VERNONS POOLS
The Vernons pools company was formed in 1925 and, alongside Littlewoods and Zetters, it has always been viewed as one of the 'big three' pools companies in the UK. Back in the days of Vernons pools coupons and door-to-door football pools collectors, Vernons offered a middle way between the more expensive Littlewoods Pools and the less expensive Zetters competitions, and Vernons pools were therefore very popular with a fairly wide range of players.
The Vernons pools company is now owned by Sportech PLC and currently offers a variety of sporting and other gambling games via its web site. Of most interest to footballs pools players is the main Vernons pools competition which boasts a jackpot of £3 million. You can access this by clicking on the Sporting Games tab on the Vernons pools home page.
Vernons pools has a long history of offering players great value for money, and the modern Vernons pools game continues that tradition. To begin with, you can pick 11 matches from 49 for just £1, or 12 from 49 for just £2.25. Even better, Vernons pools have ongoing promotions that allow you get a certain number of free Vernons pools entries when you meet certain conditions.
For example, at the time of writing, you get a free Vernons pools entry for every Vernons pools entry that you pay for. That kind of offer effectively reduces the cost per entry by 50%, and your free Vernons Pools entry has just as much chance of winning £3 million as the one you pay for.
If you are someone who likes to play the football pools using the same match numbers each week, the Vernons pools game allows you to pay for games in advance. The 'buy one, get one free' offer mentioned a moment ago also applies to Vernons pools games entered in advance, so you could pay for 20, 30, 40 or 52 games and get 20, 30, 40 or 52 entries free (one paid entry and one free entry per Vernons pools game).
As you can see, Vernons pools are cheap enough to play full perms without too much strain on your pocket (even a massive full perm of 8 from 16 would cost just £58.50, and you'd get another 8 from 16 entry thrown in for free!) but if you prefer to use pools plans then Vernons have several for you to choose from. To give you a couple of examples, V Plan 83 covers 18 matches for £5.75 and V Plan 81 covers 16 matches for £1.36.
There are other games that can be played at Vernons (including Lottery and Instant Win games) but the main Vernons pools competition is the hands down winner as far as football pools players are concerned. For those of you who like the idea of low-cost football pools entries that give you a chance of winning up to £3 million, Vernons pools are well worth checking out.
