page_title: William Hill (bookmaker)
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: William Hill (bookmaker) / Operations
caption_attribution_description: English: William Hill, Bookmakers, 9 North Lane, Headingley. Near the junction with Otley Road. Traffic queuing at the traffic lights is reflected in the windows.
context_page_description: William Hill plc is a bookmaker based in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
context_section_description: The company operates worldwide, employing approximately 14,000 people with main offices in the UK, Republic of Ireland and Gibraltar,  offering betting by phone and Internet together with their 1,568 UK-wide Licensed Betting Offices. Its telebetting call centres, which are located in Rotherham, South Yorkshire took 125,000 bets on the 2007, Grand National and according to the company its betting shops process more than one million betting slips on an average day.
  In addition to its online sportsbook operations, the company offers online casino games, 'skill games', online bingo and online poker. Since the Gambling Act 2005, gaming machines have strengthened profits to counteract falling revenues in other areas. In August 2010, William Hill launched a training programme for its 10,000+ workforce to combat underage gambling in its retail outlets.
  In November 2008, analysts at UBS noted "concern" at the company's level of debt, which stood at over £1bn and was later reported as £1.5bn. In 2009 the company enacted both a rights issue and a corporate bond issue, in an effort to restructure its debt. The company operates 2,300 betting shops.
  On August 3, 2020, the bookmaker opened the first full-service betting operation housing professional sports teams in the U.S. at Capitol One Arena in Washington D.C.
  In August 2020, as a result of the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced that it will close 119 shops permanently. Despite that, only 16 employees will lose their job positions, while the others will be assigned to new positions. It also announced that the firm will be merging its retail and online operations.
caption: A William Hill betting shop in Headingley, Leeds.
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