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Presenting its full year 2015 corporate results this morning (52-week period ending 29 December), William Hill governance detailed that the company had paid circa £87 million in additional UK gambling duties. The hefty tax charge would impact the FTSE listed betting operator’s top-line metric performance, with William Hill announcing FY 2015 operating profit slump of 22% to £291 million (FY …

The divisive Donald Trump is now overwhelming 1/2 favourite with bookmaker William Hill to secure the Republican nomination. The businessman turned media personality turned presidential candidate has also had his odds slashed to 5/2 meaning he’s now the second favourite to win the race to the White House following his latest success in Nevada. William Hill Spokesman Graham Sharpe said of …

The FIFA presidential race which is due to take place in Switzerland on Friday 26th February could now be postponed. This follows reports that one of the candidates, Prince Ali bin al Hussein, has lodged a complaint at the manner in which the actual voting is due to take place. The Jordanian, who is the third son of King Hussein, has …

It has been reported that Australian betting company Tabcorp is scheduled to launch Sun Bets, in partnership with Rupert Murdoch’s News UK, within the next six months. Chief Executive at Tabcorp, David Attenborough, had this to say: “It is a natural step for us. We have worked with News Ltd. closely in Australia and built up a high degree of trust. They have one …

Jim Supple, former William Hill Retail Operations Director and former Trading Director at Betfair, has joined UK operator Win Cash Live as Chief Operating Officer. Supple will be based at the company’s Bournemouth HQ and will lead the day-to-day running of the company. At William Hill, he led an operation of 2350 high street betting offices and a workforce of over …

With David Cameron confirming that the EU Referendum will take place as expected in June, on June 23rd to be precise, and with a reported 40% of voters still undecided, the bookmakers are predicting a flurry of betting on the event. Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced at the weekend that “after a huge amount of heartache” he has opted to …

Sepp Blatter may have been banned from football for eight years but William Hill isn’t too sure this’ll stop him from turning up at the FIFA congress this week. Sepp Blatter, who has endlessly protested his innocence in the ongoing corruption investigation which scandalized the football federation last year, continues to be in the news as he appeals his personal …

Matchroom Boxing is delighted to announce that the IBF World Heavyweight showdown between Charles ‘Prince’ Martin and Anthony Joshua MBE will be sponsored by William Hill. The eagerly anticipated bout between the two unbeaten fighters will take place on the 9th April at the O2 Arena in London. The fight, which is expected to be one of the biggest boxing bouts on …

Issuing a corporate submission regarding the planned £2.3 billion merger of Ladbrokes-Coral, William Hill has warned the UK Competitions & Markets Authority (UK CMA) that the creation of a merged enterprise will negatively undermine the overall UK betting industry. William Hill the UK’s biggest retail bookmaker, has urged the UK CMA to terminate the tie-up of Britain’s second and third …

As reported in eGaming Review, Head of Trading Sam Foulkes has quit Coral. He left earlier this month having tendered his resignation in December, and is now seeing out a period of gardening leave. News of Foulkes’ departure comes just five months after he had been promoted to the head of trading role, which saw him relocate from Coral’s Stratford headquarters to …