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Read moreA mystery William Hill customer has so far left a whopping jackpot win of over £31,000 unclaimed. The spectacular win is the result of a 50 pence stake on a football bet that consisted of nine selections resulting in a draw.
The bet was placed in Arbroath on Friday 10th August on the next days matches. The punter backed an array of draws including the Hull v Rotherham clash in the Capital One Cup which went to extra time and other games with teams leagues apart. Aldershot helped bump his winnings up by gaining an unlikely draw at Molineux against Wolves at odds of 3/1.
The close to 64,000/1 shot is a fantastic win and an amazing start to the season for someone but to leave it unclaimed since Saturday is rather unusual. We are not sure if this customer has gone on holiday or if he just doesnt realise how lucky he has been but we will be more than happy to pay out when the penny drops, said William Hill spokesman Mark Young.
Selection Match Price Result
Draw Hull Vs Rotherham 5/2 1-1
Draw Rochdale Vs Barnsley 11/5 2-2
Draw Wolves Vs Aldershot 3/1 1-1
Draw Cheltenham Vs Mk Dons 11/5 1-1
Draw Forest Green Vs Cambridge 11/5 1-1
Draw Berwick Vs Elgin 11/4 0-0
Draw Southport Vs Grimsby 11/5 1-1
Draw Motherwell Vs St Johnstone 11/5 1-1
Draw Alloa Vs East Fife 13/5 1-1
Stake: 50p
Returns: £31,708.94
Further Information
Mark Young
PR Assistant, William Hill
Email: myoung@williamhill.co.uk
Phone: 02089183981
Mystery Punter Leaves £31k Unclaimed
A mystery William Hill customer has so far left a whopping jackpot win of over £31,000 unclaimed. The spectacular win is the result of a 50 pence stake on a football bet that consisted of nine selections resulting in a draw.
The bet was placed in Arbroath on Friday 10th August on the next days matches. The punter backed an array of draws including the Hull v Rotherham clash in the Capital One Cup which went to extra time and other games with teams leagues apart. Aldershot helped bump his winnings up by gaining an unlikely draw at Molineux against Wolves at odds of 3/1.
The close to 64,000/1 shot is a fantastic win and an amazing start to the season for someone but to leave it unclaimed since Saturday is rather unusual. We are not sure if this customer has gone on holiday or if he just doesnt realise how lucky he has been but we will be more than happy to pay out when the penny drops, said William Hill spokesman Mark Young.
Selection Match Price Result
Draw Hull Vs Rotherham 5/2 1-1
Draw Rochdale Vs Barnsley 11/5 2-2
Draw Wolves Vs Aldershot 3/1 1-1
Draw Cheltenham Vs Mk Dons 11/5 1-1
Draw Forest Green Vs Cambridge 11/5 1-1
Draw Berwick Vs Elgin 11/4 0-0
Draw Southport Vs Grimsby 11/5 1-1
Draw Motherwell Vs St Johnstone 11/5 1-1
Draw Alloa Vs East Fife 13/5 1-1
Stake: 50p
Returns: £31,708.94
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WILLIAM HILL TUESDAY CHAMPIONSHIP SPECIALS ..
William Hill odds Highest Scoring Match: 9/2 Cardiff v Peterborough, 15/2 Burnley v Barnsley, 15/2 Coventry v Leeds, 8/1 Doncaster v Blackpool, 8/1 Portsmouth v Ipswich, 8/1 West Ham v Southampton, 10/1 Watford v Leicester, 12/1 Birmingham v Hull, 12/1 Brighton v Millwall, 12/1 Derby v Reading, 12/1 Middlesbrough v Nottm Forest, 14/1 Bristol City v C Palace.
William Hill odds – Highest Scoring Team: 13/2 Cardiff, 9/1 Burnley, 10/1 Birmingham, 10/1 Brighton, 12/1 Middlesbrough, 12/1 Portsmouth, 12/1 West Ham, 12/1 Blackpool, 16/1 Leicester,
20/1 Coventry, 22/1 Bristol City, 22/1 Leeds, 22/1 Derby, 25/1 Doncaster, 25/1 Reading, 25/1 Ipswich, 25/1 Southampton, 33/1 Watford, 33/1 Hull, 33/1 Crystal Palace, 33/1 Barnsley, 33/1 Nottm Forest, 40/1 Millwall, 4-/1 Peterborough.
