Horse Racing Bet Types

Betting on the totalisator is conducted on a pari-mutuel basis. After deduction of Goods & Services Tax and Singapore Pools' commission, the balance is paid out as dividends to the winners. Singapore Pools' commission for Win and Place vary from 0% to 18% of the investment. Commission for Forecast and Place Forecast is at 18%. Commission for Tierce, Trio, and Quartet is at 25%.

Win

Select a horse to finish first.
Unit bet value $5
Minimum dividend $6 for Singapore meetings except when, at its sole discretion, a minimum Win dividend of $5.30 is declared for certain races.
$5.30 for all other meetings.

Roll Win

Select the winning horses correctly in 2 or 3 races in order to win.
The winning dividend and/or refund from each race will be automatically rolled over to the next selected race.
Roll Win is offered on Singapore and Hong Kong races and shares the same betting pool as WIN bet.

Place

Select a horse to finish first, second or third where the total number of runners is 7 or more. Where the number of runners is 4, 5 or 6, select a horse to finish first or second.
Unit bet value $5
Minimum dividend $5.10

Forecast

Select two horses to finish first and second in any order in a race.
Unit bet value $2
Minimum dividend $2.50

Place Forecast

Select any two horses to finish first and second or first and third or second and third in any order.
Unit bet value $2
Minimum dividend $2.50

Tierce

Select three horses to finish first, second and third in the correct order.
Unit bet value $2
Minimum dividend $3

Trio

Select three horses to finish first, second and third in any order.
Unit bet value $2
Minimum dividend $3

Quartet

Select four horses to finish first, second, third and fourth in the correct order.
Unit bet value $2
Minimum dividend $3

Flexi-Quartet

Select four horses to finish first, second, third and fourth in the correct order.
Unit bet value of minimum $20 or 10% of the cost of full unit, whichever is higher
Incremental investment of $1
Minimum dividend $0.05