{"id":383794,"date":"2011-04-21T08:50:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T08:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/21\/william-hill-sees-online-gains\/"},"modified":"2011-04-21T08:50:01","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T08:50:01","slug":"william-hill-sees-online-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/william-hill-sees-online-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"William Hill sees online gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"44.3602584814\"><span><span>21 April 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>04:50 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shares in William Hill have jumped 9% after strong growth in online betting helped to boost first-quarter profits.<\/p>\n<p>The bookmaker said operating profit rose 21% and revenue was up 11% from the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Betting was higher in its 2,350 retail shops in the UK and Irish Republic. Last week, William Hill said it would move into the US for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Revenue at its betting shops rose by 8%, compared with a 26% growth in online betting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The group has seen excellent growth across the business in the first quarter, enabling the board to remain confident in its expectations for the full year,&#8221; William Hill said.<\/p>\n<p>The bookmaker banked more than \u00a32m in profits from two races at the Cheltenham festival in one hour.<\/p>\n<p>Sizing Europe&#8217;s victory over Big Zeb and Master Minded in the Champion Chase meant the group took in more than \u00a31m on that one race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/business-13155528\" title=\"William Hill sees online gains\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William Hill sees online gains<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 21 April 2011 Last updated at 04:50 ET Shares in William Hill have jumped 9% after strong growth in online betting helped to boost first-quarter profits. The bookmaker said operating profit rose 21% and revenue was up 11% from the same period last year. Betting was higher in its 2,350 retail shops in the UK and Irish Republic. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>William Hill sees online gains - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/william-hill-sees-online-gains\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"William Hill sees online gains - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"21 April 2011 Last updated at 04:50 ET Shares in William Hill have jumped 9% after strong growth in online betting helped to boost first-quarter profits. 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