William Hill odds – Fastest Scoring Team: 9/1 Cardiff, 12/1 Burnley, 14/1 Brighton, 14/1 West Ham, 14/1 Blackpool, 16/1 Birmingham, 16/1 Coventry, 16/1 Middlesborough, 16/1 Portsmouth,
16/1 Leicester, 18/1 Bristol City, 18/1 Derby, 18/1 Leeds, 18/1 Ipswich, 20/1 Doncaster, 20/1 Watford 20/1 Reading, 20/1 Southampton, 25/1 Hull, 25/1 Millwall, 25/1 Crystal Palace, 25/1 Barnsley,
25/1 Peterborough, 25/1 Nottm Forest.
William Hill odds Total Red Cards: 3/1 none, 9/4 one, 9/2 two, 2/1 three or more.
William Hill odds Hat-Trick Scored? 5/2 Yes, 2/7 No.
TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIP- 5/6 West Ham 1/5 to go up); 4 Southampton (11/10); 6 Birmingham (13/8); 9 Cardiff (7/4); 20 Reading (4/1); 20/1 Blackpool (9/2); 25 Middlesbro (9/2); 33 Hull (5/1); 66/1 Leicester (7/1).
CSHIP TOP SCORER 6/5 Rickie Lambert; 9/1 Ross McCormack; 10/1 Billy Sharp; 12/1 Darius Henderson; Jay Rodriguez;16 David Nugent; Robert Snodgrass.Others on request.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
TO WIN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE- 6/4 Barca; 5/2 Real; 5 Bayern M; 12 Chelsea; 20 Arsenal; 25 AC/Inter; 40 Napoli; 50 Benfica; 66 Lyon; 100 Marseille; Zenit; 150 B Leverkusen; 250 Appoel; Basel; CSKA.
Two to contest Final- 7/2 Barca-Real; 11/2 Barca-Bayern; 7/1 Real- Bayern; 10 Barca- Chelsea; 12 Real- Chelsea; 18 Barca- Arsenal; 18 Chelsea-Bayern; 20 Barca- AC; 22 Barca- Inter; 22 Real- Arsenal. Others on request.
EUROPA LEAGUE
WILLIAM HILL offer 3/1 that Manchester City and Manchester United will score 5 or more goals between them in their Europa League matches this week. City are 4/1 favourites to win the tournament with United 13/2 second favourites, and Hils offer 20/1 that the two will meet in the Final.
William Hill: Fourth Premier League Manager to leave: 5/2 Harry Redknapp; 4/1 Andre Villas-Boas; 5/1 Owen Coyle; 5/1 Steve Kean; 7/1 Alex McLeish; 7/1 No manager to go; 14/1 Kenny Dalglish; 16/1 Roberto Martinez; 20/1 Paul Lambert; 20/1 Roy Hodgson; 33/1 Tony Pulis; 40/1 Brendan Rodgers; 40/1 David Moyes; 40/1 Mark Hughes; 40/1 Martin Jol; 50/1 Alan Pardew; 50/1 Arsene Wenger; 50/1 Roberto Mancini; 50/1 Sir Alex Ferguson; 50/1 Martin ONeill; 50/1 Next Permanent Wolves manager.
CARLOS TEVEZ IS 5/4 WITH HILLS TO play in a Premier or Europa League game before the end of the current season but 4/7 not to.
4/1 PRE-MATCH HANDSHAKES TO BE SCRAPPED
WILLIAM HILL are offering 4/1 that pre-match handshakes will be scrapped officially in Premier League matches before the start of next season.
‘Following the latest pre-match handshake debacle there will be pressure to scrap them completely’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe. Hills are 1/7 that they remain an official part of pre-match proceedings next season.
Hills had offered 1/5 that Evra and Suarez WOULD shake hands, and 10/3 that they would not. ‘Punters called the pre-match handshake wrong on this occasion’ said Sharpe.
After Rio Ferdinand refused to shake hands with Suarez, Hills are offering 11/4 that he and John Terry will NOT start in the same Euro 12 side for England.
Graham Sharpe,
Media Relations Director.
Twitter- @sharpeangle
T: 020 8918 3731
M: 07803 233702
E: gsharpe@williamhill.co.uk
William Hill, Greenside House, 50 Station Road,
Wood Green, London, N22 7TP.
