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The Football Pools, an iconic Liverpool business, first started selling its coupons outside Old Trafford, home of fierce rivals Manchester United

On average we have a winner every 3 minutes

The Football Pools is the UK’s favourite football gaming brand

Pools, or tote betting, is the most popular legal form of sports-based betting outside of the UK

The global pools market in football and horseracing is worth $80 billion

We donated £600 million to help fund major improvements in stadium safety across many clubs in the UK

The global gaming market is worth $350 billion and growing +5% year on year

Sportech is one of the leading suppliers and operators of pools/tote betting in the world

Sportech has launched a Joint Venture in India

The biggest ever Football Pools top prize was £4 million won in March 2010

The Football Pools is the world’s oldest football gaming company

Across North America, Sportech Racing has a 50% market share in horseracing pools

We have a presence in over 30 countries

We have paid out over £10 billion in prize money to our customers

We are the exclusive operator of pools/tote betting on horseracing in the Netherlands

We are the leading provider of horseracing wagering solutions in North America with over 25,000 terminals

We process over $13 billion in bets every year

The Football Pools has over 500,000 players every week

Over the years we have donated over £1.1 billion to good causes

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Corporate responsibility 
 

Responsibility to our
employees and the
environment

 

Sportech is committed to creating the best possible working environment for employees so they can thrive. Sportech also continues to strive, wherever possible, for improvement in its environmental impact.

Responsibility to employees

Investor in People logoAt Sportech we are acutely aware of the vital contribution our employees make to the future success of our business. We are therefore committed to creating the best possible working environment so our employees can thrive.

Sportech’s Investor in People accreditation reflects the progressive training and development programmes that are in place within the business.

Sportech is committed to equality of opportunity and dignity at work for all, irrespective of race, colour, creed, ethnic or national origins, gender, marital status, sexuality, disability, class or age. We ensure that recruitment and promotion decisions are made solely on the basis of suitability for the job.

It is Sportech’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Disability Act 1995 in offering equality of opportunity to disabled persons applying for employment, selection being made on the basis of the most suitable person for the job in respect of experience and qualifications. Training, career development and promotion are offered to all employees on the basis of their merit and ability.

We are also proud to be an accredited Disability and Two Ticks employer.

Responsibility to the environment

FTSE4 Good logoThe nature of our business results in the principal environmental impact arising from energy usage and paper consumption.

Wherever possible, waste consumable materials are recycled or disposed of in a manner most suitable to reduce any impact on the natural environment. Sportech’s business practices also encourage environmental good practice and, through the increasing use of technology to facilitate information and data collection and dissemination, have led to reduced demand for paper resources.

All employees are encouraged to participate in the implementation of this policy and suppliers of consumable products are encouraged to be environmentally friendly, wherever practical.

CSR Report 2010

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Corporate responsibility contact

Richard Boardley
Director of Corporate Affairs

Sportech PLC
101 Wigmore Street
London W1U 1QU

Call: 0207 268 2400
Email: cr@sportechplc.com