One of the more recent innovations to the services offered by the online bookmakers is that if you bet with any of the online bookmakers offering the Live Horse racing service you can watch the race you bet on live on your computer.

Watch Live Racing

The tote has a long history in horse racing betting in the UK, having started operations as far back as 1928 and Totesport is now the fourth largest bookmaker in the UK. When it first started business its' main purpose was to offer on-course pool betting on horseracing as an alternative to starting price betting with bookmakers and to distribute its profits for "purposes conducive to the improvement of breeds of horses or the sport of horseracing.

In essence that is the way things remain to this day only that you can have a tote bet off course in over 4,500 retail betting shops throughout the UK and also with a number of the online bookmakers that take tote bets. Simply explained, tote betting is when you want to have a bet in a race and have decided the horse you wish to back, you can have a variety of tote bets including the following:

Probably the most publicised bookmakers tote bets as it is run each Saturday and the objective is to pick the 6 winners of each of the selected races that make up the Scoop6 bet on that day. Quite often the win fund gets very large with winners, sometimes can take home £500,000 plus. There is also a bonus fund so the winner of the Scoop 6 has the opportunity to select the winner of the most difficult race on the following Saturday, this is an excellent bonus and these win funds can also be very substantial.

Tote Scoop6 Betting Guide, Races and Results

The tote Placepot has captured the imagination of the punting public and this is without doubt one of the most played tote bets. For those who wish to have an interest in the afternoons racing the Placepot provides the ideal bet to keep you involved throughout the day.

Tote Placepot Bets and TotePlacepot Betting Guide

The most popular form of horseracing betting is to select a horse to win. That is the horse that you pick must beat all the other horses in the race. It is very simple to keep a track of the payout on a win selection as the tote pool updates on the screens every few seconds and you will see the payout for your selection.

Tote Win Betting Guide and Bookmakers Offers

To have a bet on a horse to be placed there must be a minimum of 5 runners. As there are races with different amounts of runners, the number of places that payout in a race varies with the number of runners.

Tote Place Betting Guide and Horseracing Bets

The tote Jackpot is one of the most popular tote pool bets and takes place daily at selected horse racing meetings except for Saturday when the focus moves to the Scoop6. The Jackpot races are always the first 6 races on the card at the selected meeting. You must enter your selections before the first race and the payout or dividends are declared after the last Jackpot race.

Tote Jackpot Bets and Horse Racing Betting

The tote Quadpot is similar to the tote placepot except that you are required to pick the placed horses in the four relevant races, which differs from the placepot where the requirement is to select the placed horses in the six placepot races. Therefore, it is a bit easier and the Quadpot is about selecting the placed horses in races 3 to 6 on the card.

Tote Quadpot Online Betting and Quadpot Dividends