William Hill Share Discussion Threads

[rbonnier] 17/5/2018 07:56

GVC were the clowns that bought LAD

[manics] 17/5/2018 07:55

"At this point, preliminary estimates suggest that the stake limit could result in c900 William Hill shops (c38% of our existing Retail estate) becoming loss-making".

Blimey.

[fairenough11] 17/5/2018 07:48

Who were the clowns that bought Ladbroke/Coral not long ago?Absolute idiots.Many shops will close simply because they were opened to cram more FOBTs onto the high street,so back to where they were pre FOBTs.The greedy bookmakers have brought it on themselves.They should now get back to promoting their REAL business,horse racing.

[eastbourne1982] 17/5/2018 07:45

Could open sub £2 on sheer panic, WMH have just put out a statement and it looks grim.

[knigel] 17/5/2018 07:44

I use these machines - usually staking 20p to £1 .. £2 occasionally on the slots. However I see others piling in hundreds of pounds within a few minutes most days (were do they get the money from?).. so what will happen? Being addicts, they will simply be on these machines a lot longer because some will gamble until they have no money left - whether it's £2 per go or £100 per go. Not sure if the limit applies to the online slots - but one answer for the bookies is perhaps to ask the government to allow six machines instead of four machines in every shop (simply because in the shops i go to, all four are usually being used)

[jarega85] 17/5/2018 07:44

I can only see this going back down to 240p but will have my finger on the buy button

[113mike] 17/5/2018 07:37

Apparently. "Betting firm William Hill, makes just over half its retail revenues from FOBTs"from £100 to £2 a bit drastic I think as it penalises those who do bet responsibly..more leftie snowflake nanny state behaviour.WMH share price will take a big hit imho

[jarega85] 17/5/2018 07:34

I do not think £2 limit is priced in, I think the industry was more hoping for £20.I expect a crash

[markycrispy] 17/5/2018 07:32

From a personal level am glad to see such legislation being bought in but feel for shareholders.

[rbonnier] 17/5/2018 07:32

Priced in absolutely no chance this is in big trouble aa for a bid i think any bidder would now be rethinking .

[wynmck] 17/5/2018 07:26

oh well...bring on the foreign takeover

[markycrispy] 17/5/2018 07:24

Half William Hill's revenue come's from these terminals - is this already priced in or will we see a crash today ?

[scotches] 16/5/2018 14:15

How is appealing to the govt based on number of jobs at risk going to hold any sway. The issue is that each machine drains almost £1000 per week from the local community x 4 = £4000 per week. The staff in that shop will be earning nowhere near that so the govt will see it as a rational net gain to put these jobs "at risk".

It's time to learn to live without the crutch of the FOBT and be an actual bookmaker again - with attractive offers on football and horses (eg holding prices on football coupons where that particular market is not easily at risk of arbs) and not knocking back punters who have a modicum of success - radical idea eh?

Edit:
Or how about the minimum bet rule to attract people back to shops where you actually stand the prices your compilers have calculated. It's a bit tougher than leeching off the FOBT addicts but this would be one way of
encouraging shop trade.



"The idea of a “minimum bet rule”, which would require a bookmaker to lay an advertised price to lose a specified sum, is not new. New South Wales, one of Australia’s main racing jurisdictions, introduced a minimum bet policy in 2014 and other Australian states, including Victoria, the home of the Melbourne Cup, have followed suit.

It has proved to be straightforward, effective and, most interesting of all, popular not only with punters but also some of the layers, who have found it easier to trade in a marketplace where turnover is strong and a price must be honoured and available to all."

It may just be that there are too many shops and the only reason many of these shops are open is to play host to the machines.

Anyway there's now the American dream....

[wynmck] 15/5/2018 12:50

probably worry over decision here re stakes in the fixed odds terminals....think decision is due this week

[noujay] 15/5/2018 09:50

This stock is likely to be first out of the blocks in the US and already supports c.180 sportsbooks in Nevada alone. Surprised it's not moved higher.

[frankiethecabbie] 14/5/2018 23:29

https://news.sky.com/story/fobt-reforms-will-trigger-william-hill-bid-bosses-warn-11372828

[pineapple1] 14/5/2018 15:16

wynmck.....thanks pal. Good news.

[noujay] 14/5/2018 15:14

Hills best placed

[wynmck] 14/5/2018 15:13

U.S ruling on sports betting

[pineapple1] 14/5/2018 15:09

Is this spike a rethink on betting limits by the govt.....

[wynmck] 02/5/2018 09:11

I have it as 8th