Fortune masina biography of william hill
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Damon Hill
British racing driver (born 1960)
Damon Hill OBE | |
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Hill in 2012 | |
| Born | Damon Graham Devereux Hill (1960-09-17) 17 September 1960 (age 64) Hampstead, London, England |
| Spouse | Susan George (m. 1988) |
| Children | 4, including Josh |
| Parent | Graham Hill (father) |
| Nationality | British |
| Active years | 1992–1999 |
| Teams | Brabham, Williams, Arrows, Jordan |
| Engines | Judd, Renault, Yamaha, Mugen-Honda |
| Entries | 122 (115 starts) |
| Championships | 1 (1996) |
| Wins | 22 |
| Podiums | 42 |
| Career points | 360 |
| Pole positions | 20 |
| Fastest laps | 19 |
| First entry | 1992 Spanish Grand Prix |
| First win | 1993 Hungarian Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1998 Belgian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1999 Japanese Grand Prix |
Damon Graham Devereux Hill (born 17 September 1960) is a British former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1992 to 1999. Hill won the Formula One World Drivers' Championshi
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7 April 2022
888 Holdings Plc
(the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, "888" or "the Group")
Acquisition of William Hill Update
Revised transaction terms; further clarity on funding plans; and on track for completion in June 2022
888 (LSE: 888), one of the world's leading online betting and gaming companies, provides an update on the terms relating to the acquisition of the international (non-US) business of William Hill ("William Hill" or "WH" or "WHI" and, together with the Group, the "Enlarged Group").
Key update highlights
· Enterprise value reduced from £2.2 billion
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Meet the man who beat the bookies – and the banks. But the odds are against you
By The Guardian
Gambling, goes the consensus, is a mug’s game. Certainly that was my view. Apart from an annual punt on the Grand National I steered well clear. Not least, having cleared the contents of my late uncle’s slum flat, strewn with betting slips, I associated it with failure.
Another obstacle is mental arithmetic. It’s not my strong point. If ever a gambler tried to talk me through the basics, I glazed over within seconds. But then this time last year my book, Played in London, was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. My reward? A free £1,000 bet.
Not wishing to blow this chance of a windfall – those stats you read about how little the average author earns are bang on – I placed the bet on what I thought was a cert: my team, Aston Villa, of the Premier League, to beat Blackpool, then in meltdown in the division below, in the FA Cup at odds of