Betting At The Races
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Goliath:
Eight selections combined in one eightfold, eight sevenfolds, twenty-eight
sixfolds, fifty-six fivefolds, seventy fourfolds, fifty-six trebles
and twenty-eight doubles. two hundred and forty-seven bets in all.
Union Jack:
Nine selections, numbered one to nine, and combined in eight trebles.
The banker or best bet selection is numbered five, and forms the
centre of a "union jack" arrangement: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 the trebles
are as follows: 1-2-3, 1-4-7, 1-5-9, 2-5-8, 3-5-7, 3-6-9, 4-5-6,
7-8-9. Any-to-come or A-T-C: An instruction that frees the punter
from trotting backwards and forwards to the betting shop while out
shopping on a Saturday - a whole afternoon's punting can be outlined
in one morning visit to the bookies, and there's no risk of being
swept away by the heady atmosphere of your local layer's and having
more on than you can afford.
It is possible to list a series of bets, and specify that the second
is only to be made if there is "any to come" ie any returns, from
the first; the third to be made only if there is "any to come" from
the second etc. Accumulator's for the cautious, a-t-c bets allow
the punter to specify the portion of a particular bet's returns
to have on the next selection. For example: £10 win horse A, a-t-c
£5 win horse B, a-t-c £2.50 e/w dble horse C + horse D. It's possible,
therefore, for A to win and B to lose (in which case there's "nothing
to come" for the each-way double - the bet is not placed) and the
punter will receive returns on £10 win A minus £5. A-T-C has been
touted as a system for betting tax-free, in that you only pay tax
on the stake for your first selection.
A-T-C bets are just the thing to annoy your bookmaker and baffle
the junior settler. Up and Down or Single Stakes About: Two selections
in two single bets with an additional A-T-C proviso on each bet.
eg £10 Up and Down horse A and horse B: £10 win A a-t-c £10 win
B; £10 win B a-t-c £10 win A. Total stake £20 +tax There are numerous
local names for and variants of the above, but most bookmakers will
accept these bets as described.
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