Ali Carter beats another former Masters champ, Shaun Murphy reaches his first semi in 5 years, and Roma eat some Parma ham – it’s the Daily Spread Betting Roundup! But how much could you have won?

Carter beats another former champ – John Higgins v Ali Carter
Ranked 17th in the world, Ali Carter’s only at the 2020 Masters because Ronnie O’Sullivan couldn’t be bothered. Now he has reached the semi-finals for the 1st time, taking out a 2nd consecutive former winner in doing so.

Going into the quarter-final Spreadex was offering a John Higgins/Ali Carter 10-3 Supremacy spread of 5.5-8.5, where the winner gets 10 points plus further 3 points for every frame won by. Carter’s 6-3 victory, then, meant selling at that price would have made you 24.5 times your initial stake.

Higgins did get the Highest Match Break, however, at 140. Buy that market at 111.5-114.5 and you get 25.5 times your original bet.

Murphy works his magic – Shaun Murphy v Joe Perry
Shaun Murphy is now the only former Masters winner left in the competition, following up his victory over defending champion Judd Trump with a 6-3 saunter against Joe Perry. The Magician was the clear favourite ahead of the quarter-final – nevertheless buying a Murphy to win binary spread of 61.9-68 still made you 32 times your initial wager.

For those looking for something a bit riskier, buying a Frame 2 Multi Points spread of 1388-1538 would have left you with 2879 times your opening bet as Perry won 69-64, i.e. a make-up of 4416.

Murphy now the favourite for the tournament at an Outright Index spread of 39-41 alongside a fixed odds price of 13/8.

La Lupa eat some Parma ham – Parma v Roma
Roma picked up their 1st win of 2020 with a 2-0 victory over Parma in the Coppa Italia, rebounding from year-opening back-to-back losses in Serie A.

Lorenzo Pellegrini was the unlikely hero, his 2nd half brace setting up a quarter-final against Juventus next week. With the 23-year old starting the game at a SMM spread of 8-11, his 201 make-up left you with 190 times your initial stake.