William Hill by Graham Sharpe

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William Hill by Graham Sharpe

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William Hill by Graham Sharpe

This is the story of how a working class boy born into a family of 13 children in pre-World War I Birmingham grew up to revolutionize the world of betting and bookmaking. William Hill beat the odds by starting out as a teenage one-man band, making the rounds of Birmingham s factories, pubs, and clubs on his secondhand motorbike taking penny, tuppence, and tanner bets. He went on to launch a fixed odds soccer betting business which took a total of 6 18/6d in its first week, but grew to a multi-million pound turnover before being almost taxed into extinction. However, today, William Hill, whose first London office was opened in 1934, and staffed by just William and one clerk, is a truly global bookmaker, with offices in nine countries; operating across 19 time zones, it is a FTSE 100 company, has over 2,500 betting shops and employs nearly 20,000 people.

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Graham Sharpe is the author of several gambling-related books, including The Essential Gambler and Gambling's Greatest Moments.

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ISBN 13 9781910498019
ISBN 10 1910498017
Title William Hill
Author Graham Sharpe
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Racing Post Books
Year published 2015-04-24
Number of pages 384
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.