Spread betting has had its ups and downs over the years. At one stage, it had become one of the fastest growth areas in betting. Now, you have to look a lot harder to find spreads on most competitions, and even then the spread is not always advantageous.
You will still find that spread betting [...]
Category Archives: Spread Betting
Is Spread Betting Starting To Lose Its Appeal?
Spread Betting And Non Sporting Outcomes
We tend to focus a lot on sporting events and games that are played in online casinos. However, there are many other betting opportunities, especially when it comes to spread betting. One of the more popular forms of spread betting are the bets placed on stock market outcomes; for example, at what point a certain [...]
Spread Betting – Betting On Artificial Spreads
Spread betting has become one of the popular forms of betting for betters who like high-risk high-profit betting. In spread betting, it’s not about tipping the winner; rather, it’s more about accurately estimating the size of a win. Sometimes, bookmakers will create artificial spreads. These are not novelty bets but serious spreads, the only difference [...]
Spread Betting And The Financial Markets
The earliest form of spread betting was carried on at stock exchanges around the world in the form of options trading. You can still play the options markets and gold, oil and currencies lead the way. Online bookmakers have entered the fray and they offer spread betting in areas like the FTSE 100 and the [...]
Rugby League Four Nations – Anyone For Spread Betting?
The Rugby League Four Nations tournament gets underway early this morning with Australia, as usual, heading the betting. England and New Zealand will undoubtedly challenge them on the field, but who in their right mind decided to invite Papua New Guinea as the fourth team? Spread betting will offer a decent return if you back [...]
Reds Blown Away In Spread Betting
Liverpool were well fancied in general betting to at least have an impact on the top five in this year’s English Premier League. Instead, they are sitting in the drop zone with only six points out of a possible 21. For those who used spread betting to backed them to have a strong season, the [...]
Spread Betting On The Ryder Cup
Ryder Cup has come around again and this time the Europeans get to host the tournament. This is one of the few international sporting events that is still played for pride rather than money – and the players certainly do vie to be a part of the tournament. Since the tournament is a cumulative scoring [...]
Tiger Woods And The Ryder Cup – Spread Betting Time Bomb
Tiger Woods has been selected to play in this year’s Ryder Cup. Woods failed to qualify for the annual event, however, Corey Pavin used his Captains pick to ensure that Woods was again part of the team. Online bookmakers reacted by easing the price of the United States while firming Europe – the US is [...]
Spread Betting – Closing Out A Loss
The football season has hit the crazy season. After just three rounds we now have an enforced rest period while International Friendlies take center stage. Still, that gives us time to consider some of our betting options. Spread betting has become popular with spreads being created on a wide range of outcomes. For many, spread [...]
The Concept Behind Spread Betting
Spread betting is one of those betting options that many punters find difficult to understand. There are those that dig a little deeper to try and gain an understanding and there are others that simply walk away preferring more traditional types of betting. In a way, spread betting is one of the oldest forms of [...]