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

Statements of
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Interim statements of changes in equity
for the six months ended 30 June 2011

	Share capital £m	Share premium £m	Other reserves			Financial instrument reserve £m	Retained earnings £m	Total £m
	Share capital £m	Share premium £m	Share option reserve £m	Pension reserve £m	Currency translation reserve £m	Financial instrument reserve £m	Retained earnings £m	Total £m
At 1 January 2011	99.4	20.7	1.3	0.1	0.2	(3.3)	6.3	124.7
Comprehensive income
Profit for the period	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.3	2.3
Other comprehensive income
Financial instrument reserve
movement*	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	—	0.5
Currency translation differences	—	—	—	—	(0.2)	—	—	0.2
Total other comprehensive income	—	—	—	—	(0.2)	0.5	—	0.3
Total comprehensive income	—	—	—	—	(0.2)	0.5	2.3	2.6
Transactions with owners
Share option credit	—	—	0.5	—	—	—	—	0.5
At 30 June 2011 (unaudited)	99.4	20.7	1.8	0.1	—	(2.8)	8.6	127.8

	Share capital £m	Share premium £m	Other reserves			Financial instrument reserve £m	Retained earnings £m	Total £m
	Share capital £m	Share premium £m	Share option reserve £m	Pension reserve £m	Currency translation reserve £m	Financial instrument reserve £m	Retained earnings £m	Total £m
At 1 January 2010	50.3	20.7	0.9	—	—	(3.0)	16.6	85.5
Comprehensive income
Loss for the period	—	—	—	—	—	—	(5.8)	(5.8)
Other comprehensive income
Financial instrument
reserve movement*	—	—	—	—	—	0.6	—	0.6
Total other comprehensive income	—	—	—	—	—	0.6	—	0.6
Total comprehensive income	—	—	—	—	—	0.6	(5.8)	(5.2)
Transactions with owners
Share option credit	—	—	0.1	—	—	—	—	0.1
Proceeds from shares issued	29.2	—	—	—	—	—	(1.0)	28.2
At 30 June 2010 (unaudited)	79.5	20.7	1.0	—	—	(2.4)	9.8	108.6

	Share capital £m	Share premium £m	Other reserves			Financial instrument reserve £m	Retained earnings £m	Total £m
	Share capital £m	Share premium £m	Share option reserve £m	Pension reserve £m	Currency translation reserve £m	Financial instrument reserve £m	Retained earnings £m	Total £m
At 1 January 2010	50.3	20.7	0.9	—	—	(3.0)	16.6	85.5
Comprehensive income
Loss for the year	—	—	—	—	—	—	(6.3)	(6.3)
Other comprehensive income
Financial instrument
reserve movement*	—	—	—	—	—	(0.3)	—	(0.3)
Actuarial gain on retirement benefit obligations*	—	—	—	0.1	—	—	—	0.1
Currency translation differences	—	—	—	—	0.2	—	—	0.2
Total other comprehensive income	—	—	—	0.1	0.2	(0.3)	—	—
Total comprehensive income	—	—	—	0.1	0.2	(0.3)	(6.3)	(6.3)
Transactions with owner
Share option credit	—	—	0.4	—	—	—	—	0.4
Proceeds from shares issued	49.1	—	—	—	—	—	(4.0)	45.1
At 31 December 2010 (audited)	99.4	20.7	1.3	0.1	0.2	(3.3)	6.3	124.7