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The World Darts Championship begins at the Alexandra Palace today, with bookmakers expecting a record £50 million to be wagered on the showpiece tournament. As the big guns roll into town to compete for the trophy, SBC News caught up with Tony Kenny, Head of Sponsorship and PR  for main tournament sponsor, William Hill. SBC: Tony, thanks very much for …

As the William Hill PDC World Darts Championship (WDC) kicks off today at London’s Alexandra Palace (17 December – 3 January), UK bookmakers are gearing up for an extra busy Christmas period with a record £50 million expected to be wagered on the tournament. PDC event organisers announced that a record 66,000 WDC tickets had been sold for this year’s …

William Hill has announced that it has extended its title sponsorship of the PDC World Darts Championship at London’s Alexandra Palace until 2020. Ahead of the start of the 2015/16 championship, William Hill marketing released a statement confirming that it had agreed terms with the PDC following the marketing and coverage success of its 2014/15 sponsorship. The 2014/15 William Hill …

William Hill, the proud sponsors of the Bad Intentions card at the O2 in London, are getting ready for the biggest night in British boxing since Froch v Groves II. The bookies are already starting to see huge bets coming through for the top of the bill match between the unbeaten duo – Dillian Whyte and Anthony Joshua. One punter …

WantMyBet was founded by Olly Joshi, Will Chapman and Tom Gooday, with the trio dissatisfied with the current offerings available for fans seeking well-informed betting advice. SBC spoke to Olly Joshi to discuss the new social betting platform, Jimmy Bullard as a butler and how they’re setting about improving football betting for the everyday punter. SBC: Olly, congratulations on the …

UK bookmakers are to implement Player Awareness Systems (PAS) – a new initiative which helps people avoid gambling-related harm while using gaming machines in betting shops. PAS, which is being launched today by the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) at the Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) annual conference, has been developed using the RGT’s ground-breaking December 2014 research that showed it …

Following Labour’s success at the Oldham W/Royton by-election, bookmaker William Hill have increased their odds for party leader Jeremy Corbyn to stand down this year from 5/1 to 8/1. Labour’s victory though was UKIP’s failure in an area in which it expected to garner some support. This has led to William Hill shortening the odds from 3/1 to 9/4 for …

David Goldblatt’s ‘The Game of Our Lives’ has won the 27th William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award”. The awards’ judging panel described the book as an “exceptional winner”, beating a strong shortlist of five other contenders to win the £27,000 prize. ‘The Game of Our Lives’ is a study of modern football and its impacts on wider society …

With Wednesday signalling just one month until Christmas, brave bookmaker William Hill are predicting what will be a hit this coming festive season. The winner of the X Factor is the 4/5 favourite to be the number one single with Eagles of Death Metal 5/1 and the Star Wars Theme 6/1. For video gamers, Call Of Duty: Black Ops III …

Bookmaker William Hill is celebrating the success of its newly launched ‘Priority Access Card’ in partnership with Mastercard (fully launched in September). The card which gives its customers direct access to their online funds, has won the 2015 FStech “Best PrePaid Card Solution” award, beating stiff competition from UK high street financial enterprises. William Hill governance stated that “the fact …