{"id":4834,"date":"2013-02-27T20:54:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T20:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/libtest\/?p=4834"},"modified":"2013-04-03T21:18:43","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T21:18:43","slug":"spread-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/library\/definitions\/spread-betting.html","title":{"rendered":"Spread Betting Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spread betting was created to help even the playing field in sports wagering. In most contests, there\u2019s a favorite and an underdog, and more times than not, the favorite will win. Of course, that\u2019s not always the case, but often the team that is supposed to win does and most people (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spread betting was created to help even the playing field in sports wagering. In most contests, there\u2019s a favorite and an underdog, and more times than not, the favorite will win. Of course, that\u2019s not always the case, but often the team that is supposed to win does and most people (more…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-definitions"],"yoast_head":"\nSpread Betting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Start spread betting using Maddux's advice in this column. 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