Company
Sportech PLC
LON:SPO
Sportech PLC is a United Kingdom-based gaming company. It comprises two segments: Football Gaming and e-Gaming. The Football Gaming division includes the traditional football pools products run under the Littlewoods and Zetters brand names and associated games, such as Spot the Ball, Premier 10 and Lotto. The e-Gaming division includes the online activities of Littlewoods Poker, Littlewoods Casino, Littlewoods Bingo and Game On. In August 2007, the Company acquired the Vernons football pools business of Ladbrokes plc. In November 2008, Sportech PLC announced the acquisition of 4thegame.com, a football community Website. Sportech is traded in the ISDX Exchange HERE
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Sportech confirms exit from lottery products with sale to Inspired Entertainment
An initial US$12.5mln is to be paid in cash upon completion
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Saietta revs up to new high on no news
A round-up of the major share movers on the London Stock Exchange on Friday
Sportech swings to loss in 2020 as sporting events cancelled due to COVID
Guidance on future outlook difficult given uncertainty around the timing of when sporting events will return in full and the potential impact of further lockdowns
Sportech pinning hopes on US gambling expansion after disposal programme
The group agreed a revised US$6 million sale price for its New Haven property, US$675,000 lower than previously agreed
Sportech confirms it rejected approaches from US hedge fund
The UK betting technology group said the possible cash offers fundamentally undervalue its businesses and prospects
Sportech upgraded to ‘buy’ by Peel Hunt over progress made during pandemic
The house broker reckons Sportech made improvement despite turning to an interim loss
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FTSE 100 closes higher at traders focus on Federal Reserve's dovish tone
The FTSE 250 though, seen as a better indicator of the state of UK companies, closed down around 41 points at 19,347.
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Clothes retailers Next and Ted Baker in the spotlight on Thursday
Not much excitement is expected from the Bank of England, so investor attention will instead be on two of the UK’s troubled clothes retailers: Ted Baker and Next
Sportech mulling takeover offer for lottery games specialist LOT.TO
The two parties have entered into a strategic alliance, but Sportech is considering taking the relationship a step further
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FTSE 100 closes in red as trade worries and Brexit fears put investors off
The UK index of leading shares finished Thursday down around 11 points, or 0.15%, at 7,563.
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CRH to provide progress report on margin improvement initiatives
There are not many heavyweights expected to release results on Thursday but plenty will be going ex-dividend
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World biggest miner, BHP Billiton the main focus as results flow set to slow in coming week
Only three other FTSE 100-listed companies are scheduled to unveil updates – housebuilder Persimmon, Irish construction group CRH, and Middle East hospitals operator NMC Healthcare
FTSE 100 extends gains in the final sessions
Stocks consolidated gains at the death with bid stock Shire the best performing blue-chip
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Market volatility expected to give boost to London Stock Exchange revenues
Day ahead includes latest trading updates from bourses operator London Stock Exchange and blue chip wealth manager St James' Place
Utilitywise shares rise as new customers drive revenue growth
A look at some of the biggest risers and fallers in London on Monday
Sportech shares slump 50% as it fails to find a buyer, warns on 2017 results
The betting and gaming company also said that trading in the first weeks of the current year has been “fairly challenging”
FTSE 100 holds on to gains despite late swoon
The FTSE 100 was its gains eroded as the Jackson Hole chinwag got under way
Premier Oil: Wytch Farm, Catcher start-up and game changing Mexico discovery – there’s plenty to look for in Thursday’s results
Premier Oil will be among the highlights on Thursday's City agenda
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Final trading week of August, but some big news still to come from Persimmon PLC, BHP Billiton PLC, and Antofagasta PLC
Week ahead includes first half results from Persimmon PLC, Antofagasta PLC, Cairn Energy PLC, Premier Oil PLC, WPP PLC; full year numbers from BHP Billiton PLC
FTSE shares end flat, give back record peaks, except Vesuvius
FTSE 100 stocks ends flat on Thursday after falling back from a fresh record high as shares in outsourcing group Capita slumped 9%
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Can Cobham avoid a sixth profit warning when it releases full year results?
Cobham, Sportech, Travis Perkins, Capita and GoCompare are among the names on Thursday's list.
Sportech draws a blank in Football Pools sales talks
Sportech shareholders hoping for a windfall from the sale of the Football Pools business have drawn a blank
Risers and fallers: Sportech shares slide as Football Pools deal falls through
Sportech shares were hit hard on Tuesday after it told investors that the proposed sale of its Football Pools would now not go ahead
FTSE 100 shares close lower on earnings upsets
FTSE 100 shares sank on Tuesday, after a session spent gyrating around the flat mark, weighed down by sombre third quarter earnings from a bank and oil company
Risers and fallers: Sportech, JD Sports and Corero Network Security
Sportech is selling off The Football Pools to a group of gambling industry investors for nearly £100mln
Preview: All eyes on Glencore's debt mountain
How far back from the brink has miner and commodities trader Glencore stepped?
Week Ahead: Persimmon expected to shrug off Brexit fears
Approvals remained ahead of last year in the run-up to the EU membership referendum but what about after it?
Miners drive the Footsie higher
it was a bad day for sterling, but a good day for equities, especially mining shares
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Risers & Fallers: Sportech, Mosman Oil & Gas, Epwin Group, Cyan Holdings, Porta Communications, Paragon Holdings
Court of Appeal refused to allow HMRC to challenge its judgment in favour of Sportech
Growth stocks sit and watch as blue-chips get battered
Results from Sainsbury disappointed while BHP Billiton tumbles after it emerged penalties associated with the Samarco dam disaster could be heavier than anticipated.
Risers and Fallers: Tejori, Conroy Gold, Randgold...
Major share price risers and fallers in London at 4pm
DraftDay Fantasy Sports completes sale of Viggle assets
The company changed its name from Viggle after divesting the consumer rewards platform
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Footsie falls but Laird sparks investor interest
Electronics group sparked up on potential interest from US rival
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Risers & Fallers: Wishbone Gold, Satellite Solutions Worldwide, Octagonal and more
Precious metal explorer Wishbone said it was in talks to buy a "complementary business"
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Proactive news highlights: Galasys, Kibo, Rex, Koovs..
Beowulf Mining, Medgold Resources and Gulf Keystone Petroleum were also in the news
Risers & fallers: KImberley, RedT, TP Group, Shoezone..
Some of the main share price movers in London at 1.30pm
NetPlay terminates talks over football pools business
Interactive TV gaming firm NetPlay TV (LON:NPT) told investors it had withdrawn from talks with betting firm Sportech (LON:SPO) over buying its football pools business.
NetPlay in talks to buy Sportech's football pools business
Prior to the advent of the purely luck-based national lottery, the football pools were the favoured - if statistically improbable - route to millionaire status of the man in the street
Paddy Power and Betfair tie-up heralds more gaming industry deals
Gaming small-caps set to continue bolt-on acquisitions
FTSE100 closes lower as Greece election uncertainty surfaces
Pundits are no wiser after yesterday's policy statement as to the timing of the long-expected interest rate hike.
Thursday's agenda: Premier Oil catches the eye
With a number of FTSE 250 companies reporting interim results on Thursday, Premier Oil will grab investors’ attention...
Contagious Gaming confirms Sportech takeover talks
The combination of Sportech and Contagious Gaming would create the largest pure-play, sports-focused gaming company on the TSX, should a deal be possible.
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Week Ahead: Cairn Energy second half could be transformational
Deutsche Bank said the timing and drilling locations for three wells in Senegal could be unveiled. While they are in deep waters off the coast of west Africa, they aren’t technically challenging.