

£300million set to be gambled over four days at Cheltenham this week





Bookmakers estimate that an incredible £35,000 a SECOND will be bet at the 2020 Cheltenham Festival this week what could be a record-breaking week.







With 28 races over four days in the Cotswolds, the betting industry is braced for the biggest week of the entire year with over £300 million set to be gambled by Friday evening.





Away from the betting ring, Ladbrokes is offering odds of 4/6 that over 265,000 pints of Guinness will be knocked back, while it is the same price that more than 50,000 bottles of champagne are consumed by racegoers.





Ladbrokes spokesperson Nicola McGeady told FreeTips.com: "The Festival gets bigger and bigger each year with massive sums of money swilling around on course, online and in shops up and down the country.





"The four day event is expected to spark a £/€300 million betting frenzy, in what can only be described as the Olympics of jump racing."





Cheltenham By Numbers