Indiarace.com - india's first & foremost horse racing portal

Topic Details

Back to lists

'fixed Odds Betting' At Bengaluru?

By Come On | 23-Aug-2025

Hi Friends,

While it's getting more and more clear like the broad day light that online betting in horse racing is likely to come to an end, the Bangalore Turf Club's latest plan to introduce Fixed Odds Betting is really going to be face an acid test on introduction. I remember playing FOB in Mumbai in late 90s and making good money. However, with the rise in GST no one can be sure about the response the punters are going to show to this new experiment. Still, punters may throng the many tote counters if FOB is going to offer realistic returns, particularly on the first, second and third favourites, where about 80 per cent of punters usually try their luck. At a time when odds are very much against peaceful conduct of horse racing, new ventures like FOB can only attract more punters to the racecourses. I am even otherwise online betting on horses so FOB will be a good move to begin at BTC.

Post Your reply

7 Replies

Madmax said ...

28-Aug-2025

Soon the GST will be brought down for racing to 18%.   There will be only two types of GST,  5% and 18%

Srirama said ...

25-Aug-2025

Who is operating fixed odds betting? Bookies or the club? Why can't club implement this?

Precisely_that said ...

24-Aug-2025

The fixed odds betting at BTC works for a winning bet. As you get same dividends as added GST of 28%. But Mr. Narhari, the late called bookie Ashwini Bangalore needs to understand that the problem is with putting money on a bet. 

I bet 100 and counted amount on bet is 72, even with 30% more odds I break even with illegal betting at 10%. Secondly there is no TDS applicable in illegal betting. Third and most importantly I don't loose 18% extra on loosing bet. 

Manjunath said ...

24-Aug-2025

Already in Mysuru Fixed Odds is running. Also it has good response from punters. Here they are collecting 28% GST. Odds is almost same as Bookies odds. 

Lalwani = Chennai said ...

24-Aug-2025

100 % TOTE PUNTERS WILL  BE EFFECTED : : AS ALREADY FROM BACKED AMOUNT OF Rs 10 /=  ( Rs 4/= WILL BE CHOPPED OF : : HENCE YOUR BET AMOUT WILL BE RS 6 / - ONLY : 

Punter Since 1999 said ...

24-Aug-2025

Can't survive with 40% GST. This is over and out for Indian racing i am Afraid. Fingers crossed 

Race Professor said ...

23-Aug-2025

Same vibe, let's see how it goes. I heard that at the Kolkata race they opened in Bangalore, iand for the NRI fantasy place, the odds were 70 paisa, whereas the bookies' starting odds were 40 paisa. The only concern is the 28% tax.