Tote Pool Betting: Rules

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Acceptance of Bets

• William Hill is an agent for the Tote allowing our LBOs, Telephone Betting Centre and www.williamhill.com to accept bets at Tote odds on horse racing in Great Britain and selected pools in the Republic of Ireland and other countries where we advertise acceptance.

  • Our rules for Tote are exactly the same as what the tote has - any changes to the Tote means ours should reflect this.
  • All Tote bets are placed directly into the live Tote pool and are settled on the rules of the UK Tote.
  • In circumstances where bets do not reach the pool, customers will have their stakes refunded and William Hill won't be liable for any loss of winnings that would have been due had the bet reached the pool.
  • When your bet has been processed, your betting slip will appear with confirmation that your bet has been placed.
  • In the event of any difference between your original slip and your receipt, the selections and stake entered into the Tote pool will determine settlement.

• The bets accepted at horse race meetings in Great Britain are the Scoop 6, Jackpot, Placepot, Quadpot, Trifecta, Exacta, Swinger, win, place and any other new bet introduced by the UK Tote.
• Where the UK Tote offer a pool facility for horse race meetings taking place outside Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland, bets will be accepted.
• Where we offer a facility for Tote bets from horse race meetings in the Republic of Ireland, the rules are the same as those of the UK Tote.

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Settlement

• Bets are placed using the official racecard numbers.
• If the official number is misprinted in the racecard, then the number declared by the racecourse will take precedence.
• In the event of any dispute arising from the horse name/number, bets will be settled on the horse number printed on the captured image of the customer receipt.
• All Tote bets are settled on the official result.

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Deductions

• Winning dividends are calculated by dividing the total amount of stakes entered into the pool (less deductions) by the number of winning units.
• Where no winning dividend is declared, the pool is carried forward to a nominated race(s) or meeting(s).
• The percentage deductions taken from each pool for horse race meetings in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland as of the 1st January 2019 are as follows:

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Minimum Dividends

• The dividends for all pools except the Scoop 6 are calculated to a £1.00 stake and rounded down to the nearest 10p.
• The minimum dividend is £1.10, unless the calculated dividend for the win pool is 90p or less, in which case the dividend will be £1.02.
• Likewise, in the place pool if the calculated dividend is 70p or less the place dividend will be £1.02.

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Unnamed Favourites, Non-Runners and Void Races

• In the Jackpot, Placepot, Quadpot, Scoop 6 and Super Scoop 6, the unnamed favourite can be selected.
• Where there are joint or co-favourites, the one with the lowest racecard number will be taken as the selection.
• In bets with more than one leg, non-runners are replaced by the unnamed favourite and any other bet containing a non-runner is void.
• If a race is declared void, the Jackpot, Placepot, Quadpot, Scoop 6 and Super Scoop 6 are settled on the remaining legs.

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Dead Heats

• In the win pool the pool is divided into equal parts.
• In the place pool, if an extra place(s) is created, the amount of the pool allocated to that placing will be divided equally between the runners involved in the dead heat.
• Dead heats for first place count as winners in the Jackpot and Scoop 6 win pool.
• Dead heats for places count as winners in the Placepot, Quadpot and Scoop 6 place pool.

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Win

• Predict the runner that will win the race.
• Available in all races.
• Singles only accepted.

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Place

• Predict a runner that will be placed.
• Available in all races with 5 or more runners.
• If less than 5 runners, bets will be void.
• Singles only accepted.

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Exacta

• Select the first and second in the correct order in races with 3 or more runners.
• Singles only accepted.

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Trifecta

• Select the first, second and third in the correct order in a race nominated as a Trifecta race.
• A Trifecta will be available on all UK races with three (3) or more declared runners.
• If there are fewer than three (3) runners, declared bets are void.
• Singles only accepted.

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Placepot

• The Placepot usually operates on the first 6 races at a meeting.
• The Placepot requires you to select 6 placed selections.

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Jackpot

• The Jackpot usually operates on the first 6 races at the Jackpot meeting.
• The Jackpot requires you to select all 6 winners.

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Scoop 6/Super Scoop 6

• The bet requires a unit stake of £2.00 and operates on 6 nominated races.
• 6 winning selections qualify for the win dividend.
• Six placed selections qualify for the place dividend.
• Unless otherwise announced, winners of the Scoop 6 win dividend qualify to register for the bonus prize fund and Super Scoop 6 win dividend for the Shootout fund Claimants must register on 0800 0284 418 by 18:00 on the Thursday before the bonus race or Shootout.
• Registered Scoop 6 qualifiers must call the bonus line between 9:00 and one hour before the bonus race takes place and Super Scoop 6 qualifiers one hour before the Shootout takes place.
• Any registered qualifier who doesn't call or who calls and selects a non runner will be allocated the unnamed favorite, in accordance with Rule 5.
• Failure to register will mean that you're not eligible for the bonus race or Shootout fund.
• The Super Scoop 6 Shootout takes place on three nominated races on one day at the end of the season.
• There are three prizes: leg 1, legs 1 & 2 and legs 1, 2 & 3.
• In the event of one or more Scoop6 races being abandoned or voided, whether before or after the first leg has begun, any money brought forward to the totescoop6 win fund won't form any part of the fund, and the funds will solely be comprised of money invested on that day's totescoop6 pool.
•  If the Tote Scoop 6 Jackpot isn't won, it will roll over to the next available meeting.

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Swinger

• Available in all races with 6 or more runners.
• Select two horses in one bet.
• You'll win if they finish either 1st and 2nd, 2nd and 3rd or 1st and 3rd.
• If the number of runners drops to 4 or 5, a dividend will only be declared for 1st and 2nd.
• If the number of runners drops below 3 bets will be void.

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Quadpot

• The Quadpot usually operates on the last four legs of the Placepot.
• The Quadpot requires you to select four placed selections.

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