Get your hotdogs at the ready, shoulder pads in position and pom poms primed – it’s the start of the new NFL season this weekend and to celebrate we’ve picked out the top 10 American Football spread betting moments from last term to give punters inspiration for the new campaign.

Remember that with spread betting you can lose more than your initial stake/deposit so take care to choose your stake size accordingly.

10.
Match: New Orleans 23 Atlanta 17, week 1, 8/9/2013
Market: 1st Touchdown Shirt Number
Make-up: 88
Profit: 45 times stake
The 1st Touchdown Scorer spread betting market is simply based on the shirt number of the player to score the first Touchdown in a match.
When Tony Gonzalez, wearing number 88, caught Matt Ryan’s seven-yard pass to register the game’s first Touchdown in Saints’ 23 – 17 victory over Falcons, spread betters who bought at 43 made 45 times their stake size.
Sellers at 40 were left cursing as they lost 48 times their stake.

9.
Match: Indianapolis 27 Houston 24, week 9, 4/11/13
Market: T.Y. Hilton Touchdown Minutes
Make-up: 152
Profit: 137 times stake
A step up from 1st Touchdown Scorer, the Player Touchdown Minutes spread betting markets allow you to bet on the minutes any player scores a Touchdown in a match, aggregated.
So when T.Y. Hilton scored a Touchdown in the third quarter and two more in the fourth quarter, all from Andrew Luck passes in the Colts’ 27 – 24 win over Texans, his Player Touchdown Minutes made up at 152 meaning a profit of 137 for spread betters who had bought his spread at 15.
Anyone who sold at 12 would have lost 140 times their stake.

8.
Match: Chicago 31 Minnesota 30, week two, 15/9/13
Market: 1st Quarter Shirts
Make-up: 182
Profit: 142
As well as being able to bet on Player, Team or Match Shirt Numbers, with Spreadex you can also bet on the Shirt Numbers per quarter – this is the aggregate shirt numbers of the Touchdown scorers for named quarters of a match.
In the first quarter of Chicago’s 31 – 30 win over Minnesota, Cordarrelle Patterson, Martellus Bennett and Brandon Marshall all scored Touchdowns meaning 1st Quarter Shirts made-up at a whopping 182.
For buyers at 40 it meant a profit of 142 times their stake, but for sellers at 36 it meant a loss of 146 times their stake.

7.
Match: Baltimore 18 Detroit 16, week 15, 16/12/14
Market: Field Goal Yardage
Make-up: 288
Profit: 166 times stake
When spread betting on American Football, Field Goal Yardage allows you to bet on the aggregate yardage of all successful Field Goals in a match.
Baltimore’s 18 – 16 win over Detroit Lions in December featured seven successful Field Goals which totalled 288 of yