Industry heavyweight Entain has revealed a total of 12

Industry heavyweight Entain has revealed a tot up of 12.75 billion bets were placed with the operator on Grand National weekend, through and through its brands Coral and Ladbrokes.

Entain notes this supposed record-breaking figure is a resultant of reverting punters, who feature been kept off from Aintree’s three-day event since 2019 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The operator believes this hold up has only fuelled demand, with greater amounts of online activity and high street stage business seen this year than in any twelvemonth previous.

The Grand National’s 2d day, Saturday, was Entain’s busiest. The manipulator notes a tote up of 4.1 jillion bets were placed that day, with add together stakes upwards 72% compared to 2021.

Over 20,000 bets-per-minute were placed online with Entain inward the lead-up to the race. There were also 538,000 active online customers for Ladbrokes and Coral combined.

Entain’s Deputy Director of Digital, Dom Grounsell, said: “We were delighted to ascertain the Grand National reverting inward all its resplendence with a huge crew to jolly along on the runners and riders.

“We pulled come out all the stops to append to the moments of fervour for our customers crosswise all our brands, apps and shops, and we were the only when major manipulator to bring home the bacon uninterrupted serving from our platform and our customer sustenance teams.

“The magical finish to the run strengthened that there is no event rather ilk the Grand National to bring forth passion and involvement among our horse racing fans. Whether it’s in-person or online, Entain is committed to transforming gymnastic horse racing to get the feature still to a greater extent exciting for our customers.”