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2 unusual facts about William Hill


Matched betting

Matched betting is legal and a spokesperson for William Hill has indicated that the betting industry does not have a problem with this use of free bets.

Wade McElwain

Wade has worked with numerous online gambling companies including William Hill, Paddy Power, 888.com, and Bodog.com to create live and online campaigns as well as TV concepts.


2012 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2012 Grand Slam of Darts, also known as the William Hill Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes, was the sixth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.

Bentham, North Yorkshire

The old organ, which is no longer playable, was built by William Hill of London as a "house organ" for Walker Joy, a prosperous oil merchant in Leeds; his brother designed a hydraulic engine to pump the bellows, making it the first ever to be blown by mechanical power.

Church of St Editha, Tamworth

Alexander Buckingham added a chair/choir division in 1809 and a pedal division was added by William Hill in 1841.

GameAccount

Since its launch in 2002 it has become the world's largest skill gaming network, with over 2,000,000 players through the online gaming companies William Hill, Gala Coral Eurobet, Paddy Power and Sportingbet plc.

Major bookmakers were signed up such as William Hill, Sportingbet and Paddy Power on whose sites a new product 'tab' called 'skill' was offered under their branding.

Kingston Park

Aside from the large Tesco Extra superstore, other Shops in Kingston Park include, Boots, The Carphone Warehouse, Matalan, T.K. Maxx, Halfords, Currys, PC World, McDonalds, William Hill bookmaker and a Marks & Spencer food store.

Virtual racing

Virtual Racing tracks include Portman Park, Steepledowns, Sprint Valley, Lucksin' Downs (exclusive to Ladbrokes), Hope Park, Canterbury Hills, Sandy Lanes and Home Straights (all four exclusive to William Hill) for the virtual horse enthusiast, whilst virtual greyhounds have tracks called Brushwood, Millersfield, Trapton Park and Mutleigh Cross amongst others.


see also

Roy W. Hill

Roy William Hill (December 1, 1899 – February 14, 1986) was an automobile dealer, philanthropist, and early trustee and benefactor of Eisenhower Medical Center.

Worcester Cathedral

There have been many re-builds and new organs in the intervening period, including work by Thomas Dallam, William Hill and most famously Robert Hope-Jones in 1896.