Weekend's Big Winning Bets

With the weather outside providing a freezing start to 2025, there was plenty of top sporting action to warm the soul over the weekend. As ever on a Monday we run through the results from across the world to find here trades where our cany online spread betting punters got one over on our trading team.

Please remember Spread betting carries a high level of risk to your capital and can result in losses larger than your initial stake/deposit. They may not be suitable for everyone so please ensure you fully understand the risks involved.

FULHAM v IPSWICH TOWN – PENALTY SUPER-MEGA MINUTES (SETTLED AT 481)

There were a pair of 2-2 draws in the Premier League yesterday as Fulham snatched a late point at home against Ipswich Town in the early kick-off.

Kieran McKenna’s relegation-threatened side had twice led at the Cottage, first through a Sammie Szmodics strike, then from a Liam Delap penalty. On both occasions though, the visitors were pegged back by penalties from Raul Jimenez, with the Mexican scoring the second equaliser in the first minute of second half stoppage time.

Three converted spot-kicks was great news for those who had bought Penalty Super-Mega Minutes at 17-21. In this market, the minute the first penalty is scored in counts as normal, the time of the second converted penalty is doubled and for the third penalty, it is trebled. With all three penalties coming in the second half, the spread settled at 481, leaving buyers with a win of 460x their stake.

SOUTH AFRICA v PAKISTAN – SOUTH AFRICA 1^ST INNINGS TOTAL (SETTLED AT 651)

With snow blanketing much of the UK, Test match cricket seems a distant prospect, but down in South Africa the Proteas have been putting on a show against Pakistan.

Having won the toss, Temba Bavuma put his side into bat at Cape Town and he was rewarded with a first innings haul of 615 runs. Ryan Rickelton, opening the batting for the first time at Test level, scored 259 runs, with Kyle Verreynne and Bavuma himself both helping themselves to centuries.

With the spread settling at 615 against a pre-innings spread of 297-312, Pakistan’s despair was punters’ delight as buyers won 303x their stake.

THE SENTRY – HIDEKI MATSUYAMA WIRE-2-WIRE (SETTLED AT 205)

The opening event of the 2025 PGA season took place in Hawaii over the weekend, and it was another record-breaking event as Hideki Matsuyama won with a score of 35-under par – a new record for a 72-hole event.

The popular Japanese player was in contention from the off and added 25 points to the Wire-2-Wire spread on the first day as he tied joint second with Will Zalatoris. From then on Matsuyama took control, leading after every round to come home one shot in front of Colin Morikawa.

With 50 points added for leading at the end of days two and three plus an 80 point bonus for winning the whole thing, the Matsuyama Wire-2-Wire spread settled at 205. Before play began at the Sentry, it was available to trade at 15-19 with buyers winning 186x their stake.

Please note that these are examples of winning bets from the past week, 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.