COMPANY HISTORY

1923 Littlewoods Football Pools founded in Liverpool by Sir John Moores.

1925 Vernons Pools founded.

1933 Zetters Pools founded.

1939 Littlewoods Football Pools devotes its resources to the war effort (World War II).

1950 First £100,000 football pools winner.

1957 Collector network is introduced.

1972 First £500,000 football pools winner.

1973 Littlewoods Spot the Ball is launched as a weekly year round competition.

1986 First £1,000,000 football pools winner and the biggest ever prize in any British competition.

1987 Football League Cup is sponsored by Littlewoods.

1988 Littlewoods Football Pools pays out over £3,000,000 in one week.

1990 First £2,000,000 football pools winner.

1994 Littlewoods Lotteries is launched.

1994 Littlewoods enhances its reputation for integrity by becoming the first ever sponsors of the FA Cup.

2000 Sportech PLC acquires Littlewoods Gaming from The Littlewoods Organisation for £161m.

2002 LittlewoodsCasino.com is launched.
Sportech purchases Zetters Football Pools.

2003 Launch of LittlewoodsPoker.com.
Littlewoods Spot the Ball pays out its largest ever cash prize of £250,000.

2005/06 Appointment of new Board and commencement of turnaround strategy.

2006 Termination of heavily loss making ITV contract.

2006 Launch of LittlewoodsBingo.com.

2006 Sale of heavily loss making Bet Direct for £12.5m.

2007 Sportech purchases Vernons Football Pools for £51m, raising £41m in a successful equity fundraising.

2007 Sportech are Official Licensee of Premier League and Football League, Official Partner of Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League

2008 Launch of The New Football Pools.

2008 Sportech establishes The Football Pools Trust.