The Pools
The Pools is the online home of the Football Pools, the British score-draw game dating from 1923, now with a sportsbook and casino.
Licensed in the UK
- Origin
- The Football Pools, founded 1923
- Licence
- UK Gambling Commission
- Products
- Classic Pools, sports betting, casino
- Market
- United Kingdom
Licence and background
The Football Pools began in Liverpool in 1923 and for decades was the weekly flutter of millions of British households, who tried to predict score draws. The Pools is its modern online brand and holds a Gambling Commission licence.
UK protections apply, including GAMSTOP.
What you get
The Classic Pools game and its newer variants sit alongside a conventional sportsbook and a casino section. The pools games remain the distinctive part: stakes go into a shared pot that is split among the winners.
The sportsbook and casino are run on outside platforms and are similar to those of other mid-sized UK brands.
Our take
Worth a look for the pools games, which few rivals offer. For sports betting alone, the bigger bookmakers have more markets.