Outsider Wins 1928's First Big Race (1928)

An outsider blast from the past!

How to Get an Accumulator Odds Boost

While it’s important to shop around for the best betting odds to ensure you get the value, it’s also great if you can find a bookmaker where you can enjoy an odds boost. Odds boosts can come in many form and are also known as price boosts, with a particular betting selection going bigger in price and allowing customers to enjoy a bigger return.

The bookmakers regularly provide odds boosts when it comes to the big sporting events. They want to give punters a decent chance of winning and that includes accumulator bets which are trickier to profit from due to the fact that you need a certain number of selections to win in order to claim a return.

Some bookmakers such as bet365 have acca boosts available whenever a customer puts together an accumulator with a certain number of selections. The acca generally has to be particular football teams rather than selections from betting markets such as Both Teams to Score and Over/Under 2.5 Goals.

The acca boost that you can get on your football accumulator primarily depends on the number of selections that you make. So you might get a small bonus for a winning treble on your footy acca, although a winning six-fold can expect to yield a large bonus.

The great thing about an accumulator betting boost is that not only can you land the expected winnings from this wager, you can also earn a little bit extra on top. It’s a great incentive to bet an acca and these are fun types of bets to enjoy in the first place.

You might also find there is acca insurance available with a particular bookmaker. This means you can get money back on an acca if it comes narrowly close to winning, with most bookies saying that one leg letting you down will lead to a refund.

Sometimes, there are odds boosts available as single bets and many bookies showcase these on the homepage. You might find yourself betting with a bookmaker such as William Hill and finding on the bet slip that they’re willing to bump up the price when it comes to your selection.

Take your accumulator betting to the next level by taking advantage of acca boosts. You don’t need to overstretch yourself when it comes to this sort of betting and we always recommend a certain number of selections along the way.

Biggest priced winners of 2017

An intriguing list of the biggest outsider wins from 2017, which includes both Betfair and Industry / Bookmaker SP (starting price) odds. Oh to have popped £100 on Kilahara Castle!!

Biggest Grand National Underdog Wins (100-1 winners)

We all dream of getting that big outsider win, but truly huge odds winners can be few and far between. Below is a list of the four 100-1 winners in Grand National history. Considering the first Grand National ever held was in 1839, it's clear that there is a needle in a haystack aspect to picking 100-1 shots in such a competitive race..

Tipperary Tim – 100/1. (1928)

Gregalach – 100/1. (1929)

Caughoo – 100/1. (1947)

Foinavon – 100/1. (1967)

Mon Mome – 100/1 (2009)

The 1927 and 1928 Grand Nationals were quite the combo, price-wise and of course mention has to go to Liam Treadwell, whose sad passing will in no way diminish his amazing achievement of riding rank outsider Mom Mome to victory in the 2009 Grand National.

Sadly the 2020 Grand National was cancellation due to the ever depressing coronavirus, but if you're one for the long odds selections, I'm sure there will be one or two outsiders worth having a punt on in 2021. Just be aware that the more ambitious the selection, the longer you might be waiting the result you're looking for!