You are taking a much bigger risk with your bet, but you have the opportunity at a much greater reward. PointsBetting is all about risk and reward. How badly do you think the line is off? How confident are you that you can pick the right side of a side or total? Spread betting at PointsBet is a question of confidence. **Note – its important to know you can limit your win/loss threshold on these bets which is outlined below In this example, the Cowboys lost by 7, plus the line, you would lose $10 x 10 (points below the line of -3) and suffer a $100 loss!

Cowboys lose 31-24 a spread bet on Cowboys -3 for $10.

In this example the Cowboys won by 1, you would lose $10 x 2 (points below the line of -3) and suffer a $20 loss! With spread betting, your losses are also multiplied based on the amount the team loses by.

Cowboys win 31-30 and you have a spread bet on Cowboys -3 for $10.

Seems too good to be true, right? Here’s the catch, let’s take a peak In this example the Cowboys won by 12, you would win $10 x 9 (points over the line of -3) and get a $90 payout!

Cowboys win 45-31 a spread bet on Cowboys -3 for $10.

In this example the Cowboys won by 6, you would win $10 x 3 (points over the line of -3) and get a $30 payout! With spread betting, your winnings are multiplied based on the amount the team wins by.

Cowboys win 37-31 and you have a spread bet on Cowboys -3 for $10.

Here are some possible winning and losing outcomes: If you decide to go with the spread betting/PointsBetting option, you will still bet against the total of 45 or the line of -3, but your payout increases with each point above that line the game finishes. With spread betting aka PointsBetting, the total of 45 and the line of -3 are only a starting point for your bet. Those are your options on that game for a fixed odds bet on the side or total. With fixed odds betting, you bet over 45 or under 45 and Cowboys -3 or Giants +3. Maybe the New York Giants are playing the Dallas Cowboys with a total of 45 and a spread of Cowboys -3.

Let’s consider the fixed odds “spread” for a football game.

The more your bet covers the spread the more you win, while the more you are wrong the more you can lose. Spread betting also referred to as PointsBetting is something exclusive to PointsBet it offers a higher-risk, higher-reward way to bet on sports in which every point matters. What is spread betting or “PointsBetting” at PointsBet Sportsbook?

Explanation of 1000 betting odds