Online casino business signals intention to keep bookmaker’s shops as part of a foray into bricks and mortar
The online casino company 888 Holdings has confirmed its £2.2bn purchase of William Hill International and signalled its intent to keep the bookmaker’s 1,400 shops as part of a foray into bricks-and-mortar betting.
William Hill has been owned by the Las Vegas casino company Caesars since last year, when shareholders accepted a $3.7bn (£2.7bn) takeover bid, but the American firm was open about its lack of interest in the British company’s 87-year-old brand, its high-street bookmaking shops and its non-US online operations.