spread betting

Online bookmaker Extrabet are able to offer you a little something different for your big weekend of sports betting. The online bookmaker is one of the best destinations to find spread betting. Even if you are a novice when it comes to this mode of betting, Extrabet really excel with their excellent help files, all done in a graphical interface which looks like a cool graphic novel. The great thing about Extrabet, and what makes them so popular, is that not only do they offer an excellent spread betting service, but running alongside that is the fixed odds betting which you would find at any other online bookmaker. It is just the power of their spread betting which really stands out as an extra bonus. Spread betting is not just landing a correct prediction, but it is about how right you can be with your predictions. The more correct you are with a bet, then the more you are going to stand to win. There are higher risks involved with spread betting though, which newcomers need to be aware of, because you can lose more than what you stake as well. But with Extrabet, everything is presented so clearly that you are helped all along the way with the process. Extrabet will be worth checking out ahead of the weekend, and the good thing is that you can take some time to explore their guides in order to get yourself accustomed to spread betting.

If you just want fixed odds betting, then you will be well served at Extrabet as well, who offer extremely competitive prices on their excellent website. There are two ways to get yourself started at Extrabet, and when you open an account, you will need to upgrade to gain access to the Spread Betting. But, there is good news all around on that front, because Extrabet offer not one, but two great welcome bonus offers. First of all, when you open a regular betting account with them, you can get a free £25 bet for your fixed odds account. The Extrabet welcome offer doubles your stake when you have your first bet on a new account. So, if you place the minimum £10 qualifying bet for your first stake, Extrabet will match that stake on your selection, so you will be actually betting with £20 which would give you twice the amount of profit back! This offer on your free matched fixed odds bet is up to the value of £25 (which they will match pound for pound), so this is a generous way to get things started.

If from there you wanted to go ahead and move ahead with the spread betting offer, there is a £100 Risk Free Spread bet offer to take advantage off. This is another warm welcome from Extrabet, giving you two opportunities for free bets. When you open a Spread Betting account and place a total of five settled spread bets, then Extrabet will give you that £100 risk free spread bet on total goals or supremacy in any live football match. If football is not your thing, then the offer is valid for a similar level on tennis, horse racing, golf, cricket or rugby union as well. This gives you plenty of room to make the most of this great introduction. However, this double welcome offer from Extrabet is only valid up until the 31st May 2011, so you will have plenty of time to assess your interests in spread betting and see what Extrabet have on offer for you. They do run a great live in play service, and their help files throughout their sports book and website itself really are excellent. So even if you just wanted to stick to fixed odds betting, you will be in excellent hands as well. Just open both accounts by May 31st this year and you will be able to get your £125 worth of free bets.

Extrabet offer a great Long Term Premiership Spread Betting Market. If you are unfamiliar with Spread Betting, then there is a need to fully understand the risks involved. It is not the common method of betting in the UK, and it has been prominently used in North American sports. Still, it is good to be aware of the system, as knowledge can further your betting experience and opportunities. Extrabet really is one of the best online bookmakers when it comes to Spread Betting and it is well worth opening an account with them if you want to explore it. They offer some fantastic user guides to help you along, because they themselves stress that the risks are higher in Spread Betting. You stand to lose more than your stake, and while the profit margins can be much higher than fixed odds betting, there is always that balance. It is worth taking some time and studying this form of betting, but it is an option and here we take a look at Spread Betting on the outcome of the Premier League.

This is 60 Index market from Extrabet. What is an Index? Well, instead of picking outright winners for events, an Index will award points on an outcome. For example, in the current Ashes cricket series, 25 points are awarded for a Test Match win, 10 points awarded for a draw, and 0 points for a defeat. Those points are accumulated over the five Test Matches in the series, and you would find a quote on Extrabet for Australia and England, and it is your job as the punter to decide whether you think the points quote on the Index is too high, or too low. When you Buy in Spread Betting, you state that you think a team will pick up more points. If you Sell, you think the points total on a team will be lower. So, to the Premier League. The 60 Index works like this: The team finishing first is awarded 60pts on the Index, the 2nd team gets 40pts, 3rd gets 30pts and so on down a scale (listed in more details below). You will find a quote on each Premier League on this market, and you weigh up whether their quote Index points will be higher or lower in reality. For example, Bolton are quoted at 3-5 Index Points (which on the scale has them finishing in 8th place). If they happened to go and win the Premier League, they would get the 60 points on the Index. The 60 Index points minus the quoted higher price of 5 leaves you 55 Index points. You profit will be your stake multiplied by 55 (the difference between the final Index points and the initial quote). If you had a £1 stake, then Bolton’s success would fetch you £55.

There are high risks in Spread Betting, but this is a market which offers novices some kind of security blanket, because you can make good assumptions as to who will finish in the top six for example. On the Index, the places from 3rd to 8th are only decreasing in steps of 5 points, meaning that the potential loss is probably not too substantial. As said, there are risks as always in Spread Betting, because the more wrong you are with your stake on Spread Betting, the worse off you are going to be. The more right you are, and the more you are willing to risk, the greater the rewards as explain below. See also our Premier League Points Spread Betting feature…

Extrabet Long Term Premier League 60 Index

Points: 1st = 60pts, 2nd = 40pts, 3rd = 30pts, 4th = 25pts, 5th = 20pts, 6th = 15pts, 7th = 10pts, 8th = 5pts

Man Utd: 43.5-46.5

This means that Man Utd are pretty good value here. Why? Well, you need to weigh up the potential loss first. The Premier League is running pretty tight at the moment, but United are a strong team, unbeaten and you would expect them to be challenging for first place. Therefore, if you Buy their quote, even if they finished second and picked up 40 points on the Index, that is only a 3.5 point difference to the quote. That means if they finished second, you would lose stake x 3.5 but then you weigh this up against potential profit. The difference between the 60pts on the Index for coming first and the 46.5 on the quote, is 13.5 points. A £1 stake therefore, would fetch £13.50 for your Spread Betting. It all sounds good right, but the risk of them finishing third has to be looked at as well, as that would mean they only pick up 30 points. 43.5 from the quote minus 30 points leaves a big 13.5 point deficit, and you would multiply that deficit by your stake. That is how much you could lose. Really not worth Selling their quote for the difference of that 3.5 margin back to 40 points. However, if you think they are going to crash, then it would be.

Chelsea: 40-43

Makes for an interesting punt as well really. Can they get their act together and defend their title? If they can get the better of Manchester United again this season in the race, then there is a massive 17 points difference between the quote and 60 Index points for winning the league. That is a pretty good profit margin. However, as Chelsea are struggling for form, there is no saying whether they will get that back. Is it worth Selling their Quote, believing that they would finish third (giving 10 point profit margin) or perhaps fourth where they stand now (giving a 15 point profit margin)? This is the big tug of war in weighing up your Spread Betting. Remember that you can Buy if you think Chelsea will finish with more than the quote, or Sell if you think that they will get less.

