Four thrilled regular Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge players shared the R770 000 all-or-nothing jackpot prize when the sun set after eight races of mostly punter-friendly results in the KZN Capital City on Sunday evening.
Hollywoodbets Scottsville was the host venue for local racing on the day, and with 6 tote favourites arriving in the eight events, and the longest priced winner being the 7-1 Ayuwi Yuwi for Garth Puller and the high-riding Hollywood Syndicate, there was always going to be a tight tussle at the top of the competition leaderboard.
Damian Pillay drives Ayuwi Yuwi up the outside to beat tote favourite Lady Of Vix (Mathew Thackeray) in a good finish to the penultimate race (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
South Africa’s most popular horseracing competition of all time, the Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge has created a host of big winners, paying out multi-million rands worth of prize money over the past four years and on Sunday it was regulars chris777, Toyvan, b tail and Preleen06 all found 8 winners for a points tally of 104,96 on the day to each bank R192 500.
The Hollywood Syndicate rounded off a terrific weekend with a treble on Sunday, after a glorious feature double courtesy of Lion Rampart and Ziyasha in the Cape on Saturday!
“Thank you Hollywoodbets. What a great competition and what a wonderful windfall,” player Toyvan told the Sporting Post on Sunday. The 62 year old unemployed former municipal employee was the only one of the quartet of winners to answer the Sporting Post’s call on Sunday evening, and is a regular player of the competition.
The man who banked the ‘very welcome’, as he put it, R192 500, conceded that, despite being introduced to horse racing by his late Dad and a neighbour, when he started playing 25 cents Place Accumulators ‘back in the day’, he also really enjoyed his soccer bets with Hollywoodbets.
“We had prayers this morning as we sadly recently had a passing in the family. I was quite rushed and thus just had a quick look at the form and the jockeys. I didn’t have time to play the minimum R50 on the programmatically generated betslip – pity!” added Toyvan, as he realized that he could have doubled his payout in the process.
It has been shown again that a key to the Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge, beyond finding the winners, is to double your payout prospects by wagering a minimum R50 on the programmatically generated betslip.
For local racemeetings, the value of the all-or-nothing jackpot prize is determined by the number of runners multiplied by R10 000, for all venues.
For example, if there are 77 starters, as there were today, then the all-or-nothing prize will be based on that total multiplied by R10 000 each, giving a value of R870 000 as the prize. If you wager the minimum of R50 on the betslip, the payout double to R1 740 000.
For Hong Kong race-meetings, the jackpot prize is calculated on the number of races carded.
With 8 or 9 races carded and completed, the jackpot is R125 000 (or R250 000 with a betslip minimum of R50) or with 10 or more races carded and completed, R250 000 (or R500 000 with a betslip minimum of R50).
Over and above the premier aim of finding all the winners, daily prize money of R5 000 for each of the scheduled race meetings will be shared by the top 20 players on the points leaderboard at the end of the day.
These payouts are also doubled if the minimum R50 wager on the bet slip is taken!
The Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge is very easy to understand and to play.
All one needs is a Hollywoodbets account and the choice is yours to either select one horse in each of the races at the designated race-meeting, or opt to make use of one of the ‘quick-pick’ options and take a chance on the universe!
Players receive points depending on where their selection finishes in a race, and how many actual runners there are in a race.
Taking the example of a twelve-horse race, the winner will receive 12 points, second earns 11 points, third 10 points, all the way down to last position with 1 point. In a seven-horse race, the winner will receive 7 points, the runner-up will receive 6 points, and so on.
Bonus points are awarded for winning selections, where the Hollywoodbets Starting Price (SP) for that horse will be added to the points awarded. If the winning horse’s SP is 4/1 for example, then an additional 5 points (4 + 1) will be added to the points earned. In the mentioned twelve-horse race example the winning selection, if starting at 4-1, would have 17 points awarded (12 plus 5 bonus points).
It’s fun to follow your progress on the log throughout the race-meeting by visiting the Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge website.
The next chance to win big is at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Tuesday – first off at 12h05. Get your entry in at least 5 minutes before the carded time of the first!
