The Cheltenham Festival is one of the most anticipated events in the horse racing calendar, and for good reason. Not only is it a showcase of some of the finest thoroughbreds in the world, but it’s also a chance for punters to test their betting skills and potentially win big. And this year, Tote is upping the ante with their £1 Million Placepot Pools every day of the festival.

If you’re not familiar with the Placepot, it’s Tote’s most popular bet, and it’s easy to see why. To win a share of the Placepot, all you need to do is select horses that finish placed in each of the first 6 races of the meeting. It’s a challenging but rewarding bet, and during Festival week, there is always a huge spike in Placepot activity.

And when it comes to Placepot dividends, Cheltenham is in a league of its own. In the last five years, Cheltenham has yielded the highest Placepot dividend of all UK racecourses, returning an average of £2,361.39. That’s right, you read that correctly. And in 2019, lucky punters walked away with a whopping £91,283.90 in Placepot winnings from a £1 stake.

Ensure you get Bigger Returns with Tote+

And if you want to maximize your winnings, Tote+ is the way to go. By placing your bet with Tote+ on the Tote site, you’ll get 10% extra dividend on your win and place bets, and 5% extra on exotics like the Placepot than you would betting in shops or on any other betting site. It’s a no-brainer for serious punters looking to get the best return on their bets.in shops or on any other betting site.

So, there you have it. The Cheltenham Festival is here, and Tote is offering some incredible opportunities for punters to win big with the Placepot. Whether you’re a seasoned bettor or a newbie, get involved and see if you can strike it lucky.

During Cheltenham, each Placepot pool will open the night before so you can get you selections placed early.

Summary Terms and Conditions – see Tote site for full details

Tote+ is only available on bets placed directly via tote.co.uk, tote.ie or the official tote app and on pools where the ‘tote+’ symbol is displayed on the race card. Only applied to dividends of 1.20 or above. Tote+ Win and Place bets will be settled at a value which is 10% bigger than the standard tote dividend.  Bets into all other Tote+ pools will be settled at a value which is 5% bigger than the standard tote dividend.

Full T&Cs apply. 18+. BeGambleAware.org.

Tote have just announced they will be running a Cheltenham Scoop6 pool on all four days of this year’s Cheltenham Festival.

Running from Tuesday 15th March to Friday 18th March, the Cheltenham Festival Scoop6 pools will be a continuation of the Saturday Scoop6. Any rollovers (win, place or bonus fund) from the Scoop6 on Saturday 12th March will be carried forward to the Cheltenham Festival Scoop6 on Tuesday 15th March. Rollovers from the Tuesday will be carried forward to the Cheltenham Festival Scoop6 on Wednesday and so on throughout the week.

Any rollovers from the Scoop6 pool on Friday 18th March will be carried forward to Saturday 20th March, after which the Saturday Scoop6 will continue to be a Saturday to Saturday bet.

Scoop6 races will be chosen the day before and will be posted on this site. It may be that some races within the Cheltenham Festival Scoop6 are chosen from other race meetings taking place on the day.

Any winner of the Scoop6 win fund will have the opportunity to play for the bonus fund on the day of the next Scoop6. Customers are required to register for the relevant bonus fund up to one hour before the scheduled off time of the chosen bonus race. Any customer that qualifies to play for the bonus fund is asked to register by phoning the bonus race hotline on 0800 028 4418.

For the avoidance of doubt, please see below a list of dates that Scoop6 pools are scheduled to take place during and around this year’s Cheltenham festival.

Saturday 12th March
Tuesday 15th March
Wednesday 16th March
Thursday 17th March
Friday 18th March
Saturday 19th March

Will you be joining in on these extra Cheltenham Scoop6 pools?

Good luck everyone. Remember to return to Scoop6.co.uk on each day of the Cheltenham Festival for live updates as the Scoop6 runs.

Last Saturday’s sole Scoop6 winner will be hoping to be the new Christmas ‘Carroll’ this weekend, when he goes for an additional £237,909 in the bonus race.

A break from work and paying off his mortgage could even be on the cards for Christopher Carroll, from Widnes, who placed a £2 line on the Scoop6 at his local Betfred shop and managed to pick up £27,566.30 from correctly backing all six winners from our selected races at Cheltenham and Doncaster.

Christopher said, “It was unbelievable. I do it every week, normally three separate tickets of £2 each, but for some reason I only did two tickets this week and one of them came up. I just go for horses that I’ve backed before and have won, or that I think stand a good chance.

“If I win really big on Saturday, I’ll be paying my mortgage off and booking a nice holiday. I think if I won the big one, I might even consider quitting work or even taking a few years off.”