ROONEY BACKED TO GET TWO MATCH+ EURO BAN
WILLIAM HILL have cut their odds for Wayne Rooney to be banned for two games or more following his sending off against Montenegro from 11/4 to 7/4. We havent taken any particularly hefty individual bets but the overwhelming majority of those we have taken are for an extended suspension said Hills spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Hills now offer 2/5 that he will be banned for just the one game.
FIFTH FOREST FAVOURITE
MARK ROBINS is the fifth contender to become favourite to succeed Steve McClaren as Forest manager with William Hil who make the former Barnsley boss 2/1 to take over, ahead of 9/4 second favourite Steve Cotterill; 5/2 Roy Keane; 7/2 Nigel Clough; 11/2 Kevin MacDonald; 9/1 John Pemberton.
As seems to be par for the course with so many such markets, the Forest managerial merry-go-round has been a volatile one and you wouldnt be over surprised if there were another five favourites before the issue is finally resolved said Hills spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Graham Sharpe,
Media Relations Director.
T: 020 8918 3731
M: 07803 233702
E: gsharpe@williamhill.co.uk
Twiter- @sharpeangle
William Hill, Greenside House, 50 Station Road,
Wood Green, London, N22 7TP.
5/1 FOR PUNTERS’ PICKS TO JUSTIFY CHAMPIONSHIP FAVOURITISM
WITH FOOTBALL PUNTERS backing Leicester and West Ham virtually to the exclusion of all other Championship contenders, William Hill make the pair clear favourites to win the title, with Leicester cut from 5/1 to 7/2 favourites after winning their opening game and pleasing the supporter who staked £3000 on them to take the honours. Hills then make West Ham 4/1 second favourites – and they are 5/6 to get off to a winning start against 7/2 Cardiff, with the draw 12/5.’Punters have lumped on these two big-time and we could do with neither of them winning the title – but we go 5/1 that they finish 1st and 2nd in either order, and fear the worst!’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Hills make Ipswich 12/1 third favourites for the title and also offer: 16 Blackpool; Brighton; Forest; Southampton; 18 Middlesbro; Reading; 22 Cardiff; 25 Birmingham; 28 Brighton; Leeds.
BARNSLEY and Doncaster are 13/8 joint favourites to be relegated with Hills who also offer 7/4 Coventry; 9/4 Palace, Watford; 5/2 Peterbro; 7/2 Portsmouth; 4 Derby; 9/2 Millwall; 5 Birmingham; 11/2 Bristol C; 9 Brighton; Leeds.
Further info…graham sharpe…..0780 3233702
Read moreA SPECIAL CHELSEA COMEBACK? YOU BET ..
WILLIAM HILL have cut their odds for Jose Mourinho to return to Stamford Bridge as the next permanent Chelsea boss from 8/1 to 4/1 after taking a number of three figure bets on the Special One succeeding Carlo Ancelotti. We saw three figure bets in those hot spots of football, Barnsley and Kent, but with a number of other, smaller wagers also being staked there is clearly speculation that Jose is not long for Real and that Carlo could be history at Chelsea by next season. Bitter experience has taught us to react quickly to unexpected beting moves in Next Boss markets! said Hills spokesman Graham Sharpe.
WILLIAM HILL NEXT PERMANENT CHELSEA MANAGER MARKET 2/1 Hiddink; 4/1 Mourinho; 8/1 Deschamps; Rijkaard; 10 Guardiola; 12 ONeill; 14 Klinsmann; 16 Benitez; Moyes; 20 Capello. Others on request.
ANCELOTTI STILL CHELSEA BOSS 1ST DAY OF NEXT SEASON Evens yes; 8/11 n.
Further information graham sharpe 0208 918 3731
Read moreWILL THREE RELEGATED CLUBS BOUNCE STRAIGHT BACK TO PREMIERSHIP?
ALTHOUGH the Championship is already looking likely to be the tightest of divisions, the three relegated Premiership sides are all up amongst the pace-setters, with William Hill offering 16/1 that all three – Middlesbrough, Newcastle and WBA win promotion.
