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

Putting customers
first since 1923

Corporate responsibility

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At Sportech our customers always come first.

Our customers come first

At Sportech we always strive to ensure we not only offer the best products and services to our customers, but to ensure we continue to operate with the highest levels of responsibility and integrity in all that we do. That’s why we’ve been the trusted name in gaming since 1923.

The highest levels of integrity

One of the primary obligations under our licences is to treat customers fairly. To ensure we always maintain the highest standards of compliance and integrity, the Group has a Director of Corporate Affairs, who is responsible for ensuring compliance with the terms of the Gambling Act 2005. In addition, the Group employs a Security and Compliance Manager, whose primary role is to ensure that our customers are treated fairly. Age verification software is also used by the Group.

supporting responsible gaming

The Group also actively promotes GamCare, the charity providing support to those suffering through a gambling problem. We have contributed nearly £300,000 to The Great Foundation, GamCare’s major funder, and its predecessor body over recent years.

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