A form of betting that depends on the establishment of a spread, or a buying and selling price, for a particular market or instrument at a certain time. For example a bookmaker may offer a spread for next week of 120 to 130 on a market index which is now standing at 125. A bullish punter would buy the spread, or accept the offer price of 130, placi [..]

Definition A form of gambling in which a person places a wager on the price movement of a stock or index. There are no fixed odds in spread betting, unlike more traditional forms of gambling, so the r [..]

Spread betting is a straightforward and tax-efficient way of leveraging the financial markets.

What is Spread Betting?

A form of betting where the winnings or losses are determined by the amount by which a wager is correct or incorrect. Not to be confused with betting the point spread.

Spread Betting is a way of trading on a financial instrument such as a share or a commodity without physically owning it. This involves betting on the price movement of the share, index, commodity or [..]

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a type of high risk betting where the payoff/loss is proportional to the accuracy of the wager. This contrasts with standard bets that either result in a loss of your wager or a payout based on the wa [..]

Also known as action line or moneyline. The amount that must be wagered to win $100, or the amount won for a $100 wager. A bet is won or lost according to whether you correctly predict the result of a [..]

A bet is won or lost according to whether you correctly predict the result of an event (also known as "action line" or "money line"). Returns or losses are calculated in proportion to how right or wrong the bettor is, and can lead to huge returns or losses.

Spreads or spread bets are offered at Rivalo mostly by North American sports, such as American football, baseball, basketball or hockey, and have certain similarity to handicap bets. By spreads teams [..]