And Hills now make Alan Shearer clear favourite to be manager of troubled Newcastle on January 1st, 2010, they have cut his odds from 2/1 to 6/5, and also offer: 10/3 Hughton, 9/2 Calderwood, 7/1 Keegan, 9/1 Kinnear, 16/1 Boothroyd, 20/1 Curbishley, 20/1 Clark, 33/1 Ginola, 33/1 Bruce.’With one of the groups interested in buying the club indicating that they will approach Alan Shearer should they complete a takeover, he has been well backed to be in charge at the turn of the year’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Hills are also offering odds about where Newcastle will finish in the table and make them 5/1 to win the title, 7/2 to finish second, 6/4 to reach the play-offs, 9/4 to finish 7th-12th, 10/1 – 13th-21st, 33/1 to be relegated.
Latest William Hill Championship title odds: 9/2 West Brom, 5/1 Middlesbrough, 5/1 Newcastle, 8/1 Sheff Utd, 8/1 Cardiff, 16/1 Ipswich, 16/1 Leicester, 20/1 Reading, 20/1 Bristol City, 22/1 Preston, 28/1 QPR, 28/1 Nottingham Forest, 33/1 Derby, 40/1 Peterborough, 40/1 Coventry, 50/1 Crystal Palace, 66/1 Swansea, 66/1 Sheff Weds, 100/1 Watford, 100/1 Doncaster, 125/1 Plymouth, 175/1 Blackpool, 300/1 Scunthorpe, 300/1 Barnsley.
DEFOE SLASHED FOR GOLDEN BOOT
JERMAIN DEFOE has been cut from 20/1 to 8/1 third favourite to win the Premierhip Golden Boot with William Hill who make Torres 11/4 favourite ahead of Drogba at 11/2. Hills also offer 9/1 Rooney; 14/1 Anelka; Gerrard; Owen; 16 Van Persie; Bent.
DESPITE beating Manchester United, Burnley are 4/7 favourites to be relegated from the Premiership this season with William Hill who make them 5/4 to stay up. Hull are 8/13 to go down and Hills also offer 5/6 Portsmouth; 6/5 Birmingham; 4/1 Stoke; 9/2 Wigan; 11/2 Bolton.
CHELSEA are now 6/4 favourites to win the Premiership title with Hills who also offer 10/3 Man U; 4 Liverpool; 11/2 Arsenal; 10 Man City; 40 Spurs.
Further information from Graham Sharpe…..0208 918 3731, 07803 233702.
Read moreHAPPY NEW SHEAR!
With the possibility of another Newcastle takeover in the pipeline William Hill have cut their odds for Alan Shearer to be in place as Newcastle boss on January 1st, 2010 from 9/4 to 2/1 joint favourite along with current caretaker manager Chris Hughton.
Joe Kinnear, who has been suggesting that he may be lined up to return, is 10/1.
“With the Newcastle situation still extremely volatile it is difficult to rule out anybody as a potential Manager for the club but there continues to be sustained support for Shearer to be back in charge at the turn of the year”, said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Hill’s odds – Who Will Be In Charge of Newcastle on January 1st, 2010: 2/1 Alan Shearer, 2/1 Chris Hughton, 7/2 Colin Calderwood, 8/1 Kevin Keegan, 10/1 Joe Kinnear, 16/1 Alan Curbishley, 16/1 Aidy Boothroyd, 25/1 Lee Clark, 25/1 Steve Bruce, 25/1 Glenn Hoddle.
Hill’s odds – Where Will Newcastle be on January 1st, 2010: 8/1 – 1st, 8/1 – 2nd, 5/2 – 3rd-6th, 15/8 – 7th-12th, 3/1 – 13th-21st, 9/1 – 22nd-24th.
WHO WILL HAVE A CHAMPION START TO THE SEASON?
With the Championship season kicking off on Friday night Hills make Middlesbro Evens to beat Sheffield Utd 11/5 with the draw offered at 11/5 in Friday night’s opening game. Hills have opened a book on which of Saturday’s Championship matches will produce the fastest goal and also the most goals.
Hill’s odds – Game With Most Goals (Saturday 3pm kick-offs): 11/2 Cardiff v Scunthorpe, 11/2 QPR v Blackpool, 13/2 Reading v Nott’m Forest, 13/2 Sheffield Wednesday v Barnsley, 13/2 Watford v Doncaster, 7/1 Crystal Palace v Plymouth, 7/1 Derby v Peterborough, 8/1 Leicester v Swansea, 8/1 Preston v Bristol City.