His Scoop6 win didn’t come without drama either, as the final leg, the Close Brothers Mares’ Handicap Hurdle from Cheltenham, ended in a photo finish with Chris’ selection, Martello Sky thankfully coming out on top by a neck from Indefatigable.

“I was confident with the first leg, Coole Cody, and once that came in they just all seemed to fall right. I watched the racing at home with friends and family, but the close finish in the last made me really nervous.”

Details of the Bonus Race, and all the Scoop6 races, will be posted on this site on Friday.

Festive Scoop6 Pools

As well as Chris’ attempt at the bonus race this Saturday, the Scoop6 is also set for multiple Festive outings between Christmas and New Year.

To allow punters the opportunity to watch the Scoop6 action unfold on ITV Racing, the famous bet will be available on Kempton’s Boxing Day card, Kempton and Chepstow on the 27th, Leopardstown, Catterick and Leicester on the 28th and then Leopardstown and Newbury on the 29th.

Could you be the next big Scoop6 winner?

If Christopher fails to find the winner of the Bonus Race, any winners from this Saturday’s Scoop6 will play for an even larger bonus fund on Boxing Day!

You can choose your Scoop6 selections on the Tote site from 4pm each Friday.

Don’t forget the Ten to Follow is back and entries are open now!

Good luck everyone. Remember to return to Scoop6.co.uk on Saturday for live updates as the Scoop6 runs.

The iconic Tote Ten to Follow competition is making a very welcome return for the the 2021/22 Jumps season and entries are open now!

The season long competition gets underway on Saturday 13th November and continues all the way to April 9th.

The total prize fund is guaranteed to be worth at least £100,000 and could be considerably more.

Make sure you get your entry in before 11am on Saturday 13th November.

You need to pick a stable of 10 horses to follow across the jumps season. You will then earn points based on their results – with the best performing stable guaranteed to win at least £27,000 and prizes for the top 500 stables!

There are also four monthly prizes up for grabs for the best performance in each full month of the Ten to Follow (December, January, February and March)

Ten to Follow stables cost £5/€5.50 each and there is also a free-to-play version with a racing tickets as prizes.

Register for the Ten to Follow Now

How to Play the Ten to Follow

You create a stable by selecting 10 horses from a list of over 500 of the biggest names. These horses then score points every time they win, or are placed, in a race. The 500 stables with the most points at the end of the season get a share of a prize fund which is guaranteed to total at least £100,000! with first place being worth at least £27,000!

There are bonus races that score extra points and also prizes for the stables that score the most points in each full month of the competition. More details of how you score points can be found on our Ten to Follow page.

Each stable costs £5/€5.50 to enter and you can play as many times as you wish. There is also be a free to play version of the Ten to Follow.

The Ten to Follow is run as a pool, like all the other Tote bets, so the more people that play the larger the prizes will grow. So make sure you share this post with your friends.

Register with Tote to be ready to create your Ten to Follow stable. Find all the horses available and start making your selections.

Are you looking forward to playing the Ten to Follow or have memories from previous runnings of the Ten to Follow? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

£5/€5.50 per stable in the paid game. Guaranteed min. total prize pool of £100,000 (or € equivalent) with prizes paid for first 500 places (see full terms for details). Maximum one entry per person in the free game for race course membership and ticket prizes. Entries close at 11am GMT 13th November 2021. UK and ROI only. Full Terms and Conditions apply. 18+ Begambleaware.org

The iconic Tote Ten to Follow competition is making a very welcome return for the the 2020/21 Jumps season and entries are open now!

The season long competition gets underway on Saturday 14th November and continues all the way to April 24th.

The total prize fund is guaranteed to be worth at least £150,000 and could be considerably more. Tote are taking no money out of the prize fund – every penny staked will be paid out in prizes.

Make sure you get your entry in before 11am on Saturday 14th November.

You need to pick a stable of 10 horses to follow across the jumps season. You will then earn points based on their results – with the best performing stable guaranteed to win at least £77,000 and prizes for the top 100 stables!

There are also four £10,000 prizes up for grabs for the best performance in each full month of the Ten to Follow.

Ten to Follow stables cost £5 each and there is also a free-to-play version with a £5,000 prize.

Register for the Ten to Follow Now

How to Play the Ten to Follow

You create a stable by selecting 10 horses from a list of over 500 of the biggest names. These horses then score points every time they win, or are placed, in a race. The 100 stables with the most points at the end of the season get a share of a prize fund which is guaranteed to total at least £150,000! with first place being worth at least £77,000!

