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© Ian Rutherford Horse racing and other popular sports have been put on hold while Covid-19 spreads (Ian Rutherford/PA)William Hill will start to reopen its UK betting shops bit by bit in the second half of the year as it keeps an eye on developments in the US.
The betting giant revealed it would start a “staged opening” in the second six months of the year, which begins in July.
However, it did not reveal when the first shops were likely to start inviting customers back in.
“We remain focused on player safety, employing ever more customer protection. We are taking care of our teams, securing as many employment opportunities as possible and we are ready to power up the business as soon as Covid-19 restrictions permit,” said chief executive Ulrik Bengtsson.
Industries facing the toughest comeback after coronavirus (Lovemoney)
Hundreds of bookmakers have closed their doors across the country as the Government has ordered non-essential businesses to remain shut to slow the spread of coronavirus.
It has had a major effect on William Hill’s top line, the company revealed on Friday.
Total net revenue dropped by 57% in the seven weeks to April 28.
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The US was the hardest hit, falling by 90%, while sports betting dropped 86% over the period.
Many sports have cancelled events altogether, giving punters little to bet on.
However some have found more obscure events, such as table tennis or emerging market football, causing online sports wagers to fall by less than expected, William Hill said.
Mr Bengtsson said: “We reacted quickly to the cancellation of sports activities and the closure of our retail estate. We took immediate measures to save costs, reduce cash outflow and minimise non-essential expenditure by negotiating with our suppliers, cancelling pay rises and executive bonuses and suspending the dividend.”
He added: “Our ambition to build a digitally led, internationally diverse business of scale is proving beneficial during the disruption as our international online business has performed very strongly.”
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William Hill (16 July 1903 – 15 October 1971) was the founder of William Hill, the Britishbookmaking firm.
Born in Birmingham, Hill left school at the age of twelve to work on his uncle's farm.[1] While working in a factory in Birmingham he started collecting illegal bets from local people on his motorcycle.[1] In 1919, Hill joined the Royal Irish Constabulary (Cork East Riding - and is documented on the RIC records as such) as a driver while underage (16) and was stationed in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland.[2]
After the hopeless failure of his first foray into bookmaking, he moved to London in 1929 where he started taking bets on greyhounds before opening an illicit gambling den in Jermyn Street in 1934.[1] He exploited a loophole which allowed credit or postal betting but not cash.[3]
In 1938 he was the joint owner of Lone Keel who went on to win the 1938 English Greyhound Derby.[4]
In 1944 he produced the first fixed-odds football coupon.[1] In 1954 he reversed his business into Holder's Investment Trust, a shell company, thereby securing a listing on the London Stock Exchange.[1]
Although he had called legal betting offices 'a cancer on society', he opened his first in 1966,[5] after his competitors had stolen a march on him.[3]
He was also interested in breeding horses and in 1943 bought a stud at Whitsbury in Hampshire.[1] Hill bred and owned Cantelo, a filly who won the St Leger Stakes in 1959.[6] He retired in 1970[7] and died in Newmarket the following year, aged 68.[1]
Family[edit]
In 1923 he married Ivy Burley and together they had one daughter.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ abcdefghWilliam Hill at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^Against the odds, William Hill was one of the greatest of them all The Kingdom, 26 February 2003
- ^ abWilliam Hill deal with TurfTV a case of history repeating as punter power wins day
- ^Dack, Barrie (1990). Greyhound Derby, the first 60 years. Ringpress Books. pp. 75–77. ISBN0-948955-36-8.
- ^Racing: Advance of the High Street bookie
- ^Horse Racing History
- ^William Hill: History