Weekend Winning Bets

The cut and thrust of domestic football returned this weekend as Celtic landed a huge blow in the Premiership title race by beating bitter rivals Rangers 2-1 at Ibrox. South of the border, the battle for the top spot remains delicately poised with both Liverpool and Manchester City winning ahead of their showdown next weekend.

Away from the football, Christian Williams trained the first and second in the Scottish Grand National as Win My Wings landed the Aye showpiece ahead of Kitty’s Light.

And finally, despite an unbeaten 148 from Nat Sciver, England came up short in their run chase as Australia won the Women’s World Cup, thanks to a stunning 170 off 138 from Alyssa Healy.

With so much action taking place across the globe, where were the big winning spread markets found?

Please remember that unlike fixed odds betting, losses can exceed deposits when spread betting.

JOHN HIGGINS v NEIL ROBERTSON FRAME 1 MULTI-POINTS (SETTLED AT 6006)

The spectators who filed into Venue Cymru in Llandudno were treated to a thrilling match as Neil Robertson came back from 9-4 down to triumph 10-9, landing back-to-back Tour Championship titles in the process.

The match oozed quality, with both players making three century breaks, but it was in the very first frame where we saw one of our big market makeups. The Frame 1 Multi-Points market in this match was settled on Robertson’s score multiplied by Higgins’ with the initial spread at 1420-1570.

Robertson was first to the table and the Australian racked up a score of 77 before Higgins had hit a ball in anger. The Scotsman however, came back flying and sensationally took the frame by a single point, winning 78-77. That means the market settled at a whopping 6006 as buyers potted a win equal to 4436x their stake.

TOTTENHAM v NEWCASTLE SHIRTS v BOOKINGS (SETTLED AT 4100)

After Sunday’s defeat at the hands of Tottenham, Newcastle have now lost three matches in a row and the Magpies are perhaps not out of the relegation battle just yet. Things were looking rosy for Eddie Howe's men when a deflected Fabian Schar effort put them in front after 39 minutes, but they were soon pegged back by a Ben Davies header on the stroke of half-time.

That finish from the Welshman would have brought joy to those who backed Shirt Number-related bets as he had the joint highest shirt number of any starter on the pitch. In the second half, Spurs ran riot, with goals from Matt Doherty (number 2), Son Heung-Min (7), Emerson Royal (12), and Steven Bergwijn (23) completing the rout.

The flurry of goals settled Shirt Numbers at 82 and with five yellow cards shown, the Bookings settled at 50. The total market makeup, therefore, was 4100 against a pre-match spread of 1300-1475, leaving buyers collecting 2625x their stake.

FRIDAY 1^st APRIL AYR FAVOURITES (SETTLED AT 175)

It was a dark day for bookies on Friday as every single favourite went in on the first day of the Scottish Grand National meeting at Ayr, with Dubai Days in the Novice’s Handicap Chase the shortest price winner with an SP of 4/6.

Dan Skelton landed a double across the card with Get A Tonic (5/2) and Beakstown (9/4), whilst other big-name trainers landed wins as the Nicky Henderson trained City Chief was first in the opener (11/8) and Platinumcard (2/1) won the Handicap Hurdle for Gordon Elliot and Sean Bowen.

Thunder Rock (2/1) landed the Novices’ Hurdle under Adrian Heskin whilst it was a win for Wales in the lucky last as Stringtoyourbow landed the spoils for Christian Williams and Jack Tudor.

Those who bought Favourites at the start of the day were rewarded with a maximum haul of 175 (25 points for a win, 10 for second, and 5 for a third-place finish by the favourite). 80-84 was the spread before the horses went to post in the first leaving buyers collecting a win equal to 91x their stake.

Please note that these are examples of winning bets over the weekend and it is important to remember that spread betting carries a high level of risk to your capital and can result in losses larger than your initial stake/deposit.