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The MP visited Coral in Broad Street, Seaford, to place a £50 charity wager on the 2024 Grand National, with all winnings going to the Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare.
She selected the Ringmer-based charity, which rescues and rehomes animals, as a result of it’s near her coronary heart and she or he has a cat that she adopted from there.
She placed a 7-1 wager on ‘I Am Maximus’, which went on to win the Grand National on Saturday, April 13, at Aintree Racecourse, which means that Raystede will get a £475 donation.
Maria Caulfield mentioned: “The Grand National is one of those great sporting moments when the whole nation comes together. I was delighted to visit my local betting shop to meet the staff and customers, take up BGC’s generous offer of a charity bet, and also discuss the incredibly important work they have been doing on safer gambling. I was very pleased to have picked a winning horse and I am so glad that the money is going to such a worthwhile cause as Raystede.”
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), which is the requirements physique for the regulated UK betting and gaming business, invited MPs to go to both a Paddy Power, William Hill, Ladbrokes, Coral or Betfred store of their constituency to place a free charity wager. They mentioned that if the wager was profitable then all winnings go to the MP’s nominated charity. But if the wager was not profitable then the charity would obtain a £250 donation from the BGC.