Arsenal: 35-38

Clearly the bookie is expecting Arsenal to finish in third place here, and that is understandable. Do they have the qualities to go higher? Potentially yes, if Chelsea do not get their act together and Manchester City run out of steam. Arsenal are definite challengers for second place, but the 38 quoted isn’t giving enough wiggle room for profit, when compared to the risk of them finishing in fourth. If they finished fourth than that could be a huge 10 point loss difference. You could of course Sell their Quote in the hope that they did finish fourth and then you would be in with a nice 10 point profit margin if they did.

Liverpool – 11.5-14.5

Interesting figure on the Reds, as this puts Roy Hodgson’s men around 6th or 7th. They finished in seventh last year, and there doesn’t seem to be a lot of potential in them getting higher. They are interesting because they could go either way. You have to picture, Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City and Spurs finishing above them, that leaves them way back for 6th spot at best. If you bought their quote, 6th place rewards 15 points on the Index, so that’s just 0.5 of a point for profit. It’s highly unlikely they will finish fifth in the league or higher, so the biggest profit on Liverpool will be to see them fail. For a 7th place finish when Selling their quote, would give you 1.5 point profit, an 8th place finish would give a nice 5 point profit and if they finish lower than that, then that’s 11.5 x stake coming your way for taking the Sell option on them.

This is just highlighting the fun and the challenge that Spread Betting can provide. There are extensive markets on Spread Betting, and Extrabet provide fantastic coverage and service. Another word of advice would be to stick firmly to sports that you are knowledgeable about, and don’t be afraid to sit and study statistics to help you draw your conclusions. Doing so makes the betting picture on Spread Betting just that little bit clearer. Try Extrabet for all of your betting needs. They offer up to £100 in free bets when you open a new account with them. You will need to then confirm upgrading your account to take part in Spread Betting with the online bookmaker, because it is run separately from the regular sports book betting.

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Premier League Spread Betting

With most of the Premier League action getting frozen out this weekend, it means that we head to the Christmas week with little action going on. Therefore, it makes a great time to sit back and ponder some football Spread Betting. Spread Betting is a higher risk form of betting, because you can lose more than you stake. The basics of Spread Betting, is that you are given a quote, say on how many points a rugby team would score in a match. You decide whether you want to Sell that quote, if you think that the team will score less than the quote, or Buy if you think that the team will score more than the quote. The more correct you are, meaning that if you have Bought the quote, the more points over the quote the team accumulates the bigger your profit margin. If you have Sold, then the more the team are under the quote, the more you win. The risk comes in getting the wrong outcome. If you have Bought and the points total ends up under the quote, then you are losing money, and vice versa. Still, it is such a popular method of betting that it may be worth getting to grips with. Here we take a look at the Premier League Points Spread Betting at Extrabet, and how you can turn their quotes into profit. The good thing about this market as opposed to picking an outright winner in your fixed odds betting, is that you can take any team in the league, and not worry about where they will finish in the league standings. You just need to make an informed and educated guess as to how many points a particular team could accumulate over the season. The amount of profit or loss will be down to the amount of unit stake that you place, as explained in more detail below.

Man Utd Spread Betting Quote: 79.25 – 80.75

Current Points: 34 from 16 played
Last Season Points Total: 85

Well, Manchester United are in the driving seat at the moment, still unbeaten in the Premier League this season. If they keep up the current kind of form, they would be expected to hit around 68 points from 32 matches, leaving six more to pick up points to head towards eighty. That is another 18 points available, added to the 68 projected points takes them in to the eighty. The things is with Spread Betting, if you think that the quote is pretty much accurate, then leave it well alone. This has to be good advice when looking at the quote on Manchester United. The math adds up to being about right, and the profit/deficit margins really aren’t worth dabbling with.

Chelsea Spread Betting Quote: 76-77.5

Current Points: 31 from 17 played
Last Season Points Total: 86

Their big match against Manchester United was postponed for Sunday, leaving things a little bit up in the air. That was actually a big three points which could have gone either way. With Manchester United running as favourites to win the Premier League now, simply down to the demise of Chelsea’s form, Spread Betting on the Blues makes for an interesting proposition. Will they be able to recover their form, and how long will it take them to do so? At the time of writing, Chelsea have picked up just nine points from an available 24 over the last eight matches. Eight matches is a huge portion of the season gone with points going begging for Carlo Ancelotti and his men, how soon can they redress the balance? What if they can’t pull themselves out of the slump for another four of five matches? That’s a lot of points still going begging. Buying Chelsea over 77.5 seems like a bit of a stretch to pick up profit. Double what they have now, and that’s 61 points from 34, leaving just four games to try and get over that 77.5 quote. However, if Chelsea rediscover their blistering form from early season and go on a hot streak of wins, then they could easily make it. This one will be all about form, and more unpredictable than Man Utd’s points tally.

Arsenal Spread Betting Quote: 75.5-77

Current Points: 32 from 17 played
Last Season Points Total: 75

The Gunners are still not deemed as being good enough to win the league, even though they should be strong challengers. Could well finish under the quote with a projection of 64 points from 34 matches. Still though, this one looks to be pretty much in the ball park of the quote. Can they top the 77 points to bring profit? Potentially of course, there are still twenty one matches to go, which means 63 points available, but unlikely to go too much beyond that to make this worthwhile.

Man City Spread Betting Quote: 70.75-72.25

Current Points: 32 from 17 played
Last Season Points Total: 67

On par with Arsenal, but can you pick out the better team? In a two horse race between the two sides, you would realistically go with Arsenal. So, therefore, that is why the unproven Manchester City are a considerable five points back in the quote to Arsenal, but they represent good value. If you believe that they could keep pace with Arsenal, and who is to say that they won’t go and spend big in the January transfer window to boost their chances, they would be able to accumulate points above the quote. It will be a big effort from them, as it would put them firmly in the hunt for the title. Seventy points has to be a realistic target for them to surpass, so there could well be some decent value in Buying Man City’s quote at over 72.25 points. They are improving, but could, by the same yardstick, blow it unless they sort out the Tevez problems. It is the unpredictability over Man City, just like Chelsea, which makes them potentially more profitable in your Spread Betting.

Liverpool Spread Betting Quote: 57.25-58.75

Current Points: 22 from 17 played
Last Season Points Total: 63

All sorts of problems at Anfield this season. Well, actually the problems have been away from Anfield, where Liverpool have found it incredibly hard to win this year. They have a decent enough home record though to suggest that they would finish somewhere between 50 and 60 points. However, there are serious questions about them, and they are just as likely to go on a hot streak as they are to go on a horrible skid. Doubling their figures to see 44 points from 34, really needs to be added to a little bit because they will pick up away wins at some points, so a figure around 50 is probably sound. Do they have enough to get all the way up to around 60 points though? If so, a turn around in fortunes for them, really would bring some good profit in buying them, but they need to be a lot better than they have been. Remember key factors of injuries and transfers. Liverpool are fragile with only Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres being really productive. More injuries to them will equal more lost points on the season.

