The Tote Explained
The Totesport website offers a fantastic range of betting opportunities on all kinds of sports but has its roots in horseracing and all the "old favourite" exotic bets are still available on there.
The purpose of this article is to bring these to your attention.
The major difference between betting with the Tote and with a standard bookmaker is that you don't know for certain the price you are getting because it is pool betting.
This basically means that all the money gambled on a particular bet goes into a pool. The Tote takes out its percentage and the rest of the money is divided between the winning tickets.
As punters will still tend to be betting on the fancied horses, the returns near the top end of the market will normally be similar to SP but as fewer go for the outsiders, these returns can be considerably larger.
Pick 6 winners to hit the jackpot!
This is clearly a very difficult bet to win and no small amount of luck is needed but the chances of winning are still much better than the Lottery!
- Available for a featured race meeting each day.
- You must pick the winner of the first six races at the day's totejackpot meeting.
- Look out for big rollovers throughout the week.
Pick 6 placed horses (races 1-6).
The totejackpot's little brother, easier to win but obviously, as there are more winners, the prize is lower. Still a tidy sum for a small stake however!
- Available at every UK meeting, every day.
- Racing's favourite bet.
Saturday's big tv bet. One stake - three winning chances!
- Win fund, Bonus fund & Place fund payouts.
- Pick a horse in each of the 6 chosen totescoop6 races.
- Available on Saturday only.
- Look out for big rollovers from week to week.
Pick the 1st, 2nd & 3rd in the correct order.
- Available on selected races of 8 or more runners.
- A great alternative to the SP tricast bet, often paying great returns for the big races.
- Rollovers go forward to a selected race each Saturday.
Pick the 1st & 2nd in the correct order.
- Available on all races of 3 or more runners.
- A great bet if there's a short priced favourite, or you can't decide between two horses.
- The value alternative to the SP computer straight forecast (CSF).
Toteexacta facts and figures (01/09/05 – 31/08/06):
- Toteexacta gave a better return than the CSF in 67% of races.
- Toteexacta paid 30% more than CSF.
- The value alternative to the SP computer straight forecast (CSF).
Pick the winner of the race.
- Available on every race.
- A great alternative to SP betting, often paying fantastic returns, for bigger priced horses in particular.
- Rollovers go forward to a selected race each Saturday.








