William Hill betting website is owned by the eponymous plc, company traded on the LSE. Historically speaking, William Hill is one the oldest and longest-standing UK providers of sports betting services, and they are doing a remarkable job in popularisation of sports betting for 80 years now. William Hill began offering its betting services in 1934, appearing online 54 years later in 1998. In the meantime the company managed to expand its business to thousands of retail betting shops across Europe. Today, William Hill’s online betting services are regulated and licensed by the UK Gambling Commission for UK customers and by Gibraltar Gambling Commission for customers elsewhere.
30 Available Sports and Hundreds of Markets
At William Hill players can find decent odds across many sports markets, like American football, basketball, futsal, rugby, athletics, boxing, golf, motor racing, snooker, baseball, ice hockey and other minor sports, but the most abundant offerings are for football and horse racing. Once you log in, or simply visit their website you will see a menu featured several major UK sports such as football and golf. Below you can find 25 sports. You can browse featured events by sports or by day.
Let’s say that you’ve selected football, like I do most times. You’ll see matches that have already started on the top of your screen. Scrolling down you’ll see all the major football matches that take place on the day and see whether William Hill offers some sort of a bonus for that particular match. At the bottom of your screen you’ll see all football competitions that are featured and you’ll be able to select and browse each of them.
William Hill is definitely one of the leading bookies in terms of markets offered per event. For most football matches you’ll be able to place a combination of over 230 markets, starting from the simplest ones like Home/Draw/Away up to combination markets where you can bet whether a particular player is going to score and his team come on top. They even offer so called ‘5 Minutes’ when you can bet on things that are going or not going to happen in the first 5 minutes.
When it comes to types of bets, there’s also a pretty wide selection. You can place multi bets, ante post bets and a lot of different combination bets, as well as of course more common types of bets such as accumulators, singles, doubles and trebles.
Free £20 and Many Football Concessions
If you’ve decided to register with this renowned bookmaker you will be entitled to receive a free bet. The process is simple. Just visit their website, then register for an account and enter the code F20 in the promo code box available in the registration form. Then you’ll need to make a deposit of at least £10 and then place at least an equal amount on your first bet. Make sure that the selection you pick has odds higher than 1/2, the odds are calculated cumulatively if you choose more than one selection. Once you place your first bet you will be automatically rewarded a free £20 bet. You can then use your free bets amount on any bets. Bear in mind that you’ll need to use this amount within 30 days since it has been awarded, otherwise it will be void.
No bet is as lucrative as the good old accumulator, regardless how difficult it may be to successfully predict the outcome of 4, 5, 6, or even more matches, it is sure worth trying as you can earn an astonishing amount of money. If you place any straight accumulator bet with over 6 matches you are entitled to a bonus starting from 10% up to 40% and an amount of £500. There are several more concessions for players who bet on football. For example, if you bet that a certain player is going to score the first goal of a match, but he only scores the second, you will get your stake back up to £50. Similarly, if you bet that a team is going to win, but the match ends 0-0, you will also get your money back. William Hill has a ‘Best Odds Guaranteed’ policy on UK greyhounds and horse racing.
Live In-Play Betting on any Event
Being into betting for many years now, I sometimes just want to place a bet and not have to wait for hours before my match or matches begin. William Hills enables players to place Live In-Play bets on events that have already started. Even if it’s 80 minutes in a match and there’s only ten more minutes left to play, you can still place a bet. If you select ‘In-Play Betting’ you will be able to see all events, across various sports on which you can bet live. A variety of markets and bets are available and you can combine selections even including selections from events that haven’t started yet, i.e. aren’t live.
But you can even watch matches as you bet on them. As soon as you have a positive account balance, not including Free Bets, you will be able to watch live streaming of numerous sporting events. I often like to watch few minutes of a random match and then, based on what I see, I bet live on that particular match. The quality of the stream is very high, just like watching sports on television, in HD. In fact, it is even called William Hill TV.
Mobile-Friendly Website
Speaking of smartphones and tablets, I should of course mention that you can use these devices to place bets at William Hill. I like to simply open their website in my mobile browser and simply log in to the website just like I would if I was on my computer. You don’t need to open a second account, you can use the same log in details. In fact, the outlook of their website is completely optimised for mobile devices and everything runs smoothly.
Alternatively, if you have an iPhone or an iPad you can download William Hill’s app from a link featured on their website. Once you’ve opened the mobile version, either in browser or the iOS app you will see that it is very intuitive and you can do everything, redeem free bets, look at your active bets, place new bets, browse through the selection of events, but you can also even watch live streaming online. This is perfect for those situations when you’re not near a TV or a computer, but you really want to watch a match.
Payment Methods
William Hill accepts a range of various payment methods, including e-Wallets, credit/debit card, cash vouchers and prepaid cards, cash transfers and online banking. If you decide to use your credit card, like most people do, you should know that William Hill accepts Visa, MasterCard and Diners, as well as Entropay virtual cards. Minimum deposit amount with credit and debit cards is £10, except for Visa Debit for which it is £5. Maximum deposit amounts vary from £10,000 with Entropay, up to £50,000 with debit cards and £99,999 with credit cards.
Skrill, PayPal, Neteller as well as few other locally available e-Wallets are accepted. Minimum deposits with e-Wallets are £10, whereas maximum withdrawals may vary from £5,500 with PayPal up to £80,000 with Skrill. Completion of withdrawals via e-Wallets doesn’t take longer than 1 working day. You can also use various online banking methods depending on your country of residence and withdrawals via this method usually take up to 10 working days. A lot of punters prefer William Hill CashDirect vouchers which can be picked up from any of their betting shops. These vouchers can later be used for instant deposits and withdrawals. Minimum and maximum limits are £10 and £5,000 respectively for both deposits and withdrawals.
Freephone, Email, Live Chat and Twitter Support
If the detailed Help section on William Hill’s website doesn’t provide an answer to a question or a number of questions you may have concerning anything that has to do with betting, your account or related issues, then you can contact their customer support team. UK players can call a free UK number recently they made it so calls from mobile phones are also free, this is great as it could prove to be very expensive in the past to call. In addition, you can also chat with one of their representatives live, directly through the website, or alternatively send them an email. You can even tweet them and they’ll respond very promptly.
Some Frequently Asked Questions
Can I Cash In my bet?
You are allowed to cash in bets that have not been placed as part of Free Bets, or otherwise linked to a promotion. Some bets can be cashed in during a match, or before it starts, depending on the type of bet in question.
What is the minimum bet amount?
You can place a bet with as little as 1p on an accumulator and at least 3p on singles, trebles and doubles.
What is the maximum bet amount?
If you are thinking of placing a bet that could potentially offer life changing rewards, we would always advise you to check William Hill’s terms and conditions as listed on their website, as they may cap winning amounts and this is subject to change. After Leicester City’s 5,000/1 Premier League win, I’m sticking £100 on Hull City to win it next year!