Press Release

Tote Superpools take off at Royal Ascot

• Over £80 million bet into Tote Superpools

• 16 £1 million+ pools

• Tote Win beats Industry SP on 10 occasions

Friday 19th June 2020

Tote Superpools are recording significant growth this week with over £80 million bet into pools across the first three days of Royal Ascot.

With 20 leading racing nations, including the UK and Hong Kong, betting into a single World Pool and all 36 races included, volumes have so far increased by 60% in comparison to 2019.

This year there have already been 16 Swinger and Quinella pools in excess of £1 million.

With a quality 8-race card on Saturday the pool is expected to be the biggest of the week.

Greater Value for Tote customers

With supersized pools available there has been some examples of exceptional value for Tote customers at tote.co.uk.

On 10 of the 21 races run so far at Royal Ascot the Tote Win price has exceeded the industry Starting Price (SP), and with Tote Guarantee in place the Tote has matched SP on the remaining occasions. The races where the Tote Win price has exceeded SP are listed below:

Tuesday:

• Buckingham Place Handicap, Motakhayyel, £18.30 v 14/1

• King Edward VII Stakes, Pyledriver, £20.90 v 18/1

• Duke of Cambridge Stakes, Nazeef, £4.35 v 10/3

• Ascot Stakes, Couer de Lion, £24.25 v 16/1

Wednesday:

• Silver Royal Hunt Cup, Sir Busker, £13.50 v 12/1

• Royal Hunt Cup, Dark Vison, £11.40 v 15/2

• Copper Horse Handicap, Fujaira Prince, £4.45 v 3/1

Thursday:

• Golden Gates Handicap, Highland Chief, £25.05 v 20/1

• Jersey Stakes, Molatham, £6.95 v 11/2

• Britannia Stakes, Khaloosy. £7.25 v 9/2

Happy Scoop6 Winner takes home over £60,000

Last Saturday, lucky Tote customer Howard Rothwell claimed £19,701 by winning the Bonus race to top up his £40,971.90 Scoop6 windfall.

Howard has played the Scoop6 for many years and has had five horses up in the pool on numerous occasions, but June 2020 will be remembered in the Rothwell household as the year he finally cracked the big win.

Full details about Howard’s winning line and winning strategy can be read here: https://tote.co.uk/racing/features/scoop6-winner

Alex Frost, Chief Executive of the UK Tote Group, said: “Royal Ascot never disappoints and despite the challenging circumstances it is once again proving to be a wonderful week of world class racing. Bringing together leading racing nations to bet into a single World Pool is seeing a significant increase in pool sizes and providing some excellent value for Tote customers. It is very exciting to launch Tote Superpools at Royal Ascot and see what can be achieved when pool betting operators work together. We are really looking forward to the final two days of the Royal meeting.”

For more information about the UK Tote Group please visit www.uktotegroup.com and www.tote.co.uk and follow us @UKToteGroup and @ToteRacing.

ENDS.

For further information, please contact:

Susannah Gill
Communications and Corporate Affairs Director
UK Tote Group
susannah.gill@uktotegroup.com
07751 870 929

Notes to Editors

About UK TOTE GROUP

UK Tote Group is the proud owner and steward of the Tote, the UK’s leading pool betting operator.

The Tote has been a core part of British horseracing since 1928 when it was established by Parliament under Winston Churchill as Chancellor of the Exchequer, to provide the public with a safe way to bet and vital funding for the sport.

UK Tote Group is committed to fulfilling Churchill’s founding mission through a revitalised Tote which provides better value and an improved experience to customers, as well as increased funding to British horseracing. 

The 90-year-old British company is backed by racehorse owners and breeders from around the world and has an exclusive partnership with British racecourses to provide pool betting services to the six million people who attend race meetings in Great Britain every year, alongside an alliance with Tote Ireland.

The Tote employs 90 people who are based in the Tote’s main office in Wigan and a satellite office in London.