How To Write Betting Slips

Filling in a betting slip can be intimidating if you’ve never done it before, our free video guide shows you how to correctly write out a betting slip in a bookmakers.

1. Read the race card, look down the list of horses, and choose what you think is the best bet in the field.
2. Write down your stake Write the amount of money you wish to bet.
3. Write the name of your horse under the stake.
4. Write down when and where your horse is running.
5. At the bottom of the betting slip, enter the total amount of your bets on the slip. Take your completed slip to the cashier.

Remember that bookmakers want your money, so if you need help filling in a slip then always ask at the counter. Generally the counter staff at high street bookmakers are very keen to help. You can also view a correctly filled in betting slip for a simple ‘Win’ bet by click on the small thumbnail in this paragraph. If you want to make an ‘each way‘ bet then check out our guide to eachway betting ~ click here.

Each Way Betting

The Each Way bet is ideal if you fancy a horse to do well, but not necessarily to win. When you bet ‘Each Way‘ you are actually having two bets in one, the first bet is that your horse will win, the second bet is that your horse will be placed 2nd, 3rd or in fields of 16+ runners, even a 4th place will win you money. You can’t bet on a horse each way if the race has less than 5 runners and a race with 5 ~ 7 runners will only pay out on a 2nd place.

It’s also worth noting that if your horse doesn’t win but is placed (usually 2nd, 3rd) you will only get 1/4 or 1/5 of the quoted odds. Which means you shouldn’t back a horse each way unless it’s odds are over 5-1, because you could never win enough to cover your original stake at odds of 5-1 or shorter.

You can back ‘Each Way’ with all online bookmakers, if you want to know how to fill in a betting slip for an each way bet you can click the small thumbnail in this paragraph. It shows you the correct way to fill in the bookmakers slip for each way betting.

Remember that an each way bet is actually made up of two bets, so if you bet £5 each way, your total bet cost will be £10 (£5 on the win and £5 on the place)

Accumulators & Multiple Bets

There are many different types of accumulator bet, the simplest way to have an accumulator is to add a couple of selections to a betting slip. The video below shows you how to do this.

The other easy way to bet on accumulators is to bet with ToteSport online, the Tote have daily accumulators and the famous scoop6 saturday jackpot accumulator which can have a prize fund worth over 4 million!