核心畫面

You can think of a spread bet as betting on a number rather than on a side. Someone offers you a range — a spread — and you say the real figure will end up above it or below it. Then the distance does the rest: every step the real number travels your way pays you, and every step it travels the other way costs you. Nothing is fixed at the start, because nobody knows yet how far the number will go.

可以想成 spread bet 賭的是「一個數字」,不是「哪一邊贏」。對方先開出一段區間,也就是 spread。你要更多收起可以想成 spread bet 賭的是「一個數字」,不是「哪一邊贏」。對方先開出一段區間,也就是 spread。你要說最後的真實數字會落在它上面還是下面。接下來由「距離」決定一切:真實數字往你說的方向每走一步,你就賺一點;往反方向每走一步,你就賠一點。一開始什麼都定不下來,因為沒有人知道那個數字最後會跑多遠。這個「賭數字走多遠」的畫面,體育和金融兩邊是同一個。

Two branches

賭的數字來自比賽

那個被賭的數字,是比賽結束後跑出來的分數。

noun · C1

A bet on a sports event where you say what a number will be — usually the final score — instead of only picking the winner. How much you win or lose depends on how close your call turns out to be.

運動價差投注

賭的數字來自市場

同樣是賭數字走多遠,只是這個數字換成市場上的價格。

noun · C1

A bet on whether the price of something, such as shares in a company, will go up or down, made instead of buying the shares themselves. Your gain or loss grows with how far the price moves.

金融價差交易