There are bonus races that score extra points and also prizes of £10,000 for the stables that score the most points in each full month of the competition. More details of how you score points can be found on our Ten to Follow page.

Each stable costs £5 to enter and you can play as many times as you wish. There is also be a free to play version of the Ten to Follow with a £5,000 prize.

The Ten to Follow is run as a pool, like all the other Tote bets, so the more people that play the larger the prizes will grow. If there were 200,000 entries then first place would be worth over £600,000! If there were 400,000 entries it would swell to over £1.25 Million! So make sure you share this post with your friends.

Register with Tote to be ready to create your Ten to Follow stable. Find all the horses available and start making your selections.

Are you looking forward to playing the Ten to Follow or have memories from previous runnings of the Ten to Follow? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Tote launch a brand new exciting multi-leg bet this Saturday with the Survivor!

Like the Scoop6 your aim in the Tote Survivor is to pick the winners of six selected Saturday races. After each race the players that failed pick the winner are knocked out.

So far that sounds just like the Scoop6 or Jackpot. What is unique about the Survivor is that as soon as there is just one player left they will win all the money in the pool – even if there are legs that haven’t started yet.

Also, if all tickets are knocked out in a race, everyone that had picked winners for all the previous races will win a share of the pool.

Together that means that every Saturday there will be winners of the Survivor and there will never be a rollover!

Where to Play the Tote Survivor

You can Play the Survivor at tote.co.uk each Saturday. Select Multi-Leg Bets from the Bet Types drop down and select the Tote Survivor.

Selecting your Survivor horses

When picking your Tote Survivor horses you will want to balance between selecting the most likely winners, and picking horses who might go under the radar somewhat.

Pick a favourite, and it’s likely that so too will a large portion of your competition. More winning players through means there’s likely to be a smaller winning dividend when a winner is crowned.

On the other hand, going for outsiders may mean you want to have multiple selection in a race but, should that big priced one succeed, much of the competition could fall away.

How many selections per race will you go for?

Play from 50p!

The minimum stake per line for the Survivor is 50p and you can place just one line if you choose to.

A small stake per line will allow you to cover more selections but remember, if multiple players are winners, the prize poll will be divided proportional to their line stakes.

Like all Tote bets, the Survivor dividend will always be declared to a £1 stake.

What do you think? will you be playing the Tote Survivor this Saturday?

This Saturday’s Scoop6 will start with some huge rollovers after no one was able to find the 6 winners of last Saturday’s pool.

The Win fund will start the day at £167,470 and the bonus fund at £63,158! Both these totals will grow rapidly as more stakes are placed on Saturday morning.

Tote predict the combined pools will reach £280,000 when the first leg gets under way! Their estimate is there will be over £205,000 in the win fund and £75,000 in the bonus fund.

Will you be taking on the challenge to find six winners of six races on Saturday? Whether you perm your selections, get a syndicate together with your mates or whether you just play a single £2 line, now is a great time to try the Scoop6. It’s your chance to win a life changing payout on Saturday’s favourite bet.

You can place Scoop6 bets at most high street and online bookmakers but the easiest way is direct with Tote on their mobile friendly website. As a new customer you’ll even get a £10 risk free bet that you could use on the Scoop6.

Here are the six crucial races that will make up Saturday’s Scoop6: –

Leg 1 - 1:50 Ascot
Leg 2 - 2:25 Ascot
Leg 3 - 3:00 Ascot
Leg 4 - 3:35 Ascot
Leg 5 - 4:20 Ascot
Leg 6 - 4:45 Ascot

The first 4 legs will be shown live on ITV4. Open an account with Tote, and place a deposit, and you can watch all races online.

Good luck everyone. Remember to return to Scoop6.co.uk on Saturday for live updates as the Scoop6 runs.

Today, the UK Tote Group have announced the launch of the Tote’s new website which provides customers with a new dedicated digital pool betting experience for horseracing.

The new site is available on desktop and mobile and seeks to provide customers with a greatly enhanced experience when placing single and multileg bets with the Tote.

The website will continue to undergo development and improvements with extra features being added. Any new customers signing up will receive a £10 risk free bet.

Alongside this development comes a seismic change in the pool betting offering which means customers can be assured they will be better off betting with the Tote.

The new ‘Tote Guarantee’ ensures the Tote will always match the industry Starting Price (SP) or pay the pool price if the latter is bigger than the SP on all Win bets placed on the Tote website.

Tote Guarantee has also been trialled on racecourses throughout February. This will continue at the following upcoming meetings:

• Wednesday 19th February: Doncaster 
• Friday 21st February: Wolverhampton
• Saturday 22nd February: Newcastle 
• Monday 24th February: Wolverhampton
• Wednesday 26th February: Wincanton
• Friday 28th February: Doncaster, Newbury and Newcastle 
• Saturday 29th February: Doncaster, Newbury and Kelso 

In 2019 the Tote Win beat SP on the winner of 2,887 races in the UK and on winning horses priced over 12/1 the Tote Win paid more than the SP 66% of the time. In the 2019 Randox Health Grand National the Tote offered a bigger price on 39 of the 40 runners, including two-time winner Tiger Roll.

The new website and launch of Tote Guarantee come three months after the UK Tote Group completed its acquisition of the Tote in October 2019 and follows on from the successful return of Tote Ten to Follow in a new digital format.

This is the start of an exciting new era for the Tote and racing fans can expect numerous further developments from the Tote in the coming months. These include bigger placepot pools which will open earlier for feature meetings, including for the upcoming 2020 Cheltenham Festival; a far more data rich betting experience with a new Tote Blog and greater access to live betting information in new graphical format and the development of a new Tote App to be launched in the summer.

Mark Kemp, UK Tote Group Managing Director, said: “Racing fans and customers are at the heart of everything we are doing at the Tote. We have listened to feedback through our Tote Town Halls and want to ensure betting with the Tote is an exciting, fun and safe experience for all which offers the best possible value. Central to this is the launch of the new website and Tote Guarantee which are major innovations for the pool betting experience.

“The Tote offers unique multileg bets, including the placepot and jackpot, and we are focused on providing greater transparency about the size of the pools and related data to help customers make informed betting choices. This is just the start of the new era for the Tote. We have numerous new developments to roll out in the coming weeks and months during what promises to be a really exciting time for the Tote.”

You have until midday on Saturday to get your entry in for the Tote Ten to Follow.

The Ten to Follow is the competition when you pick a stable of ten horse to follow across the season and score points based on how well the perform.

Free to Play – £10,000 prize

Everyone that registers with Tote will have one entry into the free-to-play side of the Ten to Follow, where the stable with the most points at the end of the season (on 25th April) will win £10,000!

Register for the Ten to Follow

£5 per Stable – £250,000+ prize fund

The main part of the Ten to Follow features a prize fund guaranteed to be at least £250,000, with £175,000 going to the overall winner!

Entries cost £5 per stable and you can have multiple stables if you are struggling to narrow it down to one list of ten or want to cover more horses.

Create your Ten to Follow Shortlist

Even if you haven’t decided on your final stable you should still register with Tote today. You can then save a shortlist of horses, and study the Racing Post data on the site, to help you with making your final decisions.

Register for the Tote Ten to Follow and Start Creating your Shortlist

More on the Tote Ten to Follow

• Ten to Follow is Back! £250k+ to Win
• Ten to Follow Stable Tour Videos
• £250,000 up for grabs in the Tote Ten to Follow!
• Ten to Follow Introduction
• Ten to Follow Horses
• Ten to Follow Bonus Races

The iconic Tote Ten to Follow competition is making a very welcome return for the the 2019/20 Jumps season and entries are open now!

The season long competition gets underway on Saturday 30th November, the day of the Ladbrokes trophy, and continues until the day of the bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown on 25th April.

Make sure you get your entry in before midday on Saturday 30th November.

You need to pick a stable of 10 horses to follow across the jumps season. You will then earn points based on their results – with the best performing stable guaranteed to win at least £175,000 and prizes for the top 100 stables!

Ten to Follow stables cost £5 each and there is also a free-to-play version with a £10,000 prize.

Register for the Ten to Follow Now

How to Play the Ten to Follow

You create a stable by selecting 10 horses from a list of over 500 put together by the Racing Post. These horses then score points every time they win, or are placed, in a race. The 100 stables with the most points at the end of the season get a share of a prize fund which is guaranteed to total at least £250,000! with first place being worth at least £175,000!

There are bonus races that score extra points and also prizes of £10,000 for the stables that score the most points in each full month of the competition. More details of how you score points can be found on our Ten to Follow page.

Each stable costs £5 to enter and you can play as many times as you wish. There will also be a free to play version of the Ten to Follow with a £10,000 prize.

The Ten to Follow is run as a pool, like all the other Tote bets, so the more people that play the larger the prizes will grow. If there were 200,000 entries then first place would be worth over £600,000! If there were 400,000 entries it would swell to over £1.25 Million! So make sure you share this post with your friends.

Register with Tote to be ready to create your Ten to Follow stable. Find all the horses available and start making your selections.

Are you looking forward to playing the Ten to Follow or have memories from previous runnings of the Ten to Follow? Share your thoughts in the comments below.