Back to the races for Betfair

The Betfair brand is synonymous with races…of the thoroughbred kind. This is something altogether different.

This is a live casino race. No horses, just other players like you. The finishing post is a specified date and time (20 October, 23:59 GMT) and your challenge, should you choose to opt-in, is to accumulate more race points than other participating players.

You earn points from bets placed on their live dealer tables…2 points for every £1 staked on live roulette, 1 point for all other live games. The more you play, win or lose, the higher up the leader board you go and the bigger your prize at race’s end.

The prize kitty is pretty generous…£20,000 in total carved up among the top 200 players, with £5,000 to the winner.

Make no mistake, as a wagering shootout, this is a race that favours the  bigger players out there. You don’t need to Einstein to deduce that taking out the top spot(s) could well be a very expensive exercise. But if you were planning on playing at Betfair’s live casino anyway, then opting in to this promo to make your bets count is a must.

Betfair went through a phase earlier in the year when they ran these races quite regularly. Then for some reason they disappeared off the radar.

Let’s hope this race marks the start of a long running carnival!