Everton Spread Betting Quote – 50-51.5

Current Points: 18 from 17 played
Last Season Points Total: 61

Simply haven’t gotten their act together the season as expected and you hear most experts and pundits talking about them, and they are expected to reach mid table safety. Worryingly, they are one of the lowest scoring teams in the Premier League and they will continue to draw a lot of games. Going along at the current click, would see them around 36 points from 34 matches. Averaging just 1.06 points per game would put them around 40 points at the end of the season. Add a couple of good wins on top of that, and that still doesn’t hit the quote. Worth a little flutter in Selling on their quote maybe? Are they going to face that kind of trouble over the second half of the season, or will they come good?

Those are just some highlight options to help you get on your way with Spread Betting. The further you look down the list of Spread Bets on the Premier League season, you will find some interesting ones for yourself, based on your own predictions of how well teams will do. Take time to look around mid table teams, those which could go either way, there should be some good Quotes in there. Enjoy Spread Betting on football, but because cautious of the risks. Start off small and gradually work your way into the swing of things. If you are looking for the ideal Spread Betting destination, then Extrabet really should top the list. Open a regular account, which offers up to £100 in free bets, and just upgrade your account to include the Spread Betting feature on the site. You will be in good hands, and be sure to take time perusing the brilliant help guides available before you start betting in this format.

Well, fortunately the only freeze Down Under will be in England’s strong run of form against the Aussies, as the England cricket side look to salvage a draw from the third test. This raised an interesting opportunity to look at something a little bit different for your cricket betting. You can go to any online bookmaker and pick your outright odds on Series Winner, Test Match Winner, Top Batsman and so on, but there is a great alternative way to enjoy betting on the cricket Ashes, by taking a visit to Extrabet, who are one of the leading service providers online for Spread Betting. When you go and start trading on Spread Betting, the first thing you have to know is that you can stand to lose more than what you stake. There are greater risks involved with Spread Betting, and the systems take a little more work in studying, in order to try and avoid pitfalls. However, the flip side of all this, is that there are some fantastic opportunities to reap some very good profits. Here we take a look through the different betting markets for the Ashes, and which will apply to all cricket betting.

Spread Index Betting

Just a quick explanation of what you can expect to see when you see something being advertised as an Index. Let’s take the Series Index as our example for this Ashes betting. Instead of just picking outright odds on an event happening, or more importantly, not happening, an Index in your Spread Betting will award points on certain outcomes. Extrabet offer 25 points to any team which wins a Test Match, which gives 10 points to England and Australia if they draw or tie. So, with the sides drawing the First Test and England winning the second, England currently lead the Index with 35 points, with the Aussies on ten. Here is how the Series Index for the Ashes work. England’s Series Index is currently priced a 71-74. So what does this mean? With Five Test Matches in the series, the potential at the start was for any team to pick up a maximum of 125 Index Points (5 x 25 for each win). With this price of 71-74, you have to decide whether you think England will score more than 74 points in the Index system, or less that 74. As this is Spread Betting, you place a stake, say of £1 on England to score more than the 74, so you are Buying. Now, if England finish the series with three wins, one draw and one loss, they would have 85 points at the end of the series. Your profit margin will be the difference between the 85 points scored, and the higher Index spread point of 74. So, 85-74 is eleven, so that is 11 x Stake (in this case £1) so you have won £11. Similarly, if you think England wouldn’t hit 71 points, you would have Sold (just like trading) at a £1. If England just one win and one draw on 35 points, that is hefty £36 profit (71-35). However, if you had Sold like that and England finished above the Index threshold, you would have lost a multiple of your stake for every point over that England finished. This is the risk of Spread Betting. With this knowledge in hand, let’s look at the Extrabet Spread Betting on the Ashes and weigh up the prices.

Series Index

(Win 25pts, Draw/Tie/Abandoned 10pts, Loss 0pts)
Australia: 42-45 (that’s going to be in the ballpark of one Test match win and a couple of drawn matches)
England: 71-74 (That’s around two wins and two draws on the lower end, or three wins on the upper end)

England have looked the better side throughout the Ashes series so far, but the Aussies won’t lie down. They are showing a bit of fight back in the Third Test, and it will be unlikely that they go through the five match series without winning a Test. Bookies have generally been fancying a drawn outcome on the series, so a win each and three draws would give the sides 55 points each. Two wins and a draw would be 70 points.

Match 25 Index:

This is the same principle as the Series Index, but you will see the 25 Index used for individual Test Matches. The points systems is the same as in the above Index, but of course, with this being an individual match, no team get gain more than 25 points. So, with Australia being at 18.5-20 on the 25 Index after day three, and in a strong position to win the match. There was still profit to be made on Buying them at that point (in this case the five Index points x stake) if the Aussies win, but if England fought back for a win and you Sold on the Aussie 25 Index, the ten Index points given for a draw would have left you with a 8.5 x stake for selling on that 18.5-20 price. This method of Spread Betting is a great way to bet on cricket, but you need to keep up to date with the bookie though, as prices will naturally change throughout the day as the game progresses. For the first time in the Ashes series, England started the match as favourite. But it’s the Aussies who have a bit of momentum going. The action and your cricket betting can turn in a flash.

Team Runs

This is more of your familiar Spread Betting, where you are betting on the total points scored. This is pertaining to one innings though, not the entire match. This is where the risks of Spread Betting may be highlighted a little bit more. England have ran up some massive scores in the Ashes Series so far, but it only takes one bad innings for your Spread Betting to take a tumble. For example, the Aussies were quoted at 308-323 in their second innings at Extrabet, so if you thought that figure was too high and decided to Sell, because Australia have struggled to hit 300 in their past few innings, then you may think you are on to a winner. If they then rack up 500 runs in their innings, that is a potentially big loss you have taken on. However, if you had bought, thinking the Extrabet spread was too low and that the hosts were due a big knock, there was some massive profit to be earned. Imagine Buying at £1 and the Aussies ran up 550 runs. That would be 550 minus the spread of 323, leaving you £227 in profit. Big rewards. Big risks. Be sure that you understand fully the risks of spread betting. You don’t just stand to lose your stake as in fixed odds betting, your losses could well exceed your stake.

Other great Spread Betting markets for cricket and the Ashes series in particular at Extrabet, are Wicket x, which puts on a spread for how many runs will be scored for a particular wicket, while Player Performance Spread Betting enables you to try and make some profit on who you think will seriously be one of the men of the match. A bit like the Series Index, Player Performance awards points throughout the match for certain feats. A player will get one point for each run they score, twenty points for a wicket, ten points for a catch and the wicketkeepers get a nice twenty points for completing a stumping. That is one of the more fascinating markets. You can also find quotes given on the Batsmen and Bowlers for the series and individual Test Matches. This relates to how many runs you think a particular batsman will score, and how many wickets a particular bowler will take in the match or series.

