Guaranteed R4.5-m Pick 6 pool on Saturday

TAB plans to guarantee minimum-amount Pick 6 pools on major racedays in future and kicks off with a R4.5-million guaranteed pool on the Champions Day race meeting at Turffontein this Saturday.

Champions Day is one of the “Big 4” race meetings on the SA calendar - it’s Joburg’s richest raceday and features Jozi’s richest race in the R4million Premier’s Champions Challenge.

The Pick 6 pool on the meeting starts with a R1.1-million carryover and should soar way over the R5-million mark (TAB’s official estimate is R5.1 million).

But to heighten interest and awareness, and to satisfy the requests of many customers, TAB is guaranteeing a total net pool of R4.5 million up front.

“Many of our customers have said that only knowing the approximate pool a few minutes before the off hampers their play,” said TAB boss Vee Moodley.

“These customers tend to base the amount they spend on the actual pool size, not our estimates, and to encourage them to spend more we will guarantee minimum pool levels for the major race meetings.”

Should a pool fail to reach the guaranteed amount, TAB will make up the difference subject to the condition that all sources betting into the pool are able to do so.

“Obviously if we lose connectivity for whatever reason with a local or international commingling partner the guarantee will fall away. Should the pool exceed the guaranteed amount, obviously any excess above the guarantee will be displayed and paid out as normal,” said Moodley.

TAB is also guaranteeing a minimum R2.7-million pool for the Daisy Guineas meeting at Greyville this Sunday, when the pool will start with a R750,000 carryover.

There’s a bumper TAB betting menu for Champions Day with carryovers into several pools in addition to the Pick 6. Details: Race 1 Normal range of TAB bets Race 2 BiPot Leg 1 – R25,246 carryover, likely pool R550,000 Race 3 PA Leg 1 - likely pool R1,250,000 Race 4 Pick 6 MEGAPOOL Leg 1 – R1,100,000 carryover, guaranteed pool R4,500,000 (estimated pool R5.1 million plus) Jackpot One Leg 1 - likely pool R1,000,000 PA Blitz Leg 1 – likely pool R100,000 BiPot TWO Leg 1 – likely pool R150,000 Normal range of TAB bets Premier’s Champions Challenge – Jackpot TWO Leg 1 – R40,000 carryover, likely pool R750,000

Also M6 for Soccer GG Normal range of TAB bets Jackpot Quickmix Leg 1 – R22,950 carryover, likely pool R200,000 Normal range of TAB bets * TAB betting on the meeting opens tomorrow.