Tote betting allows you a nice change from the traditional style of fixed-odds betting apps that bookmakers offer. Here's a list of the best tote betting apps in 2023.
The Tote is owned by racehorse owners and breeders from around the world. It has an exclusive partnership with British racecourses to provide pool betting services to everyone who attends race meetings in Great Britain every year.
You can create an online account with Tote and place Tote style bets with them at the track, online or via the Tote app.
There are a range of promotions available including new customers offers, weekly free bets and more.
There are a range of Tote bets you can place.
Betfred, who used to own the Tote until 2019 still have a partnership with the UK Tote. Betfred's customers can place Tote bets on races offered by the Tote.
We recommend Betfred if you want to place Tote styles bets on UK races without having to open an account at the Tote.
Betfred are a great UK bookmaker and have a range of superb offers and promotions available for it's customers.
In the UK there are a couple of places you can place Tote Style bets. The UK Tote and some bookmakers.
The only licensed Tote operator in the UK is 'The Tote'. Other Totes operate in other countries such as France, Australia and Ireland.
A number of UK bookmakers have partnered with licensed Tote operators in various countries. Each bookmaker operates slightly differently, so the Totes you can access varies.
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We have listed the best places to place Tote Style Bets in the section above.
A Tote Style of betting is what is known as pool betting. It's a bit like a sweep stake, everyone’s bets are collected together in one big pool and then shared out.
When you place a tote bet, if your selection wins you get a share of all the money that was bet on the race.
Sometimes it is called a placepot and we explain more about this in out post "What is a placepot?"
The main thing to bear in mind is that you are placing your bet into the Tote Win pool for the race and not placing a bet with a bookie. Unlike the odds provided by a fixed-odds bookmaker app, the Tote Win dividend is solely determined by the percentage of money wagered on each of the runners in the pool.