Article: CC formally clears football pools merger.

Article: Oft refers football pools merger to the Competition ...
M2 Presswire;  May 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... of the Vernons football pools business from Ladbrokes ... Competition Commission (CC). The OFT has ... to the supply of football pools in the UK. Sportech ... concerns that UK football pools players will face ... action.' The CC is expected to ...

Article: Football pools merger provisionally cleared.
M2 Presswire;  August 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... UK Government: Football pools merger provisionally ... Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally ... of the Vernons football pools business of Ladbrokes ... cent of the UK football pools market. In a summary ... org.uk, the CC has concluded that ...

Article: Gilhespy takes treble chance; Football Pools Trust ...
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  December 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... NABC League Cup ties, there were under-14 victories for Longbenton over AE Phoenix (1-0) and Haydon Bridge over Bedlington CC (6-0). At under-15 level, Ashington won 1-0 at Newbiggin Hall and Stocksfield won 2-1 at Heaton Hawks Kestrels. Under ...

Article: The football pools are bouncing back; The ...
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  September 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: ANDREW BALDWIN FOOTBALL pools? Football pools? They seem a symbol of a bygone age. Days when men ... letterbox last week invited punters to have a go at the New Football Pools. Forget the days when your dad used to come up with ...

Article: Dividend: possible jackpot: the football pools ...
Leisure Report;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... my family ever actually played the football pools. But my behaviour shows just how integral ... staggering 10m people--played the football pools every week. Today, thanks to the ... acquisition of market leader Littlewoods Football Pools (which came with a couple of not especially ...

Article: Goodbye to football pools names as Sportech ...
Yorkshire Post;  March 19, 2008 ;     586 words ... ... Britain's biggest names in football pools are set to disappear after their ... the umbrella name of The New Football Pools from this summer. The gradual ... merge the three independent football pools into one enlarged pool. "The ...

Article: Football pools make net gain.(Business)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 7, 2008 ;     408 words ... ... THE number of people gambling on the football pools has increased for the first time since ... yesterday. Sportech relaunched the New Football Pools, in which players predict the results ... the season's first 11 weeks. The football pools, which originated in Manchester in ...