The Tote, formerly the Horserace Totalisator Board (called in rhyming slang the nanny) is a British bookmaker with head offices in Wigan.

Key dates
1928 Racecourse Betting Act passed (August) Racecourse Betting Control Board (the Tote) set up to handle on-course cash pool bets on horse racing
1929 First meeting operated under Licence: West Street Harriers (13 March)
First meeting operated with Board’s staff: Old Surrey & Burstow (27 April)
First major meetings: Newmarket (July Course) and Carlisle (2 July)
1930 Tote Investors Ltd was set up as an independent company to handle off-course credit tote bets
1933 First grants made from Tote profits to Hunters’ Improvement Society, promoters of point-to-point meetings and pony racing
1956 First sponsored race: Tote Investors Cup (Kempton)
1961 Betting Levy Act transferred responsibility for distribution of funds to racing to the Levy Board; Board reconstituted as Horserace Totalisator Board; Tote Investors Ltd opened two betting shops to handle tote pool bets only

1963 Tote buys Tote Investors Ltd
1972 Tote permitted to handle bets on all sports
1973 Tote Bookmakers launched
1986 Live TV pictures in betting shops
1992 Tote Direct launched (joint venture with Corals)
1993 Betting shops open in the evening
1995 Sunday racing (May: Newmarket and Salisbury)
1997 Tote permitted to handle bets on all events, including numbers. Ladbrokes join Tote Direct
2002 Tote betXpress internet service launched
2004 Official unveiling of totesport/totepool
2009 Two year deal to sponsor Hull City A.F.C.
2011 Sale of the Tote to Betfred
2019 Sale of the Tote to UK Tote Group