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.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. |
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