“We’re really excited about our new Irish venture and we’re confident it will be a huge hit with Irish punters,” said Tony Kenny, Head of International Public Relations at William Hill, “The site itself took a year to design, develop and test, but all good things take time.”
Mobile betting hasn’t been overlooked, as bettors will be able to take advantage of Hills’ four mobile apps that are on offer. Now just to see whether all those bowls of Lucky Charms you ate when a child was in vain or not.
Chief executive of Sportingbet, Andrew McIver, commented, “This acquisition is a major step forward for Sportingbet as it accelerates the Group’s strategy of increasing its exposure to regulated markets and of geographic diversification,” adding that it would become the largest bookmaker in the “fast-Growing” Australian market.
154,761,904 of the new shares at a price of 42p each and the remainder will be raised through £65m in nominal value of convertible bonds. Well it all moves them closer to the all important world domination dream.