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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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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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 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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