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 lost everything through gambling. Calvert claims that William Hill failed in their duty of care towards him after he underwent the self exclusion process from the comapny’s chain of shops but was still able to go and place bets. Calvert said “If I’d known I had the problem and didn’t do anything about it, I would see myself as being 100 per cent responsible. However, I did try to go through the right procedures and I was let down by William Hill.”

It emerged that Calvert used to bet in large stakes and was responsible for placing the largest bet evr on Golf, when he placed £350,000 on The USA to win the 2006 Ryder Cup.

The case will go to court in the next couple of weeks.