Follow The Tote! Virtual Grand National pool gives punters a big fundraiser

PUNTERS can rejoice as bookmakers have priced up the Virtual Grand National – and The Tote look to have all bases covered ahead of Saturday’s showpiece.

With fixed odds on offer from all other bookmakers, make sure to get involved with the Tote’s pool betting. With prices moving according to the betting, punters could win more if they pick the winner, but won’t received any less than due to the Tote guarantee against the SP.

And although not all horses in the field will be bigger on the Tote, fluctuations in their market mean you at least have a chance of cracking some juicier odds.

Tote has a pool so will be the only place where odds and dividends vary from the fixed odds bookmakers.

With pool betting you may find better prices if you pick a winner, but even if you don’t there’s no reason to worry as the new SP guarantee means the Tote will never be beaten by SP anyway.

All profits from the race will be directed straight to the NHS, so there’s even more of a reason to get involved.

Previous editions of the Virtual Grand National suggest that if you want to back the winner, you need a horse at 25-1 or less.

And trends also imply you want a horse who’s won over a distance of 3m, who’s had course form in the past and who is above the half-way mark in the handicap.

Successful applicants this year include Tiger Roll, Magic Of Light and Burrows Saint – so make sure you head to the pool to see if there are better odds available than on SP!