Sportech PLC
08 June 2006


8 June 2006

                    Sportech PLC ("Sportech" or "the Group")

                        Bet Direct - Disposal Completed

Sportech confirms that following the announcement on 2 June 2006 regarding the
disposal of its business Bet Direct to 32Red plc for £12.5 million, all
conditions have been met and the transaction has now completed.

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Enquiries:

Sportech PLC
Ian Penrose, Chief Executive Officer                   0151 288 3561

Investec Investment Banking
James Grace / Stefan Borson                            020 7597 5970

Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial
David Rydell / Zoe Sanders                             020 7861 3887



Notes to Editors

Sportech PLC

Drawing on over 80 years of experience, Sportech PLC, through its various
businesses, including Littlewoods Football Pools, has developed a wide-ranging
gaming product portfolio which includes football pools and football games,
on-line casino, poker and entertainment games including bingo. Sportech has over
600,000 customers, 500,000 of whom play the football pools on a weekly basis,
making the football pools business the second most popular weekly gaming
activity in the UK.

Sportech is continually developing access to its gaming products through a
network of channels to include the internet, mobile phones, telephone, post and
a UK network of collectors who visit customers at their homes.

Sportech PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange (SPO). For more information,
visit www.sportech-plc.co.uk






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