Hill’s odds – Game With Fastest Goal: 6/1 Cardiff v Scunthorpe, 6/1 QPR v Blackpool, 13/2 Reading v Nott’m Forest, 13/2 Sheffield Wednesday v Barnsley, 13/2 Watford v Doncaster, 7/1 Crystal Palace v Plymouth, 7/1 Derby v Peterborough, 7/1 Leicester v Swansea, 7/1 Preston v Bristol City.
William Hills Latest Championship Odds: 6/1 West Brom, 7/1 Middlesbrough, 8/1 Newcastle, 11/1 Ipswich, 12/1 Sheff Utd, 16/1 Reading 16/1 Nott’m Forest, 18/1 QPR, 22/1 Cardiff, 25/1 Leicester, 33/1 Derby, 33/1 Preston, 33/1 Bristol City, 40/1 Swansea, 40/1 C. Palace, 50/1 Peterborough, 50/1 Sheff Weds, 80/1 Coventry, 100/1 Watford, 100/1 Plymouth, 125/1 Doncaster, 200/1 Blackpool, 200/1 Scunthorpe, 200/1 Barnsley.
Hills odds – Championship Relegation: 6/4 Scunthorpe, 7/4 Barnsley, 7/4 Blackpool, 5/2 Plymouth, 3/1 Doncaster, 7/2 Watford, 5/1 Coventry, 13/2 Peterborough, 7/1 Swansea, 8/1 Preston, 8/1 Bristol City, 8/1 Sheff Weds, 8/1 Leicester, 8/1 C. Palace, 10/1 Newcastle, 11/1 Derby, 12/1 Nott’m Forest, 20/1 Cardiff, 20/1 QPR, 25/1 Reading, 33/1 Ipswich, 33/1 Sheff Utd, 33/1 Middlesbrough, 40/1 West Brom.
Hill’s odds – Top Scorer: 14/1 Michael Chopra, 16/1 Afonso Alves, 16/1 Ched Evans, 16/1 Ross McCormack, 16/1 Simon Cox, 16/1 Tuncay Sanli, 16/1 Leroy Lita, 20/1 Andrew Carroll, 20/1 Matt Fryatt, 20/1 Rob Earnshaw, 20/1 Shane Long, 25/1 Darius Henderson, 25/1 Mark Viduka, 25/1 Roman Bednar, 25/1 Shola Ameobi, 25/1 Craig Mackail-Smith, 25/1 Freddie Sears, 25/1 Heidar Helguson, 25/1 Xisco, 25/1 Nathan Tyson, 25/1 Noel Hunt, 25/1 Luke Moore, 33/1 Dexter Blackstock, 33/1 Gary Hooper, 33/1 Aaron McLean, 33/1 David McGoldrick, 33/1 Jeremie Aliadiere, 33/1 Rob Hulse, 33/1 Nick Maynard, 33/1 Timas Priskin, 40/1 Neil Mellor, 40/1 Marcus Tudgay, 40/1 Steve Howard, 40/1 Tommy Smith, 40/1 Freddie Eastwood, 40/1 Ishmael Miller, 40/1 Nathan Ellington, 401/ Rowan Vine, 40/1 Stehen Dobbie, 50/1 Jamie Ward, 50/1 Jay Bothroyd, 50/1 Jon Steed, 50/1 Kevin Lisbie, 50/1 Will Hoskins, 50/1 Billy Sharp, 50/1 Clinton Morrison, 50/1 Craig Beattie, 50/1 Jon Parkin, 50/1 Victor Moses, 50/1 George Boyd, 66/1 Jason Euell, 66/1 Patrick Agyemang, 66/1 Akpo Sodje, 66/1 Bradley Wright-Phillips, 66/1 Brett Ormerod, 66/1 Danny Graham, 66/1 Gorka Pintado, 66/1 Iain Hume, 66/1 James Hayter, 66/1 Paul Hayes, 66/1 Paul Heffernan, 80/1 Jonathan Macken, 80/1 Leon Clarke, 80/1 John Akinde, 100/1 Kayode Odejayi, 100/1 Rory Fallon.
Further information from Graham Sharpe…..07803 233702.
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