FROM Friday 10 April all Win and Place bets taken with TAB on races in Singapore will go into the host Singapore Turf Club pools.

Commingling with Singapore offers TAB customers the chance to have big Win and Place bets on Singapore races without significantly affecting payouts.

The Singapore Turf Club pools are huge with Win pools averaging more than R2.5 million and Place pools over R1.7 million.

The unit of TAB Win and Place bets on Singapore remains R1 with a minimum bet of R6. Place betting rules are as follows:

* 3 runners or less – no Place bets

* 4 to 7 runners – payouts FIRST and SECOND

* 8 or more runners – payouts FIRST, SECOND and THIRD