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William Hill - Enjoying boost from online betting

August 2011

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They say that in the world of gambling â€œthe house always winsâ€ and in the case of FTSE-250 firm William Hill, one of the best-known bookmakers in the UK gaming industry, this is certainly true. The company has benefited from two favourable trends in recent years, namely the introduction of the National Lottery, which has added a touch of glamour and respectability to gambling and taken it to a wider audience and also the spectacular growth in online gaming. Together, these have helped increase its pretax profit from Â£81.5m in 2002 to Â£193.3m last year and with a strong start to this year nicely underway the shares have just hit an 18-month high.William Hill reports across two main divisions, the largest being its retail side ...

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