Old Fashioned Fraction Odds

Been writting a lot of content about horse races of the past, at present focusing on the Grand National.

A lot of the old races are recorded to a 100 (such as the 1860 Grand National SP of 100/7).

The simple way to work out the actual odds is to get a calculator out.

Now, here is the fun bit. Race track bookies still accept this old-fractions. If you get a calculator you will see that there are slightly enchanced odds. For example £100-16 is the fraction for 6/1, but for your £16 bet you get 6.25/1. Of course you don’t have to bet to win £100, £1000, or £10,000 – a bet of £300-48 is equally acceptable. Getting these enchanced odds will over the course of a season make a real difference to whether you finish in the black or red.

Modern race track receipt systems are integrated to accept old fractions and the receipt will show this, so don’t be shy to ask. When I used to bet at Wimbledon Dogs, if you requested a fraction from bookmaker Dell Nash he would always say “sign of a miss-spent youth” .

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Typical examples:

100/3 – 33/1

100/6 – 16/1

100/7 – 14/1

100/8- 12/1

100/9 – 11/1

100/11 – 9/1

100/12 – 8/1

100/14 – 7/1

100/16 – 6/1

Happy Punting.

Chris Denny

I have been involved in the betting industry since the late 90’s and have in that time worked for a on course bookmaker (at now much missed Catford Dogs), spent time at a leading spread betting company, and worked for Betfair in their two year start-up phase.

In 2007 I co-founded iGaming supplier Hyperion Gaming with long suffering business partner Alex Lafferty.

Being involved in the industry for so long has given me a good understanding of the wonderful world of online gambling, and I put effort into giving honest opinions, that remain my own!

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