William Hill became the latest bookmaker to warn over the impact of last week’s football results as it revealed a loss of around £13 million after the top seven Premier League football teams all secured victories.
In its fourth-quarter update, William Hill posted strong growth with revenues from controversial fixed-odds betting machines increasing significantly up 24% in the 13 weeks to December 31.
The leap in machines revenues helped overall turnover across its 2,300 shops rise 13% in the last quarter of 2013, but online betting was the star performer.
William Hill said the fourth-quarter figures should see it report full-year earnings of around £334m, up from £330.6m in 2012.
