Its product offering includes sports betting , online casino , online poker , and online bingo. Business operations are led from its headquarters in London. The company was previously listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Caesars Entertainment in April In July , William Hill was subsequently acquired by Holdings for £2.

The company was founded by William Hill in Japanese investment bank Nomura mounted a £m leveraged buyout of William Hill in The company was eventually listed on the London Stock Exchange in The Office of Fair Trading made William Hill sell 78 of the Stanley shops due to concerns over anti-competitive practices.

In November , William Hill went into partnership with Orbis latterly OpenBet , and Israeli software company Playtech , to remedy its own failing online operation. From until , William Hill paid George Howarth , a Member of Parliament , £30, to act as a Parliamentary advisor.

While on William Hill's payroll he tabled amendments to the budget proposing tougher levels of taxation for person-to-person betting exchanges. Under the terms of the deal, William Hill paid Playtech's founder Teddy Sagi £ In , William Hill was fined £6. The operator was found to have accepted large deposits of cash linked to criminal activity between and , resulting in £1.

William Hill was ordered to return the £1. On 7 January , William Hill received regulatory approval to conclude its purchase of Mr Green for £ million. Despite that, only 16 employees would lose their job positions, while the others would be assigned to new positions.

It also announced that the firm would be merging its retail and online operations. On 30 September , William Hill agreed to a £2. The deal was unanimously recommended by the UK company's directors.

It came after two rival bids by the US private equity group Apollo were turned down. As Caesars was interested only in William Hill's industry expertise and its US operations, the European business was put up for sale, attracting bids from Holdings , Apollo, and CVC.

On 28 March , the UK Gambling Commission ordered three William Hill Group companies - WHG International Limited, Mr Green Limited, and William Hill Organization Limited - to pay a record £ Commenting on the penalty package, Andrew Rhodes, Gambling Commission chief executive, said: "When we launched this investigation the failings we uncovered were so widespread and alarming serious consideration was given to licence suspension.

However, because the operator immediately recognised their failings and worked with us to swiftly implement improvements, we instead opted for the largest enforcement payment in our history. William Hill employs approximately 12, people, 8, of them in the UK.

In addition to its online sportsbook operations, the company offers online casino games, skill games, online bingo and online poker. Since the Gambling Act , [43] gaming machines have strengthened profits to counteract falling revenues in other areas.

In , William Hill became a founding member of the Betting and Gaming Council. At the same time, the company returned £ The company confirmed in that UK operations will continue to be managed from Gibraltar. In March , William Hill closed 14 of its shops in the Republic of Ireland with the loss of 53 jobs.

William Hill had pulled out of Italy in after just two years, a failure which cost the company £1m in wasted investment. In June , William Hill expanded to Nevada , the only U. In , three Australian brands, Sportingbet , Centrebet and Tom Waterhouse , were purchased by the company [61] and later rebranded as William Hill Australia in The sale ended the company's time in Australia after entering the market in Following the decision of the US Supreme Court regarding the case of Murphy v.

National Collegiate Athletic Association in June , the state of New Jersey effectively legalised gambling on athletic events due to a previously successful state ballot initiative. William Hill entered arrangements to provide bookmaking services to both Monmouth Park Racetrack and Ocean Resort Casino in the state of New Jersey.

On 3 August , the bookmaker opened the first full-service betting operation housing professional sports teams in the U. at Capitol One Arena in Washington D.

In January , a joint venture between William Hill and Argenbingo received a licence to offer online gambling services in the Argentinean province of Buenos Aires. In , William Hill threatened to withdraw its sponsorship of various horse races, in their dispute with racecourses over TurfTV.

Away from horse racing, William Hill has sponsored many other sporting events, including the Scottish Cup from to , [71] and the PDC World Darts Championship from to The company also sponsors the annual William Hill Sports Book of the Year award, dedicated to rewarding excellence in sports writing.

In May , The Advertising Standards Authority ASA banned William Hill from running a television advert which they found "condoned gambling behaviour that was socially irresponsible".

The advert was found to be "likely to mislead" and in breach of a Committee of Advertising Practice code relating to "truthfulness".

In March , an advert stating "William Hill best prices FACT" was banned by the ASA. It had breached several Committee of Advertising Practice codes, including those relating to "substantiation", "truthfulness" and "honesty". It had breached several Committee of Advertising Practice code, including those relating to "misleading advertising", "Substantiation" and "Comparisons".

The ASA also banned a different advert claiming "Best Odds Guaranteed" because it was misleading. In June , William Hill launched its new master brand. Filter for Gaming machines Self service betting terminals Best Odds Guaranteed Racecourse Shop.

Bookmakers Near Me Find your nearest William Hill betting shop and enjoy everything that we have to offer. In our betting shops you can: Take advantage of promotions like Extra Places, Price Boosts and more Watch and listen to expert previews on William Hill TV Enjoy the latest slots and gaming machines Place bets on our market leading Self-Service Betting Terminals SSBTs Follow the action with our state-of-the-art video walls Meet our friendly colleagues who are on hand to help There's something for everyone in our betting shops across sports and gaming, so you can get the most out of your visit.

