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    • Saturday, 2 July, 2022
      Corporate bonds
      Volatility and gambling reform toughen the odds for 888 bond deal

      Banks underwriting £1bn financing for takeover of gambling group William Hill find it hard going

    • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
      888 Holdings PLC
      Shares in betting group 888 surge after it secures price cut in William Hill deal

      Gibraltar-based company will now pay £1.95bn to £2.05bn for bookmaker’s non-US business

    • Thursday, 9 September, 2021
      LexGambling industry
      888/William Hill: reverse takeover is a good bet Premium content

      Deal should in time close the discount between acquirer’s shares and those of larger rivals

    • Thursday, 9 September, 2021
      Online gambling group 888 to buy William Hill’s international business

      Deal comes after group confirmed talks to purchase betting shops and European business from Caesars

    • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
      888 Holdings PLC
      Online betting group 888 in talks to buy William Hill’s European assets

      A deal would hand London-listed company 1,500 UK shops and operations in likes of Spain and Italy

    • Tuesday, 20 April, 2021
      UK court clears William Hill’s £2.9bn takeover by Caesars

      Investors left disappointed after judge dismisses objections

    • Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
      Hedge funds hit out at William Hill over disclosure around takeover

      GWM and HBK tell board they had not been given enough information over Caesars deal

    • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
      Gambling industry
      UK gambling groups William Hill and Entain vow no more shop closures

      Both companies commit to their retail estates despite pandemic pushing demand online

    • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
      William Hill expects £30m loss due to lockdown closures of betting shops

      Online revenues rise at UK bookmaker as gamblers switch to placing bets at home

    • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
      William Hill blames volatile sports results for revenue hit

      UK bookmaker says recent upsets have led to volatile margins while US growth has slowed

    • Friday, 2 October, 2020
      John Gapper
      Las Vegas has come to your mobile phone

      Online sports betting is a harmless pleasure for most fans but it is easy to get addicted

    • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
      LexCaesars Entertainment Corporation
      Caesars/William Hill: whale tale Premium content

      Gambling group’s latest acquisition anticipates an industry step change rather than building on one

    • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
      Gambling industry
      888 signals interest in buying William Hill’s European business

      Acquisitions on the cards for online gambling group after lockdowns boost first-half profits

    • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
      William Hill board recommends £2.9bn offer from Caesars

      Casino operator seeks to cement its position in online gaming and sports betting market in the US

    • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
      Due Diligence
      Caesars comes for Apollo’s chariot Premium content

      Why investors could not be more excited about the gambling business

    • Monday, 28 September, 2020
      News in-depthGambling industry
      Why struggling William Hill could unlock a big win for Caesars

      US operator needs expertise in sports betting and online gaming to take advantage of new opportunities

    • Monday, 28 September, 2020
      LombardKate Burgess
      William Hill investors should take Caesars’ money and run

      US casino operator is in a strong position to sew up a deal for British bookmaker

    • Monday, 28 September, 2020
      City Bulletin
      City Bulletin: Battle for bookie William Hill heats up Premium content

      William Hill bids hot up, judge blocks Trump’s TikTok app store ban, how to make work routines more effective

    • Monday, 28 September, 2020
      Caesars in ‘advanced’ talks to buy William Hill for £2.9bn

      Private equity firm Apollo has also approached UK bookmaker over possible tie-up

    • Friday, 25 September, 2020
      Gambling industry
      Caesars battles Apollo in takeover bid for William Hill

      Owner of Las Vegas casino Caesars Palace seeks to increase presence in sport betting

    • Wednesday, 5 August, 2020
      William Hill shuts another 119 stores as more punters shift online

      Bookmaker to repay £24.5m in furlough funds after ‘strong recovery’ since fixtures resumed

    • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
      UK companies
      William Hill to raise £200m to ease lockdown hit

      Bookmaker’s revenues have suffered from near-total shutdown of global sport

    • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
      LombardCat Rutter Pooley
      Ascot gives industry a fillip but doesn’t make it a racing cert

      Betting on the house with Flutter, GVC and William Hill; Ashtead lights investors’ fires

    • Friday, 15 May, 2020
      William Hill looks to German football, table tennis and phased opening

      Bookmaker says remote world will change long-term behaviour as coronavirus halves revenues

    • Monday, 16 March, 2020
      Travel & leisure industry
      European betting groups issue flurry of profit warnings

      Flutter, GVC and William Hill suffer following cancellations of sporting events

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