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| Eight punters win racing jackpot | Eight punters win racing jackpot |
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| Eight ticket holders have won a share of a record jackpot of more than £4.9m, in a weekly horse racing bet. | Eight ticket holders have won a share of a record jackpot of more than £4.9m, in a weekly horse racing bet. |
| The Tote Scoop6 challenged punters to pick the winners of six televised races on Saturday with a minimum £2 stake. | The Tote Scoop6 challenged punters to pick the winners of six televised races on Saturday with a minimum £2 stake. |
| The jackpot had rolled over for 11 weeks with £3,496,091 in the win fund and £1,529,525 in the bonus fund. | The jackpot had rolled over for 11 weeks with £3,496,091 in the win fund and £1,529,525 in the bonus fund. |
| Tote, which has bookmakers at 59 racecourses and 540 UK shops, said many syndicates were expected to take part and it had also attracted novices. | Tote, which has bookmakers at 59 racecourses and 540 UK shops, said many syndicates were expected to take part and it had also attracted novices. |
| Racing UK presenter Peter Naughton was part of a syndicate who own one of the eight winning tickets. | |
| "My hands are shaking," he said. | |
| "I've got a small percentage of whatever the dividend is. I threw £50 at it two weeks ago with a load of other lads and I threw another £50 at it last weekend, so I thought in for a penny in for a pound and we've all had another £50 each today. | |
| "My £50 would be about a 60th of it if past experiences are anything to go by, so we are not talking life-changing sums of money." | |
| Here is how the afternoon's events unfolded: | |
| • The first leg was claimed by 7-2 favourite Atlantic Story in the 2.10pm Lingfield Park race, leaving 508,898 tickets in the running | |
| • This number was cut to 34,477 as Romany Princess ran out the winner of leg two, in the 2.40pm Lingfield Park race | |
| • The third leg was claimed by Possol (15-2), Haydock's 2.45pm race, leaving 3,768 punters in the running | |
| • Yahrab had an easy time of it in the 3.20pm Lingfield Park race, with the 15-2 chance's victory leaving only 389 tickets still standing | |
| • In leg five, Heathcliff's success at Huntingdon meant 37 tickets went forward to the final leg at Lingfield | |
| • Irish raider Duff, a 5-1 chance, won the 3.50pm race, meaning eight tickets shared the huge jackpot. |