William Hill Calls Time on 119 Shops Post Lockdown

High street betting giant William Hill has confirmed that, due to customers being unlikely to return in the same numbers as before lockdown, they will be locking the door for good on 119 of their 1,500 retail outlets. This news comes at the same time as a reported 32% drop in revenue year on year…

£350million Tax Refund for William Hill & GVC

A letter from the tax man isn’t often a welcome sight, but for high street favourite William Hill it couldn’t be better news. The same can be said for sports betting and gaming group GVC Holdings, who own Ladbrokes and Coral. They are expected to claw back £350 million between them in overpaid VAT. It…

Gambling Firms Voluntarily Withdraw Advertising

With the country still in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, more people than ever before are stuck at home with not a lot to do. It has been rightly pointed out that this could present an issue when it comes to boredom gambling and those with pre-existing gambling problems. I have to say, on…

Bookies Pledge Grand National Profits to NHS Charity

The biggest and most famous event on the horse racing calendar cannot go ahead this year due to the outbreak of Coronavirus that has brought the country, and most of the rest of the world, to a standstill. However, in an attempt to give punters something to enjoy the decision has been taken to run…

Coronavirus Puts Sports Betting World on Hold

By now the COVID-19 outbreak has affected everyone in one way or another, whether it has closed your place of work, left you stranded on holiday, resulted in the cancellation of an event you were looking forward to, or just forced you to be a little more frugal with the loo roll. The world of…

EGR Power 50 – Bet365 Remains Mighty

Bet365 have made it a score as they top the EGR Power 50 list for the 10th year in a row. For those of you that don’t know what it is, the EGR Power 50 ranks the top performing online gambling companies and puts them in order based on a few different categories. It’s a…