§ Lord Burnhamasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is (a) the maximum prize that can be won from an all-cash amusement-with-prize machine within a betting shop from a single stake; and (b) the maximum prize that has ever been paid out by the Tote to a customer from a single bet.
§ Lord Williams of MostynThe maximum prize that may be won from an amusement-with-prize machine in a betting shop from a single stake (currently 25p) is £10.
I am informed by the Tote that the largest payout to a customer from a single pool bet (in this case, a stake of £5) was £242,000. This was as a result of an entry in the 1995–96 "Ten to Follow" National Hunt Competition.
The biggest ever Tote jackpot dividend was £357,000, but this was only part won. A punter won £35,000 for a lop stake.
The largest pool was over £2 million in March 1995 but this was shared among several winners. In October 1993, £123,000 was paid to a customer from a jackpot pool bet.