Virgin Bet Best Odds Guaranteed
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Take a price on a race and if the starting price ends up bigger, you're paid at the bigger one. Virgin Bet run their own version, and what decides whether it's worth anything to you is the small print rather than the headline. Here's theirs, read from the promotion itself.
What Virgin Bet's terms actually say
- Covers horse racing as stated in their terms.
- Applies to bets placed from 10am on the day of the race.
Virgin Bet's wording, in full
“To qualify: min £25 bets on sportsbook in 7 day rolling period. BOG valid on win and each-way cash bets placed from 10am (UK) on the day the UK or Irish horse race is due to be held. Max: £50k per member per day.”
Quoted from Virgin Bet's live promotion — “Best Odds Guarantee - Horse Racing”. Their own terms are the ones that count; we re-check this automatically.
What it's worth
It only ever pays you more, never less — if your price shortens you keep the price you took. A £10 bet at 5.00 that drifts to an 8.00 starting price:
Paid at the price you took
£50.00
Paid at SP (8.00)
£80.00
What the guarantee added
£30.00
Worked example only — it describes how settlement works and says nothing about whether a bet will win.
Where you can use it next
Today's racing has finished — next up is Sunday. Compare the price across every bookmaker we cover before you take it: Virgin Bet's best odds guaranteed is worth more on a price that was competitive to begin with.
All racecards · runners, form and a best-odds comparison on every race.
Who else offers best odds guaranteed?
12 other bookmakers we review run their own version, and the terms differ — worth comparing before you commit a bet.
Things worth knowing about best odds guaranteed
- It applies to race-day bets, not ante-post
- Almost every bookmaker starts the guarantee at a set time on the morning of the race. A bet struck weeks in advance at a big price is an ante-post bet and normally sits outside it.
- It doesn't make a bad price good
- BOG protects you against a drift; it doesn't protect you against taking a short price in the first place. Comparing the price before you bet still matters more.
- Watch for “selected players”
- Several operators reserve the right to apply it only to some accounts. If the terms say selected players or selected races, check it's showing on your betslip before you rely on it.
18+ · #ad · Virgin Bet's own terms are the ones that count and can change without notice — always check the promotion on their site before betting. begambleaware.org