As already indicated every online bookmaker is looking to get your Grand National Bets. It is important that you shop around as many of the online bookmakers will have Grand National Special Offers to entice you to bet with them.
Remember that everyone wants to have a bet on the Grand National and the Online Bookmakers know this, as such they will go all out to encourage you to have a bet with their organisation. The most common incentive they offer will be some form of Free bet if you are a new customer. The amount they will offer for new customers can be in the region of £20. It is therefore a good idea to have a look around and even if you have an account with a bookmaker it can be worth your while opening a new account to avail of such offers. Most people who have a bet have an account with 5 and more online bookmakers in order that can shop around for the best price for their particular selection or for the best special offer in this case the Grand National.
Another way of encouraging you to have a bet with a particular online bookmaker for the Grand National would be for a Grand National special offer of first 5 home. Normally the Online bookmakers such as Totesports will pay out on the first 4 home so by going with one more it just give you slightly better value.
Some Online bookmakers sometime take a view on the Favourite for the Grand National that it will not win and so they may do a Grand National special offer that if your horse is beaten by the Favourite they will refund your stake. If they offer this type of incentive they will limit the stake they will return, usually to a maximum of £250.
Another interesting Grand National Special offer done by one or two of the online bookmakers is if your horse is leading touching down at the last fence and does not win they will refund your stake. This again is quite a nice offer as remember there is very long run in and many a time the horse that land in front at the last fence gets beaten. Again there will be a maximum of about £250 refund for this type of special offer.
Every year the online bookmakers are getting more and more creative with their Grand National Special offers, so watch out for the best ones. We will be listing the Grand National Special offers nearer the race when the online bookmakers make their offers known.