William Hill announced the appointment of Sir Roy Gardner as an independent Non-executive Director, with effect from 3 March 2014. He will serve as a member of the Audit and Risk, Remuneration, Nomination and Corporate Responsibility Committees, and will take over as Senior Independent Non-executive Director when David Edmonds retires from the Board at the 2014 Annual General Meeting. Sir …
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iGaming and sports betting operator William Hill have announced the appointment of Juergen Reutter as its new online operations director. Juergen Reutter will take over digital and mobile operations from the Gibraltar office of the operator and steps up from his previous position as Director of Mobile Gaming for William Hill Online, where Reutter served for 18 months. Reutter has …
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Igaming software and services provider Playtech PLC announced publically the issuing of a public dividends to investors and shareholders, as the company saw revenues rise in the fianancial year of 2013. Playtech’s performance was boosted by strong sales revenues in 2013, and further aided by the successful sale of its share in igaming operator William Hill PLC and William Hill …
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Enterprise Application Performance Management (APM) company Correlsense has announced that William Hill is deploying its SharePath software. William Hill will use the software to monitor its extensive portfolio of online gaming applications to ensure that customers experience consistent performance every minute of the day on any device. SharePath will provide a real-time source of information to help improve customer retention. …
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UK Gaming and sports betting operator –William Hill expects 2013 group operating profit to be around the £335m mark, as the operator report a strong Q4 results to finish the 2013 financial year. The operator further reported that EBIT before exceptional items would reach + £320m. Additionally William Hill reported a boost in net revenue by 14%. Key Q4 drivers …
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Sports betting and gaming operator William Hill have appointed UK based media and creative advertising agency Creature, to handle creative advertising and creative content for William Hill. The agency deal is thought to be worth £15 million in ad-spend and will see the agency work with William Hill on several marketing campaigns and projects. London based Creature, a UK based …
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Gaming operator William Hill has confirmed that it wants to keep its operational base for its digital betting service in Gibraltar, despite the impending UK Gaming tax clampdown which is set to cost the operator millions of pounds. William Hill, the UK’s biggest gaming brand, set up operational offices in Gibraltar, allowing it to market and acquire British gamblers, whilst …
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William Hill have announced future wagering on the 2014 Kentucky Derby, the USA most popular horse racing festival. Wagering on the Derby will be open to customers in Nevada based William Hill Race Books. The 2014 Kentucky Derby is set to take place on May 3 2014, Currently William Hill lists horses Honor Code and Tap It Rich as e …
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iGaming operator William Hill announced this Friday a 20% rise in it’s first half of 2013 year sales. William Hill stated that it had experienced a “record” Grand National, after Auroras Encore, the 66-1 outsider, rode to victory.The bookmaker also noted a gain of £400,000 staked on the birth of the Royal baby, which William Hill claimed to gain 4,000 …
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