Apparently they knew it was coming, but even so, opening the post to see a fine for £19.2 million staring back at you has got take the wind out of your sails. That’s what happened to William Hill this morning, who have now taken the crown from Entain as the bookie with the highest ever…
Image Credit: Jim McIngvale/Twitter It may have happened across the pond but I’m sure you will want to hear about this one. High stakes sports bettor Jim McIngvale, perhaps better known as Mattress Mack thanks to his profession as a retailer, made several bets on the World Series Baseball Final, and took £65 million ($75…
For anyone who has been following the sale of William Hill – which began back in 2020 when Caesars Entertainment bid for the company and concluded with 888 buying the UK and European assets back from Caesars this year – we have news. Mr Green, the only other brand owned by William Hill at the…
It was last September that 888 emerged as the winners in a bidding war for William Hill‘s European and UK assets. The company had been acquired by Caesars Entertainment in April of 2021, but they made no secret of their intentions. They had no use for William Hill’s fleet of UK high street shops or…
Well known gambling firm 888 have this week received the 3rd ever largest fine in UKGC history. At £9.4 million you know this is for serious breaches in license conditions, and the regulating body have even warned they may re-consider whether 888 are fit to trade in the UK. In other words, they are threatening…
The online gambling American gold rush continues with the latest takeover bid for a UK company. Ladbrokes and Coral owner, Entain, turned down a bid from their own American partner MGM earlier in the year, saying that the £8 billion offered significantly undervalued the company, but now a new suitor has taken up the scent….