If you are fully in tune with your Spread Betting, then Extrabet provides you the opportunity to win a little extra with their Ashes Leaderboard competition. Simply put, the person who makes the most points on Ashes Spread Betting, will be in line for the first prize of £1000. In every test which is played, the is a first prize on offer of £350, £150 for second place and third place brings home £100. The Overall Ashes Leaderboard prize has that massive £1000 for 1st place, £500 for 2nd, £250 for 3rd, £150 for 4th and £100 for 5th. Every point that you earn Spread Betting with Extrabet on the Ashes, will go towards your total. Your losses will be subtracted from the total. The person with the highest total at the end of the Ashes (or an individual match) gets the top prize. Qualification criteria is one bet per Individual Test, or eight Spread Bets throughout the entire Ashes series. So, with some clever Spread Betting, there is still time to make up some ground on the Ashes Leaderboard. The Spread Betting section of Extrabet is separate to the regular Sportsbook, and while new customers can earn themselves up to £100 in Free bets when opening a regular account with Extrabet, you will need to confirm the upgrade of your account to encompass Spread Betting as well. Understand the risks of Spread Betting fully before getting too deep.

San Francisco 49’ers v Denver Broncos Spread Betting: Sunday’s annual visit to Wembley for the NFL, sees the San Francisco 49’ers square off against the Denver Broncos in a regular season match. This isn’t the greatest showcase which the NFL could have sent across the pond, as both teams are sitting bottom of their respective divisions, but that having been said, it should be an exciting affair because both are desperate for points. The NFL is keen to make a big presence in Europe, as that means more revenue, and talks over having a European league will raise its head again, as one of the most popular betting sports hits the capital. With massive squads, massive guys and trunks full of protective gearing, American Football is followed with religious fervour in the States, even at grass roots high school level. While the Superbowl is the pinnacle of the game, the equivalent of the FA Cup final, there is a lot of swagger, bravado and showmanship about the game, and with all the stops and starts during play, a match can rumble on for hours. It also provides a wealth of great betting opportunities.

So let’s taking an American Football betting preview on the big Wembley showcase, starting with the San Francisco 49’ers. Even if you don’t really follow the NFL action, you have probably heard of the 49’ers. It’s just one of those things in sport. What sucks for them really, is that they have lost their starting quarter back, Alex Smith who has a separated shoulder. The quarter back is the attacking maestro with the ball, who calls all the shots and runs the game for the offence. The 49’ers have even overlooked their back up quarter back David Carr who had a bit of a nightmare filling in against Carolina, throwing an interception pass which lost them the match, so San Francisco have called upon Troy Smith to start the match. This Smith didn’t even make an impression during training camp, so it’s a surprise that the team are pulling out such desperate measures. As sports betting followers will know, form is everything, and that is one thing which the 49’ers do not have right now. Out of their first seven matches of the new season, they have won just once, and have a 1-4 match record in the last five. While their defence hasn’t been whole heartedly solid in enough matches, what is worrying for the team, is the offence not scoring enough. They aren’t the worst offensive team in the National Football Conference at all, but they certainly aren’t the best. While teams have posted upwards of 150 points in their opening matches, San Francisco have just teetered over the 100 mark. They have a terrible away record of losing all four played on the road this season, this game is a little different. It is almost a chance, on neutral ground, to wipe the slate clean and get their season rolling. Already they have a lot of catching up to do in their division, NFC West. A crucial game for the San Francisco 49’ers, but with all that having been said about them, they actually go into the match as favourite. That is not strong favourites, but when you look across betting lines, they are fancied to tip the match, even with their quarterback problems, which doesn’t say too much about the Denver Broncos. Main threats should come from Frank Gore who is the leading receiver for the 49’ers and Vernon Davies who has four touchdowns to his name this year, and leads the way in receiving yards. The defence is conceding an average 23.1 points per match this season, the offence is average 16.1.

Denver have done slightly better than San Francisco this season (and they are in the tougher conference), albeit by winning one more game than Sunday’s opponents have done. Yes, that gives them a record of two wins out of seven this season, but the one stat which stands out, and why the 49’ers are being tipped to edge this NFL Wembley showdown, is that Denver have the second worst defensive record in the whole of the NFL, having conceded 199 points in their seven matches. They are currently on a three game losing streak though, including an absolute embarrassing hammering by the Oakland Raiders last weekend, where the Broncos were played off the park in every aspect of the game. That was a severely brutal loss of 14-59, and the Broncos looked completely demoralised and out of shape, allowing Oakland to set a franchise record for points. There is immense pressure now on their head coach, and they need a big response at Wembley. One of the weakest aspects of their game is the running game, which is frankly, paltry and the 49’ers defence shouldn’t have too many problems coping in that department. However, when the ball is in the air, the Broncos have done OK, with main threats coming from Jabar Gaffney and Brandon Lloyd (3 touchdowns). Denver is scoring an average of 19.7 points per game this season, and the defence is shipping a frightening 28.4 points per match. It’s clear from those stats to see where their problems lie, but there is a silver lining as Denver hold a pretty good pass defence, which may just shut down any aerial threat from San Francisco.

It all adds up to what should be a relatively low scoring match, with neither team exactly looking prolific. Both teams will be hugely disappointed with the way the seasons have gone so far, but looking at things on paper, the San Francisco 49’ers look to have that extra edge in quality, if they can get their game going. There will be a lot of pressure on Troy Smith coming in at quarterback, but perhaps the neutral venue will ease some of that pressure and allow him to relax a little bit. Smith is someone who hasn’t held down a starting job for over three years. Can he find space to work with against Denver’s decent pass defence? If the 49’ers look to run the ball, there really doesn’t look to be much of a threat coming from there, which all adds up to a bit of parity in this match, and why the Moneylines for San Francisco 49’ers v Denver Broncos is running pretty close. Looking at the match up, there really isn’t a clear favourite, as neither team look as if they can be trusted to put out a complete performance for the entire matches. Is there enough offensive skills to take advantage of defensive lapses on either sides? The upshot is, that Denver are slight underdogs because of their losing streak, coupled with the beat down which they received against Oakland. This actually makes for interesting American Football betting, as taking Denver in a spread here, may just pay off.

As this is a North American Sport, let’s take a look at betting on the San Francisco 49’ers v Denver Broncos match from a North American betting perspective. That means looking at Spread Betting, for which we will head to Bodog for some fantastic coverage.

San Francisco 49’ers v Denver Broncos Point Spread
First and foremost let’s look at the spread for this one. Across the board at moneylines, you are only going to find a spread of one point. The San Francisco 49’ers are -1, meaning that they are starting as slight favourites and need to win the match by beating that one points deficit. The match is expected to a very tight encounter, but going Under on the Broncos looks a decent punt actually. So, here you can place a wager on the Niner’s to “cover the spread” by winning the game, or back Denver to beat the Spread by taking them in the positive of +1. Remember that with spread betting, you need to bet on the correct side of the spread to win money. You place your stake and the more right you are, the more you will win. Read on for more about spread betting.

