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September 23, 2011
Member News: ELS Newsletter No 6, September (Password protected)

September 19, 2011
Member News: New President and Vice President at Portugal's Santa Casa

June 4, 2011
Member News: ELS Newsletter No 5, May (Password protected)

March 2, 2011
Member News: ISBB Issued an International Tender for Constructing a New Internet Engine 

March 2, 2011
IOC Sports Integrity Conference
Please find below the news around the IOC Sports Integrity Conference hold in Lausanne on March 1, 2011.
Article by AIPS, Draft Joint Declaration, Media Factsheet

February 23, 2011
Member News: ELS Newsletter No 4, February (Password protected)

January 27, 2010
First Show Case of the new Co-operation between Lotteries and AIPS
Please read the news around the first AIPS Sports Betting Symposium and World Fair Play Awards, co-organised and sponsored by WLA and ELS:

Illegal betting: Sport's new scourge
Symposium Integrity in Sport Illegal Betting, the Threat - Lausanne 27/01/2011
IOC President announces top-level summit to combat illegal betting

Stars arrive in Lausanne for AIPS Power of Sport and World Fair Play Awards

Jacques Rogge Jacques Rogge and Risto Nieminen Jacques Rogge and Tegla Chepkite Loroupe Risto Nieminen
Edwin C. Moses, Jacques Rogge and Gianni Merlo Christian Kalb Alexandre Fourtoy, UEFA

January 19, 2010
News: Sports Betting Game launched in Azerbaijan

December 20, 2010
Member News: ELS Newsletter No 3, December (Password protected)

December 16, 2010
Member Info:
 Report of the English for Sports Betting Course 2010 in Manchester, UK

November 4, 2010
Member News: ELS President newly elected President of WLA

September 10, 2010
Sports Integrity: Report on the Spot-Fixing Case in Cricket

September 10, 2010
Sports Integrity: Match Fixing News, June to September 2010

September 9, 2010
Member News: Totolotek Receives Customer Award in Poland

September 7, 2010
Member service: ELS Newsletter No. 2, September (password protected)

July 1, 2010
Member Info: Changes at the Top Management of Szerencsejáték Zrt. 

April 16, 2010
Member service: ELS Newsletter No. 1, April (password protected)

January 5, 2010
Member Info: New Board of Directors at OPAP S.A., Greece

October 26, 2009
Press Release: A new Chairman for ISBB

October 20, 2009
EL Sports: A new name and a new structure for EFP

October 2009
Press Release: Settlement between Norsk Tipping and Reidar Nordby Jr.

July 2009
Member service: EFP Newsletter No. 14, July (password protected)

June 2009
Member service: EFP Newsletter No. 13, May (password protected)

May 2009
Elections: New Members to the Executive Board

March 2009
Sporting Club de Braga (POR) receives UIC Winner trophy

March 2009
Member service: EFP Newsletter No. 12, March (password protected)

March 2009
Lennart Johansson receives First EFP Honorary Membership (pic1) (pic2) (pic3)

February 2009
Sporting Clube de Braga (POR) is UIC Winner 2008/09

February 2009
Member Info: Gheorghe Benea new President at Romanian Lottery

January 2009
Member service: EFP Newsletter No. 11, January (password protected)

January 2009
Member Info: New CEO at Svenska Spel

November 2008
Member service: EFP Newsletter No. 10, October (password protected)

October 2008
Member Info: New CEO at Norsk Tipping AS

September 2008
1st EFP Sports Symposium "Passion for the Game" Click for Report

August 28, 2008
UEFA Cup: 8 out of the 11 UIC winners qualified for UEFA Cup First Round

August 2008
Member service: EFP Newsletter No. 9, August (password protected)

August 2008
Member News: New CEO at ISBB

July 2008
1st EFP Sport Symposium's presentations now available on a CDRom from the EFP Secretariat. (order now)

July 2008
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008: The 11 Winners are known

July 2008
Interview with Mats Gren (Grasshopper Club): G E

June/July 2008
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008: Features from the UEFA.com site

June 2008
Member service: EFP Newsletter No. 8, June (password protected)

May 2008
Member service: EFP Newsletter No. 7, April (password protected)

April 30, 2008
EFP General Assembly in Tel Aviv: Panageas and Brickman elected to EFP Managing Board

March 2008
News: German Club Hamburger SV named UIC Winner 2007

Trophy handed over to the club at the second leg UEFA Cup match against Bayer Leverkusen on March 12.

February 2008
Member service: EFP Newsletter No. 6, February (password protected)

February 2008
News: UEFA meets with betting industry to advance monitoring activities

January 2008
Member service: EFP Newsletter No. 5, Dec/Jan (password protected)

January 2008
News: ISBB celebrates 40th anniversary

December 2007
News: New Acting CEO at Norsk Tipping

November 2007
News: UEFA and EFP sign contract for UIC 2008

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November 2007
Member service: EFP Newsletter No. 4, November 2007 (password protected)

November 2007
News: Reidar Nordby Jr. to resign at Norsk Tipping

November 2007
Member service: EFP Newsletter No. 3, September/October 2007 (password protected)

October 2007
News: Christos D. Hadjiemmanuil appointed new Chairman and CEO of OPAP (more detailed information to follow)

September 2007
Member service: EFP Newsletter No. 2, July/August 2007 (password protected)

September 2007
Member Info: Gideon Brickman to replace Shaul Schneider at ISBB and EFP

July 2007
Member service: EFP Newsletter No. 1, June 2007 (password protected)

May 2007
Press release: New President and Independent Headquarters for the EFP

June 2005
Press Release: EFP and EL team with UEFA to monitor game integrity

March 2005
Press Release: UEFA extends partnership with European Football Pool

July, 2004
Interview with Hans Peter Latour, Team Coach, FC Thun 1898 (.pdf file)

2003 and before:

Strong together for football: State gaming companies support the UEFA Intertoto Cup (April 2003).
English
French
German

The UEFA Intertoto Cup, '99 edition
Intertoto Newsletter No. 37, May 1999

The 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup: bigger and better
Intertoto Newsletter No. 35, July 1998

Q&A with Friedrich Stickler
Intertoto Newsletter No. 35, July 1998

Interview with the president of the European Football Pool on the UEFA Intertoto Cup and other matters.

The football associations of England, Italy, Spain and Portugal join the UEFA Intertoto Cup
By Friedrich Stickler
Intertoto Newsletter No. 34, March 1998

The Cup’s new format, with more flexible match dates.

General Assembly of the European Football Pool
By Yvonne Schnyder
Intertoto Newsletter No. 32, June 1997

- a change in leadership – Friedrich Stickler new European Football Pool president.
- draw for the 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup

The UEFA Intertoto Cup
By Yvonne Schnyder
Intertoto Newsletter No. 30, September 1996

The '96 Cup, teams, finalists, etc.

A match made in heaven
By Lennart Johansson, chairman of the European Football Pool
Intertoto Newsletter No. 30, September 1996

The 'match made in heaven' refers to the European Football Pool linking up with the UEFA Cup.

The UEFA Intertoto Cup, '96 edition
Intertoto Newsletter No. 29, June 1996

The New European Football Pool
Intertoto Newsletter No. 27, June 1995

Organizational details.

The UEFA Intertoto Cup, '95 edition
Intertoto Newsletter No. 26, March 1995

The UEFA Intertoto Cup
Intertoto Newsletter No. 25, November 1994

Report on the Cup’s genesis.

Find out more about the UEFA Intertoto Cup