Directorate Change

Sportech PLC
01 September 2006


                                  Sportech PLC

                               Directorate Change


The Board of Sportech Plc ('Sportech' or 'the Company') announces that Gary
Speakman, Chief Operating Officer, has resigned his position as executive
director to pursue alternative business interests.  Gary will relinquish his
executive and operational responsibilities with immediate effect and following a
period of leave will formally end his employment with Sportech on 29 September
2006.

The Board of Sportech extends its thanks and appreciation to Gary for all of his
work during his long tenure at the Company, during which he has added
significantly to the development of the business.


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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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