Office of Fair Trading
03 May 2007




Merger Reference:



The OFT has decided, on the information currently available to it, to refer the
following merger to the Competition Commission under the provisions of the
Enterprise Act 2002:



Anticipated acquisition by Sportech plc of the Vernons Football Pools Business
from Ladbrokes plc



The text of this decision will be placed on the Office of Fair Trading's web
site at www.oft.gov.uk as soon as is reasonably practicable.








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