William Hill to Close 700 Betting Shops\, Cutting 4\,500 Jobs

A crumbled betting slip from a William Hill Plc bookmakers sits in this arranged photograph in London, U.K. (Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg)

William Hill to Close 700 Betting Shops, Cutting 4,500 Jobs

(Bloomberg) -- British bookmaker William Hill Plc plans to close 700 shops as it feels the impact of a law limiting bets on roulette and poker machines.