This Saturday there will be the largest jackpot in horse racing betting history when a possible £5 million plus is available in the Tote Scoop6 bet. To be in with a chance of winning you need find a winner in all six of the televised races on Saturday. It costs just £2 to select one [...]

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William Hill the UK based bookmaker is getting ready for one of the busiest fortnights of reality television betting and they have estimated that there will be over £10 million worth of bets will be staked on reality TV shows such as X Factor, I’m A Celebrity and Come Dancing in the coming weeks. When last [...]

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William Hill PLC the UK based betting company has announced that Ashley Highfield will be joining their Board as a non-executive director with effect from 17th November 2008. Highfield is the current CEO of Project Kangaroo, the proposed three way joint venture between the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 which is set to offer a [...]

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William Hill the United Kingdoms second biggest bookmaker has reported an increase of 9% in gross win in the 15 weeks ending October 14th in a statement today. This combined with earlier news about the recent Playtech announcement has seen an increase in the share price of William Hill of 21%. The strongest growth Hills [...]

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Ireland’ss minister for Finance Brian Lenihan announced today that the Government will double the current 1 per cent tax on bookmakers turnover to 2 per cent, this will net the exchequer an extra €40 million.  The move was condemned by the Irish Bookmakers’ Association who said it will drive small bookmakers out of business. William Hill [...]

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William Hill have stopped taking bets on which show out of the X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing will come top in the TV ratings this weekend following a large amount of bets being placed on the X Factor.  A spokesperson for William Hill said “Strictly is on at the same time as England’s World [...]

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Following the record breaking £8 million turnover for the Andy Murray vs Rafa Nadal showdown last week records have again been broken for the Wimbledon final between Federer and Nadal early estimates are putting the betting turnover at £10 million. William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe said “This game has the potential to smash the current [...]

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William Hill are expecting up to £100 million to be staked during the Wimbledon fortnight with Hills already receiving bets of up to £30,000 on Roger Federer and £11,000 on Rafa Nadal.  The hopes of Britain lie with the Scottish player Andy Murray who is showing odds of 9/4 to make the quarter finals. “Wimbledon [...]

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William Hill have reported that one of its punters is Britains first betting shop millionaire following a successful eight horse accumulator bet on placed in the company’s Thirsk, North Yorkshire branch on Friday 22nd February 2008. The lucky punter, believed to be in his 50′s has been placing the same type of bet for years [...]

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British Bookmaker William Hill is being taken to court by a former customer who intends to sue the betting company for the gambling losses that he incurred whilst betting in the company’s betting shops, believed to be in the region on £2million. The customer, Graham Calvert of Sunderland, was a successful Greyhound Trainer before he [...]

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