Bookmaker price reportFlemingtonTuesday 3 November 2026Race 7, 3200 m
Melbourne Cup 2026bookmaker prices at the close
Point Of Law won the Melbourne Cup 2026. Its best closing price was $8.00, at TAB: 9.7% above the average of the 12 bookmakers' closing prices ($7.29) and level with TAB ($8.00). BetRight was top price on 9 of the 23 runners, more than any other bookmaker.
Winner · No. 20
Point Of Law
Closing win price at 12 bookmakers
- $8.00 TAB
- $7.50 bet365 · BetDeluxe · NextBet (formerly PlayUp) · Palmerbet · TABtouch
- $7.00 BetRight · Ladbrokes · Neds · PointsBet · Sportsbet · Unibet
- Best
- $8.00
- Average
- $7.29best +9.7%
- TAB
- $8.00best +0.0%
- Lowest
- $7.00
- Open → close
- $8.25 → $7.25median, 12 books
The margin in each bookmaker’s closing prices
At the close, Unibet carried the least margin (117.1%) and PointsBet the most (122.2%), across the 6 bookmakers that priced every runner. Taking the best price on every runner, from whichever bookmaker held it, gives 106.6%.
- Best price on every runner 106.6%
- Unibet 117.1%
- TABtouch 117.9%
- bet365 117.9%
- BetRight 118.7%
- NextBet (formerly PlayUp) 119.6%
- PointsBet 122.2%
Book percentage is the sum of 1/price over the field at the close. Each bar starts at 100%, a book with no margin, so its length is the margin. Only bookmakers with a closing price on every runner that started are drawn; the table below lists every bookmaker.
Top price and book percentage, by bookmaker
A bookmaker is top price on a runner when its closing price equals the highest closing price any served bookmaker held for that runner; joint top counts for every bookmaker at that price, so the counts do not sum to the field. Only runners with closing prices from at least three bookmakers are counted. Book percentage is the sum of 1/price over the field at the close: 100% would be a market with no margin. It is shown only for a bookmaker with a closing price on every runner that started.
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| Bookmaker | Top price on | Sole top | Closing prices | Book % at close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BetRight | 9 of 23 | 2 | 23 of 23 | 118.7% |
| Sportsbet | 7 of 23 | 2 | 22 of 23 | — |
| TABtouch | 7 of 23 | 0 | 23 of 23 | 117.9% |
| TAB | 6 of 23 | 1 | 22 of 23 | — |
| PointsBet | 6 of 23 | 0 | 23 of 23 | 122.2% |
| NextBet (formerly PlayUp) | 5 of 23 | 2 | 23 of 23 | 119.6% |
| Unibet | 5 of 23 | 2 | 23 of 23 | 117.1% |
| bet365 | 4 of 23 | 1 | 23 of 23 | 117.9% |
| Neds | 4 of 23 | 0 | 22 of 23 | — |
| Ladbrokes | 3 of 23 | 0 | 22 of 23 | — |
| Palmerbet | 1 of 23 | 0 | 21 of 23 | — |
| BetDeluxe | 0 of 23 | 0 | 22 of 23 | — |
| Best price on every runner | — | — | — | 106.6% |
A dash in the last column: the bookmaker did not hold a closing price on every runner that started, so its book percentage would understate. The last row takes the best closing price on each runner, from whichever bookmaker held it.
Every runner at the close
Closing win price by bookmaker, in finishing order. The shaded cell is the top price for that runner (joint top shades every bookmaker at that price). A bookmaker's closing price is the last win price PuntersEdge archived for that runner, counted only when that observation fell within 300 seconds of the scheduled jump. A bookmaker with no observation that late shows a dash for the runner.
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| Finish · No. · Runner | Best | Avg | bet365 | BetDeluxe | BetRight | Ladbrokes | Neds | NextBet | Palmerbet | PointsBet | Sportsbet | TAB | TABtouch | Unibet | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won20Point Of Law | $8.00 | $7.29 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | 7.50 | 7.00 | -12% |
| 2nd15Zahrann | $34.00 | $27.67 | 29.00 | 31.00 | 26.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 23.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 34.00 | 26.00 | 31.00 | 26.00 | -24% |
| 3rd11Juja Kibo | $14.00 | $13.33 | 13.00 | 13.00 | 13.00 | 13.00 | 13.00 | 13.00 | 13.00 | 14.00 | 13.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 | +8% |
| 4th1Sons And Lovers | $34.00 | $26.42 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 34.00 | 26.00 | 23.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | +13% |
| 5th7Royal Supremacy | $101.00 | $69.33 | 71.00 | 61.00 | 101.00 | 61.00 | 61.00 | 81.00 | 61.00 | 91.00 | 71.00 | 51.00 | 61.00 | 61.00 | +22% |
| 6th24Shockletz | $11.00 | $10.32 | 11.00 | 10.00 | 11.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 11.00 | — | 9.50 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 11.00 | 10.00 | -17% |
| 7th18James J Braddock | $31.00 | $26.50 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 23.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 23.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 31.00 | 26.00 | 31.00 | 26.00 | +5% |
| 8th16So You Are | $10.00 | $9.25 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.50 | 9.50 | 9.00 | 9.50 | 8.50 | 9.00 | 9.50 | 9.50 | 10.00 | -7% |
| 9th12Hopewell Rock | $8.00 | $7.08 | 7.50 | 6.50 | 7.00 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 6.50 | 8.00 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 | +8% |
