- Maths reviewed by Josh Miller
- Tested by Diana Westfield
A Quadpot calculator works out what a perm costs before you write it and what it pays once the dividend is out. The Quadpot is the last four legs of the Placepot, races 3 to 6, and you need a horse placed in each. Two horses in every leg is 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 16 lines, and at 50p a line that’s £8. Back three in the race you can’t call and it’s 24 lines, £12. The free CasinoCalcs calculator handles the tote Jackpot too, where you need six winners rather than four placed horses.
Quadpot calculator: cost, lines and returns
Every extra horse multiplies the whole bet, not just its own race. That’s why the trick with pool bets is to stand one horse where you’re confident and spread where you’re not. A 1 × 3 × 1 × 3 perm is nine lines and covers the two races you rate as open.
Returns follow the same multiplication. Say two of your three in leg two place and one of your three in leg four does: winning lines are 1 × 2 × 1 × 1 = 2. If the Quadpot pays £38.40 to a £1 stake and you played 50p lines, you get 2 × £19.20 = £38.40 back on a £4.50 ticket.
Tote Jackpot and Quadpot compared
The Jackpot asks for the winner of six races, which is so hard that the pool often carries over to the next meeting. When it does, the dividend can reach six figures, and syndicates pile in with huge perms. Six legs of three horses each is 729 lines; at 10p a line, £72.90. Even then, one favourite getting beaten in a big field can end the ticket in the first race.
For the full six placed horses, use the Placepot calculator, and for the Scoop6 pool there’s the Scoop6 calculator. The tote calculator covers win and place pool bets on a single race.
Pool bets are cheap per line and add up quickly. BeGambleAware.org has free support if a day at the races goes too far.