Great new bet

TAB and TABGOLD’s great new bet, Soccer GG, which merges the exciting worlds of soccer and horseracing, starts this Saturday, August 30 and the pool will kick off with a R50 000 bonus.

“We are constantly looking for ways to enhance our customers’ enjoyment of betting, and Soccer GG should appeal to both soccer and horseracing fans,”said TAB boss Vee Moodley.

“We derived the name from gee-gees, which has long been a slang term for horses. Soccer GG aims to stretch soccer and horseracing fans out of their comfort zones, while simultaneously adding a new level of entertainment to their betting. And to get the bet going, we will add R50 000 to each of the first four Soccer GG pools,” he said.

The Soccer GG bet comprises five soccer matches and one horse race. To win, players must forecast the results of the soccer matches, which are labelled M1 to M5, and the race which is shown as M6.

As with other TAB soccer bets like Soccer 6, the home team is labelled as Team A and the other as Team B in each game. There are three result options to choose from in each match: 1 = Team A win; 2 = Draw; 3 = Team B win.

In the race, players must mark the numbers of the horses they fancy on the betting form. Tote customers must use the regular horseracing betting form to take their bets and there are posters in all TABs explaining how to do it.

As with all multiple-event tote bets, players can take a single entry (one choice in the five soccer matches and the race) for R3 or a permutation, in which multiple choices can be made. The cost is R3 per combination.

Initially Soccer GG will only be offered on a Saturday, but the bet may be expanded to other days depending on the demand.

TAB AND TABGOLD will add R50 000 to each of the first four Soccer GG pools – this Saturday and Saturdays September 6, 13 and 20.

Details of the pool for this Saturday:

M1: Free State Stars v Maritzburg

M2: QPR v Sunderland

M3: Swansea v West Brom

M4: Everton v Chelsea

M5: Kaizer Chiefs v SuperSport

M6: Race 7 Vaal Saturday – the R250 000 August Stakes.

The runners are:

1. Across The Ice

2. Midnight Run

3. Killua Castle

4. Nice Stride

5. Isobar

6. Sabadell

7. Anger

8. Global Express

9. Stavinsky

10. Foyle

11. Storm Incoming

12. Velddrifter

13. Chief Sioux (Reserve)

14. Commissionerstreet (Reserve)

If any horse does not run, it is replaced by the tote favourite in Soccer GG bets.