Brits to bet £300m in four-day boozing and betting frenzy at Cheltenham festival
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dailystar.co.ukBrits will wager £300million in a four-day frenzy of boozing and betting at the Cheltenham festival in defiance of coronavirus.
The four-day meeting starts tomorrow, despite the threat posed by the virus. Bookmakers say punters are raring to go with up to 67,500 racegoers set to descend on the Gloucester-shire course each day for The Jockey Club’s “ultimate bucket list event”.
Ladbrokes has predicted £35,000-a-second will be wagered on the 28 races from tomorrow to Friday. Racegoers will down an estimated 265,000 pints of Guinness and 50,000 bottles of champagne.
Ladbrokes spokesman Nicola McGeady said: “The festival gets bigger and bigger each year.” This year’s festival will star back-to-back Grand National winner Tiger Roll, last year’s
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