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Zetters Zetters has sold its football pools business to Sportech for £1.4m, in order to focus on spread-betting and financial market-making. 15-Aug-2002 Zetters is to acquire Financial Spreads, the spread betting company, from Sporting Index for £8.7m, partly funded by a £4.7m share placing. 25-Apr-2002 Zetters is to acquire Galliano Investments, the foreign exchange dealer, for up to £3m. 07-Dec-2001 Zetters is to acquire IFX for £20m as part of a strategy to launch a pan-European financial spread betting business, and has also announced plans to raise £10m in a rights issue for the development of other gambling services. 25-Aug-2000 Zetters, the bingo hall and football pools company, has received a £9.7m takeover offer from a consortium led by Undervalued Assets Trust, which could lead to the transformation of the company into an international online betting business. 22-Jan-2000 Zetters is selling its bingo operations to Riva Clubs for £8m, and is now seeking a buyer for its football pools division. 02-Jul-1999 Zetters expects to announce the sale of its football pools and bingo operations within the next three months. 30-Dec-1998 Zetters, the football pools and bingo company, has announced that it is close to selling the business. 15-Jul-1998 Zetters has decided to sell its bingo and pools businesses separately, having failed to attract a satisfactory offer for the whole group. 01-Jul-1998 Zetters, the football pools operator, has been told that its Spot-the-Ball partnership with Littlewoods is to end, and Littlewoods will now run the competition by itself. 11-Feb-1998 Zetters, the football pools and bingo clubs operator, is in discussions which could result in a takeover offer being made for the company. 08-Jan-1998 Zetters, the football pools company, has indicated that it is may put itself up for sale or merger. 09-Oct-1997 Zetters is acquiring three bingo clubs from Leisure Workshop for £600k. 28-Aug-1996 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007