Race Night Tote Calculator – New for 2020
Our new race night calculator is proving popular for both fundraising and fun events. This calculator is available free on our website or via this link.
FREE TOTE TICKET CALCULATOR – Ideal for Fundraising and Fun Entertainment. (How to use Quick Guide PDF below is supplied with the calculator)
Race Night Downloads Virtual Horse Racing Tote Winner CalculatorThe calculator allows you to enter various items to make it perfect for any race night activity be it fundraising, fun or corporate entertainment and it can even be saved or printed out should you need to refer to it at a future date or meeting.
Live Race Nights Suspended In the UK
Well the new normal has certainly taken a few turns in the last couple of weeks and the new six people rule has certainly put a hold on any race night activity for the time being.
Many of our customers are now having to postpone their proposed race nights until either later in the year or until 2021 which of course means many are running short of funds.
Zoom Entertainment Race Nights and Charity Fundraising
Customers just wishing to have a social evening are doing so by having a virtual race night via Zoom etc and this is proving to be both popular and enjoyable. A few customers have been in touch to say that although they used fun money or used a points system they made a donation to their favourite charity by asking their friends to pledge a couple of pounds each before the start of the night.
Some customers are holding fundraising race nights via Zoom with punters pledging money before the evening starts either on a race by race basis or one set total to cover all the races. We are on hand to answer any of your questions should you want further information or advice. either over the phone or via email.
Lets hope for some better news before the year is out as October and November are important months in the fundraising calendar.
How To Run A Race Night Tips
The person who has made the download acts as the host for the evening, and works out the timings and payouts.
Each person donates £10 for taking part. For example, 25 people (over 10 households) brings in £250. If a donation of £50 is made to the NHS, this leaves you £200 in prize money (or £25 a race if showing 8 races).
Each person bets £1 per race on a horse (N.B. Each race contains 8 horses, numbered 1 to 8). Remember, you can give the runners fun names if you want, as the commentary is by number (e.g. Horse number 5 leads from 8)
At the end of the race, only the winning horse pays out. In this instance, if 5 people backed the winning horse, they would each receive £5
i.e. £25 ÷ 5 = £5
If 10 people had backed the winning horse, they would receive £2.50 each
i.e. £25 ÷ 10 = £2.50
By sticking to these rules you will never pay out more money that what you brought in. Furthermore, by not offering betting odds, you have complied with current legislation.
- Hosting a race night for fun and entertainment
A lot of people are hosting race nights to celebrate family birthdays, anniversaries etc.
Get everybody who is taking part to link up to either Zoom / Google Meet / Facebook / Skype etc.
The person who has made the download acts as the host for the evening, and works out the timings and updating the score card.
Each person is allocated 3 x £10 fun money bets on each race, on three different runners (one £10 bet per runner) with the following odds:
1st = 10/1 i.e. win £100
2nd = 5/1 i.e. win £50
3rd = 2/1 i.e. win £20
… read more on our race night downloads page