor the williamhill.com Lanzarote Hurdle in January and the Williamhill.com Dovecote Novices’ Hurdle on Saturday 21st of February, which will form part of the gala Racing Post Chase day card Hills will [...]

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Marcus Trescothick has been awarded the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, for his autobiography, ‘Coming Back To Me’, winning the £20,000 prize from William Hill (along with his co writer, Peter Hayter) along with a £2000 William Hill bet and a hand-bound copy of the book by master binder David Sellars. The former [...]

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