William Hill last month to give it an immediate presence in the United States’ burgeoning land-based and online sportsbetting markets. However, the buyer purportedly now intends
to offload the brand’s non-American assets, which encompass some 1,400 land-based betting shops spread across the United Kingdom.
Domestic dominance:
Jette Nygaard-Andersen took over as the Chief Executive Officer for
Entain in January and reportedly told Bloomberg that her London-listed firm is now looking at the non-American assets of William Hill including
its estate of land-based betting shops in the United Kingdom. The 52-year-old purportedly disclosed that her company already holds
a 40% share of the British sportsbetting market courtesy of its Ladbrokes brand and is furthermore engaged in trying to purchase the wagering and media business of Australian bookmaker Tabcorp Holdings Limited for