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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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Our Memorandum and Articles of Association form the constitution of Sportech PLC which state the regulations governing the relationships between our shareholders and Directors of the Company.
The prospectuses for both the Vernons and SGR acquisitions can be downloaded as PDFs. The prospectuses provide details of the acquisition and the associated capital raising.
You can view a list of our major shareholders (over 3% of the issued share capital) here with details of the number of shares they own and the percentage of that holding. You will also find details of the Directors' shareholdings here.
The list of Sportech PLC’s key financial events can be downloaded straight into your calendar.
We have listed all of our Notices of Annual General Meetings and Extraordinary General Meetings, in addition to the results of these meetings.
There are a number of facilities available, many of which are online, via our registrar’s web site.
From solicitors and bankers to our registrars, you can find a list of our corporate advisers here.
Our shareholders often ask the same questions, so we have provided a list of our frequently asked questions and the associated responses.
Here you will find an overview of our listing on the London Stock Exchange, our key people and major shareholders.
Our company registration information is listed here, alongside details of our head office, registered office and operational centres.
Private shareholder enquiries
Capita Registrars
Phil Balderamos, Head of Corporate Marketing & Communications
Tel: 020 7268 2400
Email: ir@sportechplc.com
For any other Sportech PLC enquiries please call 020 7268 2400 or email