Grand National 2027 Betting Offers

The types of Grand National offer to look for

The Grand National is the biggest betting race of the year, and bookmakers compete hard for custom with a familiar set of offers. Knowing the categories makes it much easier to spot genuine value rather than just the loudest headline.

Extra each-way places

This is the defining Grand National offer. Standard each-way terms pay four places at a fifth or a quarter of the odds, but for the National most firms advertise extra places — commonly five, six or even seven. In the 2025 running, the majority of major bookmakers paid six places, a couple paid five, and one firm went to seven. With the field now capped at 34 runners rather than the old 40, an extra place or two is a real concession: a horse finishing fifth, sixth or seventh can turn a losing each-way slip into a winning one. Some books also let you trade places for a reduced fraction, choosing more places at shorter place odds.

Faller money-back and money-back specials

In a race defined by its fences, faller insurance is popular: if your horse falls, unseats its rider or is brought down, some firms refund your stake — usually as a free bet up to a capped amount. Bookmakers also run one-off money-back specials each year, such as money back if the favourite wins, or a refund if your horse is beaten a short distance. These specials are announced close to the race and carry maximum-stake limits, so the refund is capped.

Non-Runner No Bet and Best Odds Guaranteed

Non-Runner No Bet (NRNB) refunds your stake if a horse you backed ante-post is withdrawn — useful when betting weeks ahead at bigger prices before the final field is set. Best Odds Guaranteed pays you the bigger of your taken price or the Starting Price, rewarding you for taking an early price; most firms apply it from around 8am on race day, though not every book offers it.

Price boosts, free bets and welcome offers

On Grand National day expect a stream of price boosts and enhanced odds on fancied runners, often appearing on the morning of the race. Separately, new customers can usually claim a welcome free bet — commonly a "bet £10, get £30 in free bets" style deal — though these require a qualifying deposit and bet, so read the terms for minimum stake, minimum odds and any wagering conditions.

How the major bookmakers approach the Grand National

For reference, here is how some of the best-known UK bookmakers have tended to price the National in recent years. We're an independent guide and don't link to these firms — this is a picture of the kinds of offers they typically run, not a promise for 2027. Offers change every year, so always check a bookmaker's own current terms before betting.

Paddy Power

Best known for its one-off money-back specials, which it announces in the days before the race (money back if the favourite wins is a recurring example). On the each-way side, Paddy Power paid six places in 2025 and typically offers Best Odds Guaranteed from the morning of the race, along with non-runner money back on ante-post bets.

Coral

Coral has run a "Fallers Insurance" style offer refunding the win part of a bet as a free bet (up to a set amount) if your horse falls, unseats or is brought down on UK and Irish jumps racing, including the National. On places, Coral paid five in 2025 (having gone six in 2024) and generally offers Best Odds Guaranteed from 8am on race day.

William Hill

William Hill has leaned into extra places across the whole Aintree card, paying the industry-standard six on the National in 2025, alongside frequent bet boosts, Non-Runner Money Back and Best Odds Guaranteed on UK and Irish racing.

Betfair

Betfair Sportsbook has offered extra places (six in 2025) and Non-Runner No Bet on the National. Worth noting that in 2025 it did not include Best Odds Guaranteed, a reminder that the same headline place terms can come with quite different small print from one firm to the next.

Other well-known books follow similar patterns: bet365 has paid six places with an "each-way extra" option to select more places at shorter fractions, Sky Bet has offered six places, Ladbrokes has mirrored sister-company Coral around five places with daily odds boosts, and Betfred stood out in 2025 by paying seven.

Grand National offers for existing customers

Free bets grab the headlines, but you don't have to be a new sign-up to benefit. Most of the highest-value Grand National offers — extra places, Best Odds Guaranteed, price boosts, faller money-back and the annual money-back specials — are open to all customers. If you already hold accounts, the smart play is to compare place terms across your books and place each bet where the enhanced terms and protections are strongest.

How to choose the best Grand National offer

On a race as unpredictable as the National, the details matter more than the headline figure. Look past the size of any free bet and weigh three things: the place terms (how many places, at what fraction of the odds), whether the firm adds protection like faller money-back, Non-Runner No Bet or Best Odds Guaranteed, and the qualifying requirements on any bonus. An extra place on a real stake is often worth far more than a small free bet with heavy conditions.

When the 2027 offers land

Confirmed Grand National 2027 offers will be published by the bookmakers in the weeks before the race, with extra-place terms and one-off specials often arriving during race week or on the morning of Grand National day itself — Saturday 10 April 2027. We'll keep this page updated as the deals are announced.

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