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The Football Pools goes live with Commologic’s BetUP

SBC News The Football Pools goes live with Commologic's BetUP

Sportech Plc subsidiary The Football Pools has confirmed that it will integrate a second screen live betting experience by BetUP produced by igaming UX specialists Commologic. Adding BetUP mechanisms, The Football Pools games will bring a in-play betting to customers for the first time and further add new game functions to its increasing product portfolio at footballpools.com. BetUp will be rolled …

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Sportech informs that HMRC will appeal £97 million VAT reclaim to Supreme Court

SBC News Sportech informs that HMRC will appeal £97 million VAT reclaim to Supreme Court

Updating the market betting technology provider Sportech Plc has announced that Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have applied to the Supreme Court for further permission to appeal its rescinded £97 million VAT repayment claim. The move by HMRC, follows last month’s decision by the UK Court of Appeal to rule in favour of Sportech Plc regarding its ongoing ‘Spot …

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HMRC denied Supreme Court appeal against Sportech £95 million tax claim

SBC News HMRC denied Supreme Court appeal against Sportech £95 million tax claim

Issuing a market update, Sportech Plc has announced that the UK Court of Appeal has denied HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) permission to appeal the decision which ruled in Sportech’s favour regarding a £97 million tax repayment claim to the Supreme Court. The decision by the Court of Appeal will likely end Sportech’s 7-year battle with HMRC regarding the tax …

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HMRC to appeal Sportech’s £97m VAT Spot the Ball refund

SBC News HMRC to appeal Sportech's £97m VAT Spot the Ball refund

The legal to-ing and fro-ing between Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs and Sportech over the gambling operator’s overpaid tax claim, worth £97m, is set to continue after HMRC announced it is to appeal the latest decision. The appeal is just the latest installment in the long running attempt by Sportech to reclaim tax the company says it erroneously paid on its Spot the Ball product between 1979 …

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Sportech wins £97 million ‘Spot the Ball’ VAT appeal

SBC News Sportech wins £97 million 'Spot the Ball' VAT appeal

Betting technology provider Sportech has been cleared of its long running ‘Spot the Ball’ £97 million VAT repayment dispute with Her Majesty’s Revenues & Customs (HMRC). Today the UK Court of Appeal ruled unanimously in favour of Sportech’s case against HMRC which argues that the company was owed £40 million in VAT, plus added interest, on ‘Sport the Ball’ competition …

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Sportech VAT claim heard by UK Court of Appeal

SBC News Sportech VAT claim heard by UK Court of Appeal

Issuing a corporate update, FTSE listed gambling technology provider Sportech Plc has confirmed that its plea relating to its ongoing £97 million VAT repayment was heard by the UK Court of Appeal last Friday. Sportech governance aims to overturn its September 2014 VAT ruling on its ‘Spot the Ball’ competition, which sided with UK HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) regarding the …

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Scott Longley – The Football Pools: Swimming Against the Tide!

SBC News Scott Longley - The Football Pools: Swimming Against the Tide!

Seeing its active player numbers dwindle to around the quarter of a million mark, Scott Longley examines whether ‘The Football Pools’ can be updated for modern consumers. One of the UK oldest betting brands and the subject of multiple acquisition rumours, what role does ‘The Pools’ have in today’s industry.  We are a long way away now from the days when football …

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Former Sportech director hopes to buy The Football Pools

SBC News Former Sportech director hopes to buy The Football Pools

A former director of Walton-based Sportech is hoping to buy the firm’s football pools arm in a deal that could be worth around £100m. As reported in the Liverpool Echo, Sportech’s former chief operating officer Ian Hogg is one of several potential bidders for the group’s subsidiary, known as The Football Pools. He was at Sportech for four years until he …

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NetPlay TV ends pursuit of The Football Pools

SBC News NetPlay TV ends pursuit of The Football Pools

Interactive gaming operator NetPlay TV has confirmed that it has ended its pursuit of Sportech asset The Football Pools (UK). Issuing a short corporate update, the operator confirmed that it had ‘terminated talks’ with Sportech governance regarding its interest in the division. “After careful consideration the company has decided not to enter into this process and has therefore terminated discussions,” …

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