Totesport - the original & still the best

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At the grandfather of all bookmakers Totesport. What is Totesport? Over 74 million bets are placed through The tote each year you can bet on any sport but the tote is the only bookmaker that offers a pool on horse racing with over 450 shops and a presence on all the major race courses in the UK. Click Here to get your £60 free bet

Established by Act of Parliament in 1928 and is has become the fourth largest bookmaker in the UK. The first major race meetings with tote betting were the flat race meetings at Newmarket (July Course) and Carlisle on 2nd July 1929.

The Betting Levy Act 1961 forced significant changes on the racing and bookmaking industries. A horserace betting levy on bookmakers meant that the tote was no longer the only source of betting revenue for racing.

The spending powers of the tote were transferred to the Levy Board.   Most importantly bookmakers were permitted to open betting shops.  However, the tote was restricted to opening shops offering bets on horseracing at tote odds. These restrictions were lifted in 1972, from then on the tote could operate as a bookmaker as well as offering pool betting on horses.

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Tote Direct

Tote Direct was set up in 1992 to channel tote bets from high street betting shops into tote pools. Now tote betting terminals are in more than 4500 shops across the UK, including all totesport, Ladbrokes and Coral shops. 

New customers - simply sign up for a totesport account and get a free bet up to the value of £60 by taking the following simple steps:

The tote internet betting operation, totebetXpress, was launched in 2002. Click Here to get your £60 free bet