1934 - FPPA is Formed, Pool Betting Restricted

Alfred Cope a Football Pools Promoter Leaving A Tribunal in 1948.

The year hums with activity happening for and against football pools. Littlewoods, Vernons and Zetters come together to form the Football Pool Promoter’s Association. Other pools companies including Cope’s Pools (London), W.S. Murphy (Edinburgh) and Western Pools (Newport) join in. Meanwhile, a report by the Royal Commission proposes football pools be banned, but eventually withdraws after the companies urge customers to write to their Member of Parliament. On 27 March, the 1934 Betting and Lotteries Act is passed, restricting pool betting to a degree. Football pools thrive nonetheless.