Although William Hill has found a way to make it easy to bet on sports from a small screen. With mobile betting via the browser mobile website version, you can place a bet of your choice within seconds.

In the meantime, you following an exciting live sports game from the same screen without any problem. Suppose you have decided to place an online bet with William Hill more often via your mobile.

In that case, we do not recommend that you constantly bet via the web browser version. William Hill also has a mobile app available for free for both iPhone and Android. This mobile app is entirely focused on the best possible mobile experience for online betting.

Also, the William Hill app offers many more features and possibilities for mobile betting compared to the web browser version. So placing a bet with your player account on the go is, of course, no problem at all and works just fine with the web browser.

If you bet more and more on your mobile phone, you really miss the total experience when you ignore the William Hill App. Why, you might wonder?

Read on to the next section of our William Hill review because we will talk in detail about our experiences and the available options of the William Hill Mobile App. Do you really want to fully enjoy online betting on your mobile phone? Then you immediately download the William Hill mobile app.

At William Hill, you are offered the best gambling experience of the moment, and the William Hill mobile app is enjoying popularity among many gamblers. The William Hill App is therefore entirely dedicated to mobile gambling.

Mobile phone betting has increased more and more in recent years. More and more people choose to easily place their online bets from mobile phones at one of the various betting sites with mobile betting sites or apps available.

This trend will continue, and we can prepare for an almost entirely mobile online betting environment. For people who are still completely new to mobile betting, a betting app can feel like a limitation or obstacle than a typical way of betting on the computer.

With the William Hill mobile app, this is absolutely not the case. You immediately discover that the application has everything to allow you to place your bets in the best possible way. Besides, everything that is new requires some getting used to.

With the William Hill app, you can place bets at the bookmaker on the same number of sports as on the desktop website. This means you have hundreds of different betting markets literally right under your fingertip. You can also view your betting results in a very user-friendly way and again within just seconds.

Sports fans who love the excitement and thrill and like to get their adrenaline to the next level? They can join live betting via the mobile app, and in the meantime, watch and enjoy the best sports matches from the live streaming.

As you can see now, with the William Hill mobile app, you can do it all! Not only are we as a website enthusiastic about the William Hill app. A tour of the internet shows that various tests among the bookmaker betting apps often rank William Hill as number 1.

Sometimes Bet manages to get to that position, with William Hill as runner up, but we still see the majority of William Hill taking that number 1 position. In principle, it does not matter whether you want to download the William Hill app for Android or Apple devices. For devices, downloading is very easy to call both and you have arranged in no time.

For Android devices, go to the Google Playstore, where the William Hill app is easy to download and install. You can also choose to download the Android app directly from William Hill. To do this, you need to follow the following steps:. Do you own an Apple device? In this case, too, you will have the application installed in no time.

Follow the steps below that we have described to install the William Hill app on your iPhone or Tablet. As you can see, regardless of which device you own, it is very easy to download and install the application.

You are now ready to take advantage of all the beauty that William Hill has to offer and you can place a bet with your mobile device at any time, anywhere and at any time.

With online betting, depositing and withdrawing money is, of course, very important and should work well at an online betting office. At William Hill, they offer many options to pay to and from the betting site. For example, William Hill provides payments from credit cards such as VISA and Mastercard.

You can also make payments on William Hill via Trustly. The payment method Trustly is currently a modern online casino payment method among European player. You can also choose to make payments from Sofort, Neteller, Skrill, Paysafecard, Neosurf and Eco.

William Hill also offers the possibility to deposit money via traditional bank transfer. A wide choice of payment providers is provided, with Trustly and Sofort also offering the option of making a bank transfer through their payment system.

Everyone can, therefore, immediately have money available on the William Hill player account in no time. We think this is an excellent minimum, and not many players will want to make a payment to the bookmaker for less money.

All orientation is immediately processed to the William Hill player account, so you can gamble and place bets right away. There is only an exception for bank transfer, which can be processed for up to 3 days. It is essential to take into account the payment method you choose at William Hill.

When you make a deposit on the WilliamHill. com website, and you subsequently win money that you wish to cash out, this withdrawal must be made via the same previous payment method when depositing. This is not from William Hill to limit you as a player but is one of the required rules that bookmakers must adhere to when obtaining a gambling license.

This rule is intended, for example, to prevent money laundering and other crime as much as possible. If there is no possibility of a payout to the same payment provider or by making this choice yourself, there is still no problem.

William Hill will then deposit the money directly into your bank account. This can be preceded by verification of your passport and address details. It is established that it actually concerns you as a person. Confirmation is usually very smooth and fast at William Hill and is not long in coming.

No further transaction costs are charged, and the amount withdrawn will be paid out to you in full. If we look at the other bookmakers, the minimum amount is excellent. It gives the players — with a somewhat smaller wallet — the ability to enjoy online betting at William Hill to their full satisfaction.

By the way, we see the limit at the high amount being higher at other bookmakers. However, the amount is, of course, still high and therefore reasonable.