The Tote have opened markets on this weekend’s record-breaking Scoop6 and reckon the bet is 1-4 to be won this Saturday and 11-4 to rollover to Hennessy Gold Cup weekend on Saturday 29th November.

And the firm have also priced up a market on how much money will be taken in Stakes on the Scoop6 this Saturday. They have 13-8 joint favourites of are Over £2million to £2.5million and Over £2.5million to £3million.

Spokesman Damian Walker said: “We took £1M two weekends ago and £2M last Saturday, so we reckon this weekend’s turnover is most likely to fall between £2M-£3M. I’m sure we won’t mind paying out at 50-1 on over £4million being bet this Saturday.”

“The scoop6 doesn’t look as though it will be as difficult as it has been the previous two weekends and it is a 1-4 chance to be won.”

“With that in mind and almost £3M of dead money in the pool, punters need to get busy this weekend as the huge rollovers might not be around if they wait a week.”

Our thoughts agree with the Tote’s assessment, which is good since they know much more than us! Though the races for this week’s Scoop6 haven’t been released yet, it looks like there aren’t the number of difficult races for the Tote to pick from this time. Overall we think that’s a good thing. The massive rollover is a great target to go for but we think it is time it was won. Also a less daunting line up should mean more new Scoop6 punters are ready to give it a go for the first time.

Make sure you are ready for this Saturday by opening an account with Totesport. They currently are offering a £25 free bet and 5% cash back on totepool bets including the Scoop6.

Tote’s Scoop6 Markets

How much will be bet on the scoop6?
33-1 : Under £1.5million
11-2 : Over £1.5million to £2million
13-8 : Over £2million to £2.5million
13-8 : Over £2.5million to £3million
5-1 : Over £3million to £3.5million
14-1 : Over £3.5million to £4million
50-1 :Over £4million

Will the scoop6 be won?
1-4 : Yes
11-4 : No
All six legs must be run. Prices from 9.30am

Ok, finding a loser after last weeks Scoop6 was not won isn’t really that hard a task, there is one sat behind this keyboard, but one punter had a particually close call.

Going into the final race there were 19 tickets still live, split over 9 runners. Coming to the last this punter held the only ticket still in with a chance, a chance of scooping the full £2,098,527 for himself and befcome the largest Scoop6 winner ever. His hopes lay with 66/1 shot Maneki Neko who had a good run and was battling with Sunnyhillboy for the lead. Unfortunately his dreams weren’t to come true as Sunnyhillboy pulled away to win by four lengths.

Betfair have announced that the unlucky punter placed their Scoop6 bet with them and, though the punter wishes to stay anonymous, they have released some details. The punter was making only his second Scoop6 bet but was giving it a good go by selecting 2,304 lines. He had three selections in the last race (Maneki Neko (2nd), Hernando Royal (4th) and Busker Royal (fell). This means his likely combination was 4x4x4x4x3x3, though the other 3 could be in any of the first five race.

Hopefully there is some good news from this for the unlucky punter. He is likely to have had quite a few winning place lines paying out at £407.40 each to soften the blow. Though I’m sure it would take a while to forget the £2 million+ that he was so close to.

There is good news for everyone else. The Scoop6 rolls over for another week and it looks like we will be playing for a win fund of over £3 million this Saturday. Add in the bonus fund and there could be a possible prize of over £4 million!!

Beat the rush and open an account with Totesport bookmakers, the home of the Scoop6. They currently have a £25 free bet promotion and will also give you 5% cashback on your Scoop6 bets this month. The unlucky punter didn’t take advantage of that offer so lost himself £230 before racing started, that’s not unlucky, it’s foolish!

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