Thursday, 24 May 2012: Jackpot joy for customers
Tonight's huge Sandown Cup program will feature a fantastic
jackpot for greyhound fans.
There is a $20,000
jackpot that will kick-start the First 4 pool for the Sandown Cup, which is race eight on the program. Punters are expected to anchor champion greyhound Miata in their First 4 investments, as she will start a hot favourite.
TAB Sportsbet's Jaimee Rogers will be live trackside tonight to take photos with Miata and trainer Paul Stuart.
In other
jackpot news for greyhound fans, The Meadows on Saturday night will have a BIG6
jackpot of nearly $9,500. It is to be held on races 4-9.
For harness fans, it is the final week of the 'Harness This' promotion which has seen guaranteed $10,000 First 4 pools on each race at Tabcorp Park Melton's metropolitan meetings.
This Friday night's 10-race card at Tabcorp Park Melton will commence at 6:12pm.
VICTORIAN TAB
JACKPOTS
Date Code Venue Bet Type
Jackpot Guarantee* Race(s)
Thu 24 May MG SANDOWN PARK GREYHOUNDS First 4 $20,000.00 Sandown Cup Final
Fri 25 May MH TABCORP PARK MELTON HARNESS First 4 $1,500.00 $10,000.00 Every race
Sat 26 May MG THE MEADOWS GREYHOUNDS BIG6 $9,426.49 4,5,6,7,8,9
*TAB guarantees a net dividend pool for punters calculated after deducting refunds, TAB commissions, and statutory deductions, which will result in a pool total of at least $10,000. Think! About your choices. In VIC call Gamblers Help on 1800 858 858 or visit www.gamblinghelp.gov.au. Gamble responsibly.
Miata mania at TAB Sportsbet
Superstar greyhound Miata is the focus of two 'Racing Extras' markets for her appearance at Sandown tonight. The first will be whether she can break her own track record, while the other centres around her winning margin.
MIATA Winning Margin – Sandown Park
0-4 lengths $2.00
4 lengths or more $1.80
MIATA New Track Record – Sandown Park
Track Record YES $3.00
Track Record NO $1.40
Fixed Odds movers - Saturday
Brisbane – Doomben 10,000: Temple Of Boom ($19 into $15),
Mid Summer Music ($14 into $11)
Brisbane – Premiers Cup: Wazn ($4.80 into $4.00), Absolutely ($9.50 into $7.50), Mourasana ($51 into $31)
Brisbane – Grand Prix Stakes: Largo Da Barra ($81 into $41),
Hula Lua ($26 into $51)
Melbourne – Catanachs Jewellers Hcp: Huon Knight ($26 into $13), Stratigraphy ($8.50 into $7.00)
Melbourne – PFD Food Services Hcp: Beyond Pardon ($21 into $10)
'Harness This' to go around one more time
The first three weeks of the month-long 'Harness This' promotion have been perfect according to TAB Sportsbet. Having guaranteed $10,000 First 4 pools on every race at Tabcorp Park Melton metropolitan meetings throughout May, harness racing customers have really taken to the opportunity of betting into healthy sized First 4 pools. “The 'Harness This' promotion has gone really well, better than expected,” General Manager Marketing Communications, Glenn Lee said.
“We are confident that the 'Harness This' promotion will go out with a bang for its final meeting this Friday.”
Elitlopp markets up and running with TAB Sportsbet
TAB Sportsbet has Fixed Odds markets available on the Elitlopp in Sweden this weekend.
One of the premier harness meetings in the world, TAB Sportsbet has posted Commander Crowe and Rapide Lebel as equal $4 favourites in the Futures market.
Fixed Odds markets are also available on the two heats, with the first four horses across the line in both heats set to qualify for the final.
Sky Racing1 will have coverage of the two heats and final commencing from 9:40pm on Sunday evening. The final itself is set to be run just hours later at 1:45am Monday morning.
TAB Sportsbet's Adam Hamilton and Sky Racing's Gareth Hall will front up the coverage on Sky Racing1 from 9:40pm eastern.
“Having been to numerous Elitlopps I have to say that it is one of the most unique experiences anyone can have,” Hamilton said.
“I am excited to be part of the coverage with Gareth Hall for this year's edition.”
Punters kicking goals with FootyTAB
AFL FootyTAB customers certainly kicked a few goals of their own on the weekend.
The AFL Quad paid a whopping $71,676.20 with the surprise result being Adelaide's 69 point defeat of Carlton.
Those who had a share of the AFL Margins would also be pleased with themselves as the dividend was a very healthy $42,862.50, with a $14,000 carry over to this week's round!
Round nine of the AFL commences 7:50pm tomorrow night with the Western Bulldogs and Geelong set to do battle.
