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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 business 
 

The Football Pools

 

The world's oldest football
gaming company

The Football Pools is the core of our business and we are very proud that our operational centre is still based in Liverpool, in the north-west of England, where The Football Pools was founded in 1923.

Over the last 87 years The Football Pools has been famous for creating winners, having paid out over £10 billion in prize money to its customers. The Football Pools has over 500,000 players every week and is still the UK’s most popular football gaming brand.

Our product range

Classic Pools logoThe iconic football pools game with a top prize of £3 million where players predict fixtures they believe will result in a high score draw.


Premier 10 logoThe official game of the Premier League. Predict home win, draw or away win for the week’s ten Premier League matches for your chance to win £30,000.


Head2Head logoPredict home win, draw or away win for six top fixtures ranging from Championship, FA Cup, European competitions and international games.


Score 3 logoPredict the score of three top matches for your chance to scoop the pool.


Super6 logoPredict which teams will score the most goals and have the most corners and shots on target in the first and second half from the week’s big matches.


Spot the BAll logoThe famous football picture game where you can win up to £250,000 by simply selecting where you think the ball should be in our Premier League picture.


Alan Hansen

Call to Customer

Customers can play The Football Pools through a number of channels:

Online: www.footballpools.com

Call: 0800 500 000

Collector: Call 0800 500 000 to find out details of your local collector.

Retail: You can also play The Football Pools at Ladbrokes betting shops and at PayPoint retail tills.

Business to business

Our Football Pools offers gaming operators an exciting, margin-enhancing product range on the world’s most popular sport, with established liquidity and the reassurance of a trusted brand. The Football Pools is available for business partners either online or via retail integrations

Email: sales@sportechplc.com

Call: 0207 268 2400