Compare UK bookmakers' each-way terms

We compare only features a bookmaker publishes and that a reader can check: the standard places and fractions for horse racing, a permanent option for changing places, a Best Odds Guaranteed policy, and written rules for Rule 4 and dead heats.

We do not compare the daily list of extra places, because it changes within days. Those offers sit in the extra places section with their own date.

The short version: the comparison covers documented rules, not the price on today's race.

Four yes-or-no checks decide the tier, each taken from the bookmaker's own published pages on the date shown.

• Check 1: standard places and fractions for horse racing are published.
• Check 2: Rule 4, dead-heat and withdrawn-horse rules are published.
• Check 3: a permanent option for changing places is published, with its conditions.
• Check 4: Best Odds Guaranteed on racing is published.

Tier A meets all four, tier B meets checks 1 and 2 plus one of 3 or 4, and tier C meets check 1 or 2. Inside a tier, bookmakers appear in alphabetical order.

These criteria are a draft until the owner approves them; the final text will sit on how tiers work.

The short version: a tier records documented features and never the price of a single race.

Rankings and method

Best each-way terms holds the tiers and the dated table. Extra-place offers and Best Odds Guaranteed on racing cover those two features. How to compare each-way terms shows you how to do it for your own race.

Profiles and aspect pages

Each profile covers one bookmaker's licence record and published terms, for example bet365 and Betfred. Aspect pages such as Paddy Power's extra places go deeper on one feature.

Pairs

Two-way readings include bet365 or William Hill and Paddy Power or Sky Bet.

This page records the plan and the method. No operator page and no register entry has been read for it, which is why the table says Not verified. How we collect and date facts is set out in our method.

The dated snapshot of register entries will appear in the licence snapshot. Still unsure what the numbers mean? Start with each-way betting explained.

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