Punters’ GUIDE
What is a place Accumulator? A place accumulator is a bet that runs over seven races and requires the horse/horses that you have selected to finish in the first three in each race for your bet to be successful. What races do place accumulators start from? The first race of a place accumulator can be determined by the number of races on the card. If there are nine races, the place accumulator will begin in Race 3 and if there are eight races, the place accumulator will begin in Race 2. There are two types of place accumulators that you can take – the straight line or the permutation. We will take a look at these below: Straight Line The easiest way to select a place accumulator is to take a straight line.
This involves taking one horse to finish in the first three positions in each race. If any of the selections do not finish in the first three places, your bet will lose. Leg 1 – 1 Leg 2 – 2 Leg 3 – 6 Leg 4 – 6 Leg 5 – 1 Leg 6 – 8 Leg 7 – 4 The above bet costs R1 – a minimum of R1. Permutation As we discussed a bit earlier, you can pick more than one horse if you want to in your place accumulator. This is called a permutation (when you select more than one horse that could potentially finish in the top three in each race).
By selecting more horses in each race, you must remember that it will cost you more to take the bet for a chance to win the full dividend. Let’s have a look at the below place accumulator permutation: Leg 1 – 2, 5, 6 Leg 2 – 1, 3 Leg 3 – 5, 7, 9 Leg 4 – 6, 8, 10 Leg 5 – 7 Leg 6 – 4, 10, 13 Leg 7 – 2, 3 Perm = R324 The above permutation is worked out by multiplying the number of horses in the various legs by each other. In this scenario, the equation was calculated as follows: 3 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 1 x 3 x 2 – which worked out to R324. The bet can either be taken multiple times or as a percentage.
