A number of people have reported that charges apply when you use a credit card to place entries on the footballpools.com site but not on other sites. 

I tried this and indeed there is a £2.50 charge for a £5.00 entry on the footballpools.com site but not on Brittens.  This is a 50% charge on the product price.

My bank said to me today that this is because footballpools.com have registered themselves as a gambling merchant but Brittens have not.  They also said that it is the resoponsibility of the merchant to warn online of the impending charge.

A cop out if ever I’ve heard one.

Anyway, check your bills and don’t use the credit card for pools entries on footballpools.com if you can help it.  Use a debit card instead.

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