| 10th4Middle Earth | $17.00 | $16.50 | 16.00 | 16.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 15.00 | 16.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 16.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 | -6% |
| 11th2Trustyourinstinct | $9.50 | $9.12 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.50 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.50 | 9.00 | 9.50 | 0% |
| 12th3Knight's Choice | $71.00 | $51.42 | 51.00 | 41.00 | 71.00 | 41.00 | 46.00 | 71.00 | 51.00 | 61.00 | 41.00 | 41.00 | 41.00 | 61.00 | 0% |
| 13th14Soul Of Spain | $21.00 | $19.50 | 19.00 | 19.00 | 21.00 | 19.00 | 19.00 | 18.00 | 19.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 | 18.00 | 20.00 | 20.00 | -5% |
| 14th23Zakouma | $34.00 | $28.42 | 29.00 | 31.00 | 34.00 | 31.00 | 27.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 29.00 | 27.00 | 31.00 | 19.00 | 31.00 | +2% |
| 15th6Enfjaar | $21.00 | $19.75 | 19.00 | 20.00 | 17.00 | 20.00 | 21.00 | 18.00 | 20.00 | 19.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 | 20.00 | -22% |
| 16th19Kizlyar | $61.00 | $56.42 | 61.00 | 51.00 | 61.00 | 61.00 | 61.00 | 51.00 | 61.00 | 61.00 | 46.00 | 61.00 | 51.00 | 51.00 | +20% |
| 17th22Mr Monaco | $31.00 | $27.83 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 23.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 26.00 | 0% |
| 18th21Strictly Business | $126.00 | $85.58 | 126.00 | 71.00 | 91.00 | 71.00 | 71.00 | 101.00 | 81.00 | 91.00 | 81.00 | 71.00 | 71.00 | 101.00 | +42% |
| 19th8Wine Dark Sea | $41.00 | $35.36 | 34.00 | 34.00 | 34.00 | 35.00 | 34.00 | 34.00 | 34.00 | 41.00 | — | 34.00 | 41.00 | 34.00 | 0% |
| 20th17Future History | $67.00 | $61.17 | 61.00 | 61.00 | 67.00 | 61.00 | 61.00 | 61.00 | 61.00 | 67.00 | 61.00 | 61.00 | 51.00 | 61.00 | +24% |
| 21st13Onesmoothoperator | $126.00 | $77.83 | 126.00 | 61.00 | 126.00 | 61.00 | 61.00 | 91.00 | 71.00 | 67.00 | 67.00 | 61.00 | 61.00 | 81.00 | +26% |
| 22nd10Goodie Two Shoes | $31.00 | $26.42 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 29.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 31.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 23.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | +17% |
| 23rd5Vauban | $71.00 | $59.00 | 51.00 | — | 51.00 | — | — | 51.00 | — | 67.00 | 61.00 | — | 61.00 | 71.00 | +31% |
A dash in a bookmaker's column: no price observed within 300 seconds of the jump. A dash for finish: the result lists the runner as a starter without a finishing position. Move = median open-to-close change (see below). Scratched, so not in the table: Asterix (9).
How the market moved in the last hour
Winner
Point Of Law
$8.25 → $7.25 -12%
Median of 12 bookmakers.
Biggest steamer
Zahrann
$34.00 → $26.50 -24%
Finished 2nd. Median of 12 bookmakers.
Biggest drifter
Strictly Business
$51.00 → $81.00 +42%
Finished 18th. Median of 11 bookmakers.
Opening price is the earliest archived price up to 60 minutes before the jump. A runner's move is the median, across bookmakers, of closing price divided by opening price, counting a bookmaker only when it was observed at least three times over at least 20 minutes and held a closing price, with at least three bookmakers qualifying (the /market-report rules).
How this was measured
- Source
- The PuntersEdge closing-line archive: every served Australian bookmaker's archived win prices for each runner, joined to the race result. Bookmaker prices only; exchange prices are not included.
- The race
- Lexus Melbourne Cup, Flemington race 7, 3200 m, track SOFT (5). Scheduled jump 3:00 pm AEDT (2026-11-03T04:00:00Z). Result status: final.
- Closing price
- A bookmaker's closing price is the last win price PuntersEdge archived for that runner, counted only when that observation fell within 300 seconds of the scheduled jump. A bookmaker with no observation that late shows a dash for the runner. The last closing price in this race was captured at
2026-11-03T03:59:56Z. - Average and TAB
- The average is the arithmetic mean of the bookmakers' closing prices for the runner; the TAB figure is TAB's own closing price.
- Bookmakers
- bet365, BetDeluxe, BetRight, Ladbrokes, Neds, NextBet (formerly PlayUp), Palmerbet, PointsBet, Sportsbet, TAB, TABtouch, Unibet: the 12 served Australian bookmakers with a closing price in this race.
- Measured
- 7 Nov 2026 11:53 UTC, from the archive as it stood then.
Cite this
Source: PuntersEdge, puntersedge.online/reports/melbourne-cup-2026
Machine-readable twin: https://puntersedge.online/reports/melbourne-cup-2026.json (same figures, UTC and local times side by side).
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For developers
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Or rebuild the margin chart from this page’s JSON twin, no key needed:
import requests
rep = requests.get("https://puntersedge.online/reports/melbourne-cup-2026.json").json()
for b in rep["bookmakers"]:
prices = [ru["prices"].get(b["key"]) for ru in rep["runners"]]
if all(prices): # a closing price on every runner
print(f'{b["name"]:28} {sum(1 / p for p in prices):.1%}')Melbourne Cup: the race-day build page · Weekly market report · Bookmaker report · All race price reports · Cox Plate 2026 · The Everest 2026 · Caulfield Cup 2026
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