Recent Spreadbetting Stories

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  Supremacy Spread Bets Explained19 Feb 2012

  Supremacy Spread Bets are spread betting markets predicting a team's dominance over their opposition. The spread betting firm will predict how many more goals any given team will score against their opponents. Example: Extrabet traders might make Arsenal favourites to beat Tottenham by 0.1...

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  What is Spread betting?15 Jun 2010

  Spread betting has become an exciting way in which sports betting enthusiasts can add to the thrill of live sport. The market leader in Spreadbetting is the London based firm Extrabet Spread betting allows you to bet on more than just the event, with a vast range of markets available for your spor...

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  Where can I place a spread bet?15 Jun 2010

  You can place a sports spread bet at Extrabet or a financial spread bet at Capital Spreads ExtrabetExtrabet is the world’s largest sports spread betting company, specialising in sports and event spread betting. Founded in 2000, Extrabet has established itself as the market leader in the sport...

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  How To Spread Bet - Details of Spread Betting online15 Jun 2010

  You will notice that the predictions are presented in the form of two prices at firms such as Extrabet This is a range known as the 'spread' and you bet low (also known as a `Sell’) at the first named price and if you wish to bet high (also known as a `Buy') you would do so at the second pri...

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  Football Spread Betting tips15 Jun 2010

  With live matches on TV around four times a week through the season, it is understandable why football, in percentage terms, is the fastest growing sport in gambling.   Once upon a time you could only bet on the home team, away team, draw, first goal scorer and correct score.  Now,...

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  Horse Racing Spread Betting Tips15 Jun 2010

  Spread betting on horse racing offers the strongly opinionated punter a real chance to back his racing judgement.  At Extrabet when you log in you'll see a ‘Racing Menu’ which includes backing or opposing favourites, betting on the aggregate ‘Winning Distances’ at a race meeting, and bac...

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  Golf Spread Betting Tips15 Jun 2010

  How to Spread Bet on Golf Games at firms like Extrabet One golfers final round back nine collapse saw him slump from outright second to sixth and sadly for his fixed-odds supporters, out of the betting money. The majority of firms were only offering place terms that stretched to fifth, so £10 each...

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  Total Goals Spread Betting Explained15 Jun 2010

  The Total Goals Spread betting market is based on the total number of goals scored in any given match by both teams. Example:A firm like Extrabet might predict that the Manchester United v Barcelona game will yield 2.7-3.0 goals. Therefore if you think that the game will be high scoring you ...

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  Goal Scorers' Shirt Numbers Spread betting15 Jun 2010

  Goal Scorers' Shirt Numbers Spread betting allows you to bet on the aggregate number of shirt numbers for all the goal scorers in a match. If Arsenal were to draw 1-1 with Liverpool with players wearing shirt numbers 14 and 10 scoring the goals, the shirt numbers would result in 24 points. Ex...

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  Extrabet.com launches "Take it Now", the Next New thing in online betting8 Mar 2010

  Chris Shillington from Extrabet explains how "Take it Now" could be the Next New Thing in online betting. When reflecting on major changes in the betting industry, you really don’t have to look back a long way. Exchanges, in-running betting, multiples, online poker/casinos and spread betting hav...

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  Financial Spread Betting5 Jun 2009

  Spread betting is the tax-free alternative to conventional shares dealing. It enables you to profit from rising as well as falling prices 24 hours a day. When you spread bet, you never physically buy or sell an instrument (i.e. a share in Barclays or gold bullion), you simply bet on the direction ...

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  Cricket Spread Betting Tips24 Jun 2008

  Contrary to what you may think, market-makers do make mistakes from time to time. In 1999 the cricket trading team at Sporting Index produced the biggest market-making “cock-up” in sports spread betting history. In the May of 1999 Sporting Index had just unveiled over 100 special markets on the Cr...