Tote Ireland is delighted to announce that, from 24th May 2010, it will operate from a new Tote central system and International Tote Gateway provided by Scientific Games Racing. The new Tote system will operate from May 24th 2010 with the first Irish meeting being Punchestown on May 26th 2010.
 The Tote are pleased to offer an exciting new bet type to its customers - the Tote Trifecta. The aim of the Trifecta, which will replace the existing Trio bet, is to select the first three horses in the correct order. The unit stake will be €0.50, and the bet will be declared to a €0.50 dividend. The Trifecta will be available on all Irish races with eight or more declared runners. On day one at Punchestown there was one Trifecta winner of €2,225!
A feature which will be unique to the Irish Trifecta and which will be of particular interest to exotic bet fans is that all Trifecta rollovers will be rolled to the 6th race of the day. The Tote's international partners in the UK, Europe and South Africa will be able to bet into the Irish Trifecta pool.
Place Bet & Placepot Bet Changes
In order to adapt to International Tote standards, Tote Ireland are altering their Place bet and also the Placepot rules. In a Place bet and in the Placepot, TOTE WILL NOW ONLY PAY 4 PLACES ON HANDICAP RACES WITH 16 OR MORE RUNNERS. Previously Tote paid 4 places on all races with 16 or more runners. The change will bring Tote Ireland into line with International Tote rules and standards and should enhance the Place and Placepot pools. Place and Placepot dividends should increase and there should be a greater probability of Placepot rollovers. At the same time, the Tote retention on the Place pool will increase to 25% in line with the Tote exotic product portfolio.
Other Positive Changes
The Tote's new system will now allow all Tote customers to have the facility to select the SP favourite on Jackpots and Placepots. This is an important new benefit for on-course customers as it previously was not available on-course. Tote Ireland will also facilitate Tote betting from 9.00am each morning which will appeal to Tote phone and online customers as well as our Betting Shop customers who do their Tote betting through Ladbrokes shops in Ireland. A frequent request from Tote customers is for leg-by-leg breakdowns of the Jackpot and the new Tote system will also provide this.
New Bet Jets
The Tote has also invested in new self vend machines or "Betjets" as they will be branded on-course. The new Betjets have a user friendly interface, vastly enhanced probables information, a greater array of functions, new Exacta matrices, and are very robust and reliable.
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