William Hill unseats boss of online division

William Hill has got the bean counters in as it ponders whether to exercise its right to buy up gaming software firm Playtech's minority stake in the William Hill Online (WHO) business.

William Hill has got the bean counters in as it ponders whether to exercise its right to buy up gaming software firm Playtech's minority stake in the William Hill Online (WHO) business.

The group, which is already running the rule over online sports bookie Sportingbet, expects to make a decision by the end of March 2013 on whether to exercise its option to buy Playtech's 29% stake in WHO. Meanwhile, the deadline for making a firm bid for Sportingbet has been extended to 17:00 on November 13th at the request of the Sportingbet directors.

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