RNS Number:5734H
Sportech PLC
17 February 2003



17 February 2003

                                  SPORTECH PLC

Sportech PLC ("the Company"), the UK's leading home gaming company and owner of
Littlewoods Gaming, is pleased to announce the appointment of West LB Panmure as
its new corporate stockbroker and joint financial adviser with immediate effect.

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Enquiries:


Suzanne Judge, Corporate Communications, Sportech                  0151 288 3059
Richard Gray, West LB Panmure                                      020 7020 4000
Charles Reynolds, Bell Pottinger Financial                         020 7861 3232


About Sportech:

Sportech plc is the UK's leading home gaming company, providing a variety of
betting and gaming opportunities to customers through Littlewoods Gaming, its
wholly owned portfolio of betting and gaming brands. Sportech is developing its
business through the utilisation of new channels of distribution to bring more
games to more players in the home, capitalising on the strength of the
Littlewoods brand, namely its association with the values of trust and
integrity.


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