BoyleSports Shows Interest in William Hill Shops in the UK

William Hill’s 1400 remainder shops are being sold by Caesars Entertainment, which has acquired the group but signalled it will offload the UK business and focus on its American operation. Analysts have suggested the UK business could fetch as much as £1.5bn.

“BoyleSports would certainly be interested in acquiring some or all of William Hill’s UK shops, or indeed any other opportunity that makes sense for our business. The sale of the William Hill estate presents us with a rare opportunity to achieve the retail scale we have been targeting,” BoyleSports said in a statement.

BoyleSports has long eyed a major expansion into the UK, and as far back as 2008 made a move to buy the UK’s then state-owned Tote but lost out to BetFred.