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Cannot access it. But I'm hopeless with mob so im not surprised.

I have sent an email. Think you should also.

Try.....ir@Sportechplc.com. send an email to inv relations.

Cheers driveat15. I rang Spo London office yesterday spoke to a nice young lady called Millie but nobody in office to confirm / deny the pools WHS tie- up. Await your news.

WH gets clobbered on broker downgrade. I think the market is waking up to the fact that reliance on the crack machines is a risky business, one where punters who get fleeced return on fewer and fewer occasions. The supply of mugs is not infinite. WH is trading at an c 11 year low (261) after yesterday's near 6% fall---- Until the machine review is completed the shares are best avoided imo. Better opportunities elsewhere.

What with the Govt's attack on FOBT's....more regulation....cutting spin amount / slowing spin speed.. etc..etc..., should they get their way profits of high st bookies will be decimated. They (the bookies) will have to do something about this and soon, to protect their bottom line. Sads have made their choice joining up with Coral... ie going the trad route of more shops and buying profits------ WH are still dithering. All this leads me to believe that Spo makes by far the most attractive co to tie up with as for starters we have no regulatory worries and our wide spread of activities are all state approved in the US--------expansion of our Racing division, the pools which at long last looks like getting some serious investment is taking the declining lottery on head to head and the venues business (new outlets) in Connecticut and Cal should make progress this year--------With strong cash flow...zero debt, show me a better co in the leisure/gaming sector with our fundamentals that transact 60% of its business in the worlds bigest economy now lead by a pro business President. Bit of a no brainer really!!

Lovely part of the country...Fleet. My uncle had a house in Fleet for many years and as a young lad my Dad took me to play the lovely North Hants course. Well before young Justin was a member! I remember ages ago a big kerfuffle over the Japanese buying the club-----in fact i think my uncle resigned over that business. Love to go back for a visit but no golf as my playing days are over. I'm now the bar-bore living off past glories...ahem!!

Last thought...perhaps it's the technology ie the setting up of each machine in stores is going to take time, hence the gradual roll out? Streatham had not received any promo gear. Won't April be too late to start the pools as the season ends in May?.......so we're back to Jan 26!

Keep us up to date. Cannot see the point of a gradual roll out. A mega blitz is needed!...If your gonna do it....do it.right ...FFS!!

Staff at Streatham say start is not till April.

No news...if it's kicking off this Thursday not long to get the news out. Why no full page ads in the tabloids?......."Play the pools at WHS"....etc.., no half coked start I hope!

Coming up 4 months we been stuck between 16-20 I'm beginning to think that the 20 roundophobia is valid symptom of investors fear of 00 nos.....just kidding!----'---'----'----but you gotta wonder!

Some say....that should the Govt get their way and have the £100 a spin reduced to £2 more cash will be bet on horses. Absolute rubbish! I know of no horse racing bettor who wastes money on the one armed bandits which are programmed to take more in than they pay out---'---completely different type of person, usually young, plays the machines and wouldn't know one end of a horse from the other and there's no 'buzz' in watching a 3mile chase. ------it's the instant win/lose that's addictive -----The bookies would suffer and no doubt shops profits sustained by the bandits would close, no bad thing as there is always another one close by assuming it could continue to make profits ex the £100 spin?-------A full report is due sometime soon.

WHS have over 1300 stores comprising of 612 High St shops, 768 travel outlets inc some (20) international, quite big in Australia. I remember as a kid my father playing the pools when he was in E.Africa. Previous ARs showed the spread of the pools played worldwide. Our partnership with Playwin in India is long overdue a football pools operation (if we dont have one) as the game is taking off. Spo reported years back a cricket type pools was being considered but it came to nothing as news of India went off the radar-----We should be back and big time, what with the racing connection. I think WHS are reporting this week.

Be interesting to see if we get a rns this morning as if we have some sort of tie-up with WHS this would have to be reported as it is definitely price sensitive news. The markt usually gets wind of these things ahead of any announcement so we may see some price action early. I have only one WHS in my area, (West Norwood/Tulse Hill/ Streatham/Dulwich) & that's Streatham. I know there is a very busy one at Victoria Stn, not sure about London Bridge or Waterloo---------heh maybe Spo will report we have our £4m & the WHS news this morning?

Undercuts the lottery! No more than a £ a line i hope. Those who gave up on the Pools when the lotto started may well be pleased to see the pools games back and be tempted to have a punt.

Excellent! Seems you were correct. I shall go up to my local Smiths where I know the sales girls well so will be able to get news on how the are faring. This is a big step up if it's run out nationally in WHS.

Good post driveat15....... you might well be spot on with your idea of a coupon going through a lotto type machine. It would need a fair bit of advertising but an opportunity to take sales off the lotto appeals immensely! Your point of not knowing the pools was still being played is worrying but certainly bears out what I have been saying for ages that Spo damm near let the pools die in the face of overwhelming lotto odds by not promoting the business at every opportunity. Now with cash in the bank we can throw money into fully promoting the pools. If it catches on?....well who knows as there are many formats to play besides the classic pools.

Guess some of that vat money is now being used to promote the revamped pools business? I'm not sure how it would work at the tills as Spo are going for the on line customer. I'll be up Smiths tomorrow to find out more.

News to me driveat15--- but if so would be a great move especially as the 'conlottery' jackpot is down to £3.5m on a Saturday and if backed up with a TV advertising blitz! I did a quick straw poll in my local and 4/10 had given up playing Wed & Saturdays and a 7/10 had given up the Wed game. This gives us a marvellous opportunity to move the pools back into the limelight as football betting is now more popular than the nags. BC must be ruing the day they didn't have the gumption to buy the pools business....jeez where are you going to get 40% dropping to the bottom line? Bad mistake. Keep your eyes peeled driveat15!