San Francisco 49’ers v Denver Broncos Totals
The match total on this match at Extrabet, is running at 41-44 currently. This market is for the total points scored in the match, and if you look at the average scoring stats above in the preview, you can see why it is where it is. This is spread betting still. You decide whether you want to buy or sell units. If you buy, then you want the Totals score to be over the spread. So if you buy at £1, for each point over 44, you will win a £1 profit. However, for every point under the Totals spread of 41, you will lose £1. This is the risk and reward of spread betting! Alternatively, if you think the score is going to be Under the Totals spread, then you can sell. For every point under the Totals Spread, you will win whatever stake you laid down, but if the game goes over the Totals Spread, you will lose for every point over. If you look at Bodog, you will see things presented slightly differently. Again, in this market, you need to decide if you want to go over or under, and both options are set at a price of -110 at Bodog. What does that mean? Well, because the figure is in the minus, in moneyline terms that is the amount which you need to stake in order to win back £100. So, in order to win £100, you need to place a bet of £110. Naturally not everyone wants to have such a large punt, so if you placed a £11 bet, you would win back £10, so you can work out your percentage of the moneyline that way. Not a lot of value in it, simply because the match is expected to be tight. However, going over is looking like the way to swing on this one, because Denver have gone Over the points total in five of their last six matches, and four of the last six matches against San Francisco have gone Over the totals. A nice betting trend to swing along with. Remember, with Spread Betting, the more right you are, the more you will win. The more wrong you are, the more you will lose. This is the risks and rewards of betting the North American way.

San Francisco 49’ers v Denver Broncos  Supremacy
For this market, we go to Extrabet, who are a brilliant online bookmaker offering both spread betting and fixed odds. A supremacy bet is a winning margin bet. For the San Francisco 49’ers v Denver match, there is a San Francisco/Denver Supremacy of 0-2 (the first named team is the one with the supremacy). What does this mean? Is means that you need San Francisco to win by more than two points because the bookie thinks that San Francisco are 2 points better than Denver overall in scoring. What this essentially says, is that the 49′ers are going to be two points better than San Francisco in the match. So, if they win by two points you have hit parity and don’t win, but for every point over a two point winning margin, you will be earning yourself some profit. So, if you have staked £10 on a San Francisco Supremacy of 2 points and they win by three points, you will win £10 profit. If they win by five points, then you will win £30 (i.e., the winning margin minus the supremacy taken multiplied by your stake).

Fixed Odds
Of course, there are plenty of good fixed odds options on the match if that is the way you want to go for Sunday’s big game.

Bets Odds on Outrights for the match are:
San Francisco 49’ers to win 20/23 at BetFred
Denver Broncos to win 21/20 at Bet365

Frank Gore 1st Touchdown Scorer: 4/1 at ExtraBet
Vernon Davis 1st Touchdown Scorer: 7/1 at ExtraBet

ExtraBet General Review

After looking at some examples of Spread Betting and how it works recently, it’s time to go and look at one of the leaders in that form of betting, by exploring ExtraBet in a little more depth. Hitting the homepage of ExtraBet, there is a very cool and relaxed feel about the look of the betting site, with nothing pretentious and everything is very welcoming. It’s a simple black, which and blue theme, which looks very refreshing and really enhances the important areas of the website. The home page will show you some of the features of their sites, such as promotions and then underneath that you have quick links to some of the highlight sporting events of the day. Scroll on down the page a bit, there is the In-Play list of bets, arranged by sports, so that you can plan your day’s live betting events with ease. Everything is so clear at ExtraBet, it really helps you get to where you want to go, and makes your online betting very easy, and because of this, they really do come highly recommended. As well as being straight forward, there is an element of fun about ExtraBet, just an underlying current of being somewhere which offers something a little different. Just take a look at their help guides and this is displayed perfectly. It is one of the best guides to betting available at online bookmakers and ExtraBet really set out to make everything simple and enjoyable. So what about some of the main features of the betting site. Spread betting is something which they have covered extremely well, and while it is not as popular in the UK as it is in North American betting, if your interested has ever been piqued by Spread Betting, then you will be in good hands at ExtraBet.

Sportsbook

Just because they are very strong in spread betting, does not meant that ExtraBet do not offer good prices on fixed odds betting. If all you want to do is fixed odds betting, then you can enjoy yourself just as much at ExtraBet as you would at any of the top online bookmakers, because with ExtraBet, how you bet is up to you, you just have the added option of looking at Spread Betting if you wanted to. With the Euro 2012 qualifiers coming up, taking a look from the Football – Fixtures link on the menu, the England v Montenegro match was picked out to explore and highlight the wealth of betting opportunities available. Looking at the fixed odds for the match you will find some very good value. The full list of available markets are displayed on the same page, so you can just scroll down to the market and bet type section that you want. So, at the top there is the outright fixed odds, followed by the First Goalscorer odds and you can just then expand or collapse other sub markets for the match. It is a very well organised sports book that ExtraBet provide. When you click on the Spread Bets tab for the match, then you see what you can do with your Spread Betting. This is assuming that you are familiar with this type of betting, if you are not, read our guide here and also explore the excellent ExtraBet help guide. You can quickly find Supremacy bets, Total Goals, Time of 1st Goal spread, and one of the biggest markets is the Goal Times. Essentially, if you think the time of the first goal between England v Montenegro will be in the 34-37 minute bracket, you put in your stake and then Sell or Buy (deciding whether you think the first goal will be before or after the spread set by the bookie). Remember, the more correct you are with Spread Betting, the more you will win, but the more wrong you are, the more you will stand to lose. Understand the full risks of Spread Betting before getting in too deeply. But, to sum up the Spread Betting experience at ExtraBet, it is excellent. If you want a place to go and do it, to learn it, then ExtraBet will set you right. You will need to upgrade your regular account to gain access to Spread Betting at ExtraBet, but if it’s something you want to do, then you will be in a great place to do it. Overall, the sports book at ExtraBet is fun to navigate around, because there is a just such a good feel about it, but the quality of service really is there as well.

Live Betting

ExtraBet follow live betting opportunities very well as well. Again you are not limited just to fixed odds outright, as you can also check out the spread betting opportunities for in-running betting at ExtraBet. If you are looking for different types of betting, if you are looking to expand your knowledge of Spread Betting, and want to try and reap the benefits of Supremacy, match bet, Index Bets, Numbers Bet, Totals and much more. One stand out feature is the Take It Now option, which means that you can cash in your potential winnings before the outcome of a sporting event on which you have a bet is settled. If your horse hits the front for example, you can take the profit there and then instead of running the risk of the horse getting pipped at the post. Being able to cash in on events is a great little feature on ExtraBet, and it is just part and parcel of the extra betting options you can find at ExtraBet.

Promotions

How about £100 worth of free bets being available, if you sign up for an account before December 31st, 2010? That is a very generous offer from a great online bookmaker. This £100 is earned for your loyalty, and can be racked up pretty quickly. You can get up to £25 matched on your first and fifth bets on a new ExtraBet account, and on your 15th bet with the online bookmaker, you can get up to £50 matched. That is very nice actually, earning yourself a £100 worth of free bets just for betting, plus ExtraBet also roll out 20% Extra winnings on certain markets, so you should look out for those as well.

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When you are browsing around online bookmakers, you may very well stumble across some North American based terminology, which may be a little unfamiliar. It can be well worthwhile adding some new betting strings to your bow, so to speak, and familiarising yourself with different ways of betting can make your online betting experience a lot more rewarding. Some of the things below are not things to be jumped into blindly, especially spread betting, because there is a bigger risk of loss involved. Still, when things are  weighed up, there is great potential for profit, you just need to know how to read the spread. Here for your betting pleasure is a guide to some of the more Americanised betting terms you may come across. As a recommendation, two of the best sites for covering the types of betting laid out below are ExtraBet and Bodog.

Bodog: When signing up for the online bookmaker, you can earn yourself a free £25 bet. Extrabet: The sign up bonus at ExtraBet can reward you with up to £100 worth of free bets. Both offers are subject to a sliding scale of rewards, which accumulate after a certain amount of bets have been made. They are worthwhile if you intend to stick around and really use their services, and both online bookmakers offer brilliant betting services for both regular betting and spread betting.

Money Lines

This is the standard format by which North American betting is presented in, and is also known simply as American Odds. These aren’t restricted to American Football for example, visit somewhere like Bodog and you will see Money Lines for Premier League football matches as well. So what are you really looking at when you see Money Lines, and do they offer good value? For starters, let’s take a look at an example of Money Lines in a bet. As it’s a North American thing, we’ll go with an NHL Ice Hockey theme for this.

Pittsburgh Penguins -120
Columbus Blue Jackets +300

How do you read these Money Lines? Well, the negative figure by the side of a team name, represents the fact that they are the favourites to win the match. The figure states how much you need to stake in order to win £100 profit. So, in this case, because the Penguins would be clear favourites to win the match, you would have to stake £120 to win £100. You need to put £120 down on the favourite, which is naturally at short odds, to win the round £100. Of course you would work out percentages of this, if for example you only wanted to put down a £10 stake. A £12 stake for example would bring £10 profit. The underdogs for the match, the Columbus Blue Jackets naturally will bring better odds, and you need to read the positive Money Lines a little differently. The plus figure is how much you will stand to get back, if you place a bet of £100. Again, if you wanted to only place a £10 stake, then you would be earning yourself £30. So the American Money Lines are actually pretty easy to read, and in terms of value, it all works out as just about the same as you would see when you converted them to your more favourite way of betting, either decimal or fractional.

Negative = Amount you need to stake to win £100
Positive = Amount you win if you placed a stake of £100

Points Spread Betting

This is another popular way of betting for North American sports, and you will see a lot of this surrounding American Football. For the uninitiated, it can look a bit puzzling, but they can be rewarding when you get yourself familiarised with Spread Betting. One word of recommendation, is that you need to hone in on the match statistics to help you on Spread Betting. There is a certain degree of knowledge about the teams involved to win when playing spread betting. One of the best exponents of Spread Betting on UK Markets, is ExtraBet, who deliver a fantastic service and are worth checking out if first if you want to dabble on this. As always, just as with any form of betting, you have to understand the risks. While Spread Betting can prove to be lucrative, there is often bigger risk on it, and you can stand to lose more than when you are playing fixed odds outright betting. Here are some examples.

Spread Betting
New Orleans Saints -7
Dallas Cowboys +4

How do you read this? For starters, again the negative figure represents the favourite in the match, as they will start this Spread Betting with the handicap of -7 points. This means that in order for you to win your bet, the Saints will need to win the match on the field of play by seven points or more to beat the spread. This is what is known as covering the spread. On the other hand you could back the Dallas Cowboys, the underdogs, to not get beaten by four or more points in order to win your bet there. One of the huge benefits of Spread Betting, is that is makes a match where there is an overwhelmingly strong favourite, still competitive for your betting purposes.

Risks of Spread Betting – Buying and Selling
Say for example the spread on England’s batting total in their first innings against Australia in a Test Match is 250-275. You must decide whether to Sell (go under the 250) or Buy (go over the 275). So, if England step up to the crease and knock out 300 runs. If you bought at £1 per run (point or unit, whatever the term may be on the site you are betting on) then you will win £25 because England have scored more than the 275 spread. If however, they collapse and only hit 200 runs, then you are in trouble, because you will stand to lose £50 because England scored 50 runs less than the 250 selling spread. The reverse of this would have been if you had gone for the Sell, you would have won yourself £50 because of the England collapse, and would have lost big if they had ran up any score over the 275. So there is a lot more to think about when spread betting like this, you really have to gauge how the teams will perform on the day. As there is bigger profit to be won, the risk of losing is also higher. This is where reading stats and form really can help you gauge the risks.

Totals Over/Under

When you see this in North American betting terms, it translates just the same as it would in the format which is familiar to UK punters. In soccer, you usually get fixed odds on Over/Under 2.5 goals for a match for example, and then you simply pick whether you think there is going to more or less than those figures. You will generally see half points/goals in Over/Under because it eliminates the possibility of a drawn outcome on the bet (in American terms, a drawn betting event is known as the push). So what can you expect to see when you look at Total Over/Under points in North American betting terminology? Here is an example of what you will be expected to see.

New York Giants v San Francisco 49ers. Total 39.5 points

As suggested, when you are betting on Over/Under you are looking at the combined total score of both teams. So if the match ends 20 points to 19, then you have a total of 39. If you bet under the Total then you will be winning, if you bet that the match would finish over the 39.5 points total, then you will be on to a loser.

Another representation of this in UK Betting, is the Totals markets, which are treated the same as points spread betting, in that more risk is involved. Say you look at Totals market for the amount of corners in a match. The Totals may be set as 12-15. You will be essentially buying points for your accuracy, say at a stake of £1 each. So, if you bet Under that total and the match ends with a total of eight corners, then you will win £4. That is your £1 stake for each corner that was under the total set by the bookie (in this case 12). If you bet over, then you will have lost £7, a pound each for each corner that was under the higher total set of 15. Similarly, you just reverse the outcomes if you wanted to be over the total spread. Again, this is where more risk comes in, as you are betting of more of an accurate prediction of how the game may go, as opposed to betting on a fixed outcome of a match, where a win is a win no matter what the scoreline. Where does the higher risk come in? Well, because you are not just betting on the corner count being under or over the set total, you are betting on how much you think the corner count will be under or over the set spread. If you fancy this match being under the Total points, then the more the count is under that spread set by the bookie, the more you stand to win. The more right you are, the better the reward. Just be aware of exactly what you are betting on, because names of types of bets can cross over from North American to European terminology and get a bit confused.

Supremacy

This is similar to Totals and Over/Under betting, and in this case you will win more the more you are correct. Here’s how supremacy betting works. Let’s imagine that there is an England v Brazil football match on. The bookmaker will probably imagine Brazil will be better than England, and they will translate how much better into goal total. Let’s say Brazil are set between 1.5 and 2 goals better than England. You will see the bet as England/Brazil 1.2-1.5 (remember these are goals, not decimal odds!). So you agree that Brazil will be better, you so put a stake of £10 on a Brazil Supremacy of 2 goals. This may remind you of an Asian Handicap, but you stand to win more, because, if Brazil win by two goals, then you have hit parity and you won’t win. But, for every goal over two that Brazil score in the match, you will win an extra £10. Let’s say Brazil ran out 6-2 winners in a thrilling match. The margin of victory is four goals, take out the Supremacy at which you bought Brazil, which was two goals, that leaves you a two goal profit margin. Your stake was £10 per goal, so you are up £20. If Brazil won 6-0, you would have won £40 (the winning margin minus the Supremacy bought).

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SPREADS

I want to have a closer look at some of the more popular SPREAD BETTING MARKETS.
There isn’t too much difference between Spread Betting and Fixed Odds Betting.
The main difference is the amount you win on a successful bet.
You must, of course, be prepared to do a fair amount of studying. A little more than you probably do at the moment.
The old saying, again, springs to mind. The harder I work (study), the luckier I get. This holds more than the odd grain of truth.
The difference with Spread Betting simply lies in the manner in which the bookmaker lays out his odds.
He offers you a choice, to either BUY or SELL. His odds are what are known as the SPREAD.

BOOKINGS.   Points are awarded , Yellow Card  10pts and  Red  Cards 25pts.
A player receiving TWO yellows and consequentially a RED will total 35pts.  
Bookings is one of the few markets that MAY NOT BE available to bet IN-PLAY with some Spread Firms.
At this time in the  season it’s necessary to take many factors into consideration.
Does one of the teams has something to fight for? Is there a HISTORY between the teams?
Check out the teams current standing regarding cards. Also the individual players.
Perhaps a "bad boy" with a few cards more than any of his team mates will be missing.
European leagues tend to find bookings spreads somewhat higher than here in the UK. 65 – 70 is often a starting point for many matches.
La Liga and Serie "A" readily spring to mind.
It is possible to sell and/or buy bookings on a team basis only.

CORNERS.  This can be a lucrative market for those who care to study it in depth.
Some  pointers to look for are, do the team(s) attack down the wings or are they route one merchants. Or perhaps one or both teams
like to COUNTER ATTACK. The latter two attacking types may not be your cup of tea. Depending whether or not you intend selling.
The average market for CORNERS is usually 10.0 – 11.0. Give or take 1/2 a point either way.
So it’s really a market for the larger stake punters.

MULTI-CORNERS. This is a market where you need to have your wits about you. Corners won in each half (by both teams) are multiplied together. So 5 corners in each half will
total 25. However the same ten corners if divided differently, say, 2 in the first half and the other eight in the second half would only amount to 16. Should you fancy going big
i.e, buying, you’d want two teams who were all out attackers.

However this  market can lead to some large make-ups. Take a typical offer. 30 to sell 33 to buy. You have two teams who like to work the ball methodically from the back.
You look to SELL @ £1.00 a point.
However today, both defences have the jitters and both teams between them, amass eight corners in the first half.  Just four corners between both teams in the second half and you’re
shelling out. In fact every second half corner, over four,means you pay out another Eight POUNDS.
A thrilling market but one on which to use only small stakes.

CROSS CORNERS. This market works exactly as the previous one, except that you multiply one teams total match corners with those of the other side.
Again, an interesting market but not quite as volatile as MULTI-CORNERS.

TOTAL GOALS.  This is really for the big hitters. The SPREAD is always in TENTHS of a Goal. A spread of 2.2 – 2.5 is quite usual and isn’t giving much away.
When you consider that there are USUALLY more matches that finish UNDER 2.5 goals you can see that there isn’t much room for manoeuvre.
Quite a different kettle of fish is:-
TOTAL GOAL MINUTES. A very simple strategy indeed. You add together the OFFICIAL times of goals scored. Now this is one market where the punter can have a
really good chance of coming out on top. You need a match that has a history of leaking goals, especially where a couple arrive late.
Total Goal Minutes of 125-138 is reasonable for two well matched teams. Should you fancy a very tight game going short/selling would be your answer.
However if past games have had a habit of throwing up three or even more goals buying would be the answer. With this particular spread just TWO goals after the
69th minute will add to your bank-roll. 

FIRST GOAL MINUTES. This market really does need study in depth. Some teams do make a habit of scoring early in the game. Ideal for SELLING. Sometimes it’s
hard to try to work out  what the odds setter is getting at.  A typical situation might be:- Time of first goal  34 – 37 mins.  However the team expected to score first might
be offered at. 43- 46 mins. And the underdog quoted at 56 – 60mins to score their first goal.

SECOND GOAL MINUTES. Really just an extention of First Goal minutes. The spread will usually be about the same size as the First Goal spread. The only time to worry about this bet is if
the first goal comes along rather late in the game. Unless, of course, you’re betting just to GREEN UP.

LAST GOAL MINUTES. Typically the spread will be 63 – 66. So if you have a team that constantly scores late-on and you’re a BUYER, you could have a nice little niche.

SHIRT NUMBERS.
This is one market that does worry the layers. Squad numbers are often in the high  twenty’s and you sometimes find players with inflated egos demanding
ridiculous numbers. The highest I can remember is 55.
As this market has developed so punters have become wiser to different angles. One which really must be considered is the numbers on the bench.
It’s not unusual for subs to come on to the field and succeed where others have failed. Often the subs have fairly high squad numbers, so beware.

Next time I’ll look at some of the less well known markets.

With the South Africa vs. England Test Match Cricket series on the doorstep, we take a look at the viability of using spread betting in Cricket. Spread betting can be looked at in two ways, and cricket does offer plenty of chances to try and make a profit. The first area to look at is the simple handicap basis of Spread Betting which is favoured in the UK, which involves taking a slightly different perspective on a sporting event. Spread Betting simply does not look at who will win or lose, like in fixed odd bets, but it takes a more detailed look of how a game will exactly play out. The point of Spread Betting is to try and level the playing field when it comes to a highly favoured team playing against a much weaker one, and it takes into consideration what type of game it is likely to be. When it comes to cricket, taking what kind of pitch is going to be in play. If it is a flat and lifeless pitch, then batting is going to be predominant and high scores will prevail. The other side of this is a slightly moist wicket with overcast conditions with favour the bowlers.

Say for example, that a bookmaker, the middle man in this event, offers a points spread of 50 on a One Day International Match. This means that the punter can take the points on the underdog, in this case we’ll say England (being the visiting team). If, at the final score, England lose by anything less than 50 points, the punter will win the bet. For example, if the final scores are South Africa 250, England 225 (+50 points from the bet), that means England have won the spread. If however, England lost to a score of South Africa 250, England 199 (+50 points from the bet), the bet will be lost because they still didn’t manage to meet South Africa’s total. Bookmakers in Spread Betting do not really care about the win/loss result, as everything is guided by the points, so a losing team can still win punters money. However, if the punter was to think that there is no way that England, even with a points spread of 50 are going to the win the match, then the reverse of the above will come into play. If the Punter fancies South Africa, no matter what the points spread against them is, then they can give the points, meaning as long as South Africa win by 50 points or more, the bet will be won.

The other angle of Spread Betting comes in the potential of losing more than just the initial stake, as with fixed odds betting. As this type of betting is more popular in North America, the Spread Betting system is more of an Under/Over system but again with a difference to the fixed odds version of it. This type of spread betting is generally applied to the total number of points scored in the match by both sides, and again is popular for North American sports, such as American Football. For Cricket though, this can work in a punter’s favour, again by taking into consideration the state of the pitch, which will determine a high scoring game or not. So, for the forthcoming South Africa vs. England First Test, a bookmaker may set a point total at 1000.5. In this example you would lay a bet of, for example £10, and the more right that you are with a bet, the more you will win. You either sell the points (going low) if you think that the total score will be under 1000 runs, or you would buy the points (going high) if you think it is a great batting pitch and the amassed runs will be over 1000.

With that in place, here is where money is won or lost, basing the above on a punter buying or selling at a stake of £10. If the final total of runs is 995, and the punter sold the points, they would win five times their stake (1000 runs minus 995 runs scored = 5 runs). So the punter would win £10 x 5, as this Spread Betting is based on determining the more specific outcome of a match. However, here within lies the potential for losing money. If that same punter had sold the points exactly the same, but the total runs in the match were 1005, then he would lose the bet and money to the degree of 1000 runs + 5 extra scored above the Points Spread,  which equals a loss of £10 x 5 = £50 lost. If you are looking for pointers, then England average around 580 runs per match the last time they were in South Africa, while the Proteas average was just above 600.

While that may sound scary, it encompasses the view that Spread Betting is more intense when it comes to gambling, and you are not going to know the potential rewards or losses until the end of play. With Cricket, a look at Sporting Index, a top Spread Betting online bookmaker, will show that there are plenty of fields for the forthcoming Test Series, which you can employ Spread Betting. From the correct series score, to individual batsman performances, the average score of all players who hit a century in the match to name but a few, so there are plenty of options there. You can also, if you are unsure whether this type of betting is right for you, decide to run an account which plays with tokens instead of real money, just for practice.

Other Spread Betting Jargon that is worth looking out for, is the Stop-Loss, and if you have this applied to an account, all of your bets will be subjected to a maximum profit and loss in relation to the initial stake. This will help eliminate some of the risks of losing big. The Push, is when a game is tied and no money is won or loss, which is often negated by Bookies posting half-odds, such as 35.5. Learning how to Spread Bet safely will add an exciting new dimension to your gambling practices. Sporting Index is a good place to start, as they offer a comprehensive help guide to try and welcome new people into their fold, especially by the attractive employment of their Training Centre. Sporting Index also offer some good promotions for people opening new accounts, and you even get to chose which one suits you from a list of half a dozen.

Fixed Odds Betting for South Africa vs. England Test Series
South Africa to win: 4/6 at Ladbrokes
Drawn Series: 15/4 at BoyleSports
England to win: 100/30 at SportingBet

Goal Minutes Stats for Premier League Teams – Spread Betting

I’ve looked at TEN Premiership teams that I consider to be Long Term Residents.
One of them, Man. City are in transition and are hard to collate.

The other nine are taken over the last four seasons.
The matches divided into FIVE minute periods. I have chosen what I consider to be the HIGH SPOTS of each teams scoring ability throughout their league performances. These times are very arbitrary and whilst teams may score at times not noted here, I
must stress that what has happened in the past will not necessarily be repeated. Then again, it just might repeat itself.
Everything is down to our individual ability and of course, to LADYLUCK.
In no particular order.

Arsenal
They appear to employ a Hit and Hide system. There are FOUR distinct periods when they are more dangerous than usual.

• 16 to 20 mins
• 31 to 50 mins
• 56 to 60 mins
• 76 to 90 mins.

Chelsea 
They appear capable of scoring just about anytime in a game. They give the impression of a STEAMROLLER flattening all before it. Their HIGH SPOTS are

• 16 to 20 mins
• 26 to 30 mins
• 41 to 80 mins
• 85 to 90 mins.

Manchester United
They appear to get their second breath around the 40th minute after a quiet quarter hour. Then it’s business as usual from this point.

• 6 to 25 mins
• 41 to 90 mins.

Liverpool
Whilst appearing to take some time to get things moving they can hit early but then seem to take it easy. However they do seem to "turn it on" approaching half-time and full-time.

• 11 to 16 mins
• 25 to 45 mins
• 61 to 90 mins.

Aston Villa
They can hit early then seem to consolidate before attempting to build on their efforts. 

• 11 to 25 mins
• 41 to 45 mins
• 56 to 65 mins
• 71 to 90 mins.

Manchester City
In the past they had their best spells early and would then drift until late in the game. Best watched now that they have a virtually new side.

•   6 to 15 mins
• 86 to 90 mins.

Everton
Whilst not as prolific at scoring as their local rivals, they can have their moments.

•   6 to 15 mins
• 41 to 50 mins
• 61 to 65 mins
• 76 to 90 mins.

Tottenham Hotspur
Mostly they tend to try to weigh-up there opponents before going for goal. Whilst not hitting the headlines with their "goals for" they have been consistant.

•   6 to 10 mins
• 31 to 35 mins
• 41 to 50 mins
• 56 to 65 mins
• 71 to 90 mins.

Fulham
One of London’s lesser lights they don’t get the credit they deserve. Their goalscoring is like their overall displays. Persistent rather than headline grabbing.

•   6 to 10 mins
• 56 to 60 mins
• 71 to 90 mins.

West Han United
Whilst they have been known to bag the odd high score they do tend to find it hard to score consistantly.

•   6 to 10 mins
• 31 to 35 mins
• 61 to 70 mins
• 76 to 80 mins
• 86 to 90 mins.

Whilst these stats will be of most use to Spread Betting enthusiasts it is possible to bet on First Goal with most bookmakers.

The Premiership continues to defy all logic. Just FOUR draws after SIXTY-FIVE games. A jot over 6%. Furthermore, there were 33 goals in nine games. City play (tomorrow). Almost THREE goals per game. The fans have never had it so good. Unfortunately it will change.
BEWARE.