No global bet in sight yet but the future of the World Pool is 'super exciting'
The dream of a ‘global bet’ is still some way off being realised, but the World Pool could disrupt and challenge the fixed-odds market according to panellists at the World Tote Association Forum in London last Friday.
Those were two of the messages to emerge from a panel discussing the future of Tote betting at the World Tote Association Forum in London on Friday.
A global bet, which could span races taking place from Australia to Asia, to Europe and North America, has been mooted as a way of showcasing horseracing across the world and challenging the huge prizes on offer from products such as Euromillions. However, barriers remain to it being introduced, not least the differing rules for betting in place in different jurisdictions.
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