But WH said it had reopened 1,414 betting outlets since lockdown eased, and footfall had begun to return to pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n
“We are very pleased with the trading performance of the Group, which has been borne out of the commitment, resilience, and hard work of our teams across the business. I could not be prouder of them,\u201d chief executive Ulrik Bengtsson said.<\/p>\n
We have moved the company forward with our relentless focus on our customers, enhancing the competitiveness of our product, and maintaining player safety as one of our highest priorities.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nNet revenue was down 9 percent across all operations for Q3, year on year. But that was an improvement on the 32 percent decline the company booked for the first half of the year.<\/p>\n
Digital operations \u2013 where William Hill has traditionally fallen behind its domestic competitors \u2013 were promising, with revenues up 4 percent in the UK and 6 percent internationally.<\/p>\n
\u2018Ball and Chain\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\nBut the US was the biggest growth market, where total net revenue was up 10 percent, helping to cushion the blow at home.<\/p>\n
\u201cWilliam Hill\u2019s latest trading update could be one of its last as a listed company if Caesars succeeds with its takeover offer,\u201d said Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, referring to the likelihood the US casino giant will sell the UK and European businesses.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy to see why Caesars wants to do a deal. William Hill would turbocharge its ability to grab a larger share of the US gaming industry, which some analysts believe could be worth as much as $35 billion in time,\u201d Mould told ThisIsMoney. <\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u201cWilliam Hill is certainly making good progress in the US, adding more US states to now have a presence in 14 territories,” he added. “While the UK operations are starting to recover, strategically they are like a ball and chain around its neck, with ever-tightening regulation putting pressure on earnings.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Despite new localized lockdowns in the UK threatening to dent revenues at its land-based retail outlets, William Hill said Wednesday that it had enjoyed a \u201cgood performance\u201d since the gradual resumption of the elite sporting calendar. As such, the company would be returning \u00a324.5million ($32.2 million) of taxpayers\u2019 money to the British government, funds that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":152870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,33810],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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