Weekend's Big Winning Bets 01.06.26

It was a weekend of finals and our online sports betting punters were active as PSG retained their Champions League title. Elsewhere, there were titles for serial winners Royal Challengers Bangalore and Wigan Warriors. Here, we cast our eyes over the three finals to find out where the big winning spread bets were.

CHALLENGE CUP FINAL – SHIRTS x BOOKINGS (SETTLED AT 1925)

Wigan picked up another Challenge Cup at the weekend as Matt Peet’s side blew Hull KR away in scintillating fashion at Wembley. A Jack Farrimond double had put the Cherry and Whites 10-4 up at the break and they powered away to win 40-10 as Willie Peters’ Robins melted away in the sweltering London heat.

Despite cruising to victory, there was one blot in the Wigan copybook as Sam Walters was sent off for a crusher tackle on Bill Leyland, although given Junior Nsemba’s involvement in the same tackle, both players could end up receiving bans. Walters was the first player to be sent off in the Wembley showpiece since 1993 and just the third in Challenge Cup Final history.

Before the match, the Shirts x Bookings spread was available to trade at 328-486, but with Shirts settling at 77 and Bookings settling at 25 thanks to Walters’ moment of madness, the spread settled at 1925. Buyers landed a huge win of 1439x their stake.

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IPL FINAL – WIDES SQUARED (SETTLED AT 25)

The eyes of the cricketing world were on Ahmedabad at the weekend as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Gujarat Titans by five wickets to secure back-to-back IPL titles. Batting first, Gujarat struggled to get going as they set Bangalore a total of 156 to chase down.

Only two sides in history had defended a lower total to win the IPL, so it was little surprise to see RCB rattle off the required runs fairly comfortably. It was also little surprise to see Virat Kohli put in a stellar performance as the Indian legend finished on 75*, having scored the winning runs with a massive six.

One of the quirks of the final was how few wides were given, which was great news for sellers on the Wides Squared market. With only five wides called, the spread settled at 25 against a pre-match spread of 176-200 as sellers won 151x their stake.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL – 1^ST ARSENAL GOAL MINUTE (SETTLED AT 6)

Twenty years on from their 2006 defeat, Arsenal once again took the lead in a Champions League final, but went on to lose the match as PSG reigned supreme on Saturday. Last season’s triumph over Inter was a walk in the park for the French champions, but Arsenal made them work for victory, with spot kicks ultimately settling the sides.

There weren’t loads of big winning spread bets in the match, but one of the more profitable trades was a sell on the 1st Arsenal Goal Minute at 56-59. With Kai Havertz scoring a brilliant finish from a tight angle to open the scoring in the sixth minute, sellers won 50x their stake.