Kingdom, the football pools, often referred to as "the pools", is a betting pool based on predicting the outcome of association football matches taking...
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Littlewoods (redirect from Littlewoods Pools)
The original company began in 1923 as a football pools (sports betting) company, known as Littlewoods Pools. After making a loss in the first season...
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Singapore Pools (Private) Limited is a state-owned lottery subsidiary company in Singapore. As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Tote Board, it is the...
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John Moores (British businessman) (category English football chairmen and investors)
telegraphist, football club owner, politician and philanthropist, most famous for the founding of the now defunct Littlewoods retail and football pools company...
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husband Keith won £152,319 (equivalent to £4,300,000 in 2023) on the football pools in 1961. Nicholson became the subject of tabloid news stories for many...
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UEFA Intertoto Cup (redirect from International Football Cup)
derived its name from Toto, the German term for football pools. Thommen, who had set up football betting pools in Switzerland in 1932, had a major interest...
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Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. (redirect from Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club)
survey by the football pools found the rivalry to be the strongest in English football. Both clubs are founder members of the Football League and the...
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Covering code (redirect from Football pools problem)
particular case is the football pools problem, based on football pool betting, where the aim is to come up with a betting system over n football matches that,...
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Sportech (section Football pools)
in parts of New York state. Littlewoods' football pools were founded in 1923 by John Moores. The Vernons pools were established in 1925, and Zetters in...
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Littlewoods Pools building, located in Liverpool, England, was built in 1938 to serve as the headquarters of the Littlewoods football pools enterprise...
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roots to a variety of mail order companies in northern England, the football pools and mail order business founded by John Moores, as well as the Manchester-based...
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public in 1957, the only other similar game available in the UK was the football pools, with the National Lottery not coming into existence until 1994. Although...
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Longitude LLC (section The Football Pools)
Pari-Mutuel System include The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Tabcorp and The Football Pools. The globally patented Longitude Enhanced Pari-Mutuel System has its...
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Arsenal F.C. (redirect from ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB)
Retrieved 7 September 2008. "Football Rivalries Report 2008". The New Football Pools. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2008...
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racing and certain motor sports. Public sports, lottery, and toto (football pools) are held under special laws in order to increase the income of national...
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musical ensemble of female vocalists. They were formed at the Vernons football pools company in the 1950s in Liverpool, settling down to a sixteen strong...
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countries. Before the advent of the internet, millions of people played the football pools every week in the United Kingdom. In addition to organized sports betting...
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chronicled Viv Nicholson's rise and fall after winning a fortune in the football pools in the early 1960s. With Harry Hill he co-wrote I Can't Sing! The X...
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the Betting and Lotteries Act 1934 took the greyhounds into account. Football pools became increasingly popular, and they were taxed through the Pool Betting...
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as football pools. American sports lotteries often do not require contestants to purchase a lottery ticket or make an initial wager. Hockey pools are...
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Swindon Town F.C. (redirect from Swindon Town Football Club)
re-development of the County Ground. The Football Fever Report published by statisticians of the Littlewoods Football Pools was released in January 2007. It researched...
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telling her on the phone that the payment was akin to winning the football pools and that she was not worth any more. The settlement was then raised...
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a 2018 song "Toto" (Noizy song), a 2018 song featuring RAF Camora Football pools, called "toto" in several languages Toto (lottery), a lottery in Singapore...
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Preston North End F.C. (redirect from Preston North End Football Club)
Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional association football club in Preston, Lancashire...
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burns and bruises." 1:30 pm – Littlewoods Broadcast – sponsored by a football pools coupon company in Liverpool. 2:00 pm – English service ends until 2:30...
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Bristol Rovers F.C. (redirect from Bristol Rovers Football Club)
derby. An in-depth report by the Football Pools in 2008 deemed this rivalry 8th fiercest rivalry in English football. The most recent encounter between...
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Sidney Stanley (section Football pools)
Shermans Pools Ltd of Cardiff, a football pools promoter. The post-war paper-shortage had led the government to make an allocation of paper to the Football Pool...
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postcards and charms. Italy: 13 was the lucky number in the Italian football pools (Totocalcio). The Italian expression "fare tredici" (literally, "make...
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appearances in comedy series include Hancock's Half Hour (The Cold, Football Pools, The Big Night and The Two Murderers), The Benny Hill Show, Corrigan...
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