Khadafi dub biography of william hill

When it comes to the names of people associated with bookmaking, few are as universally well-known as that of William Hill. Having been taking bets since the s, some officially and some very much not, Hill decided to create a betting company in , which he then chose to name after himself.

In the years that followed, the company grew exponentially, to the point that it now has locations in the likes of Colombia, Latvia and the United State of America.

William Hill himself was born in and died in , so he wasn’t much to do with the modern expansion, but his name very much is.

Born in Birmingham, Hill initially worked on his uncle’s farm after leaving school when he was aged He began taking illegal bets whilst working in a factory in the city and when legal betting shops were first established in , he referred to them as a ‘cancer on society’ before opening his our four years later.

Perhaps unsurprisingly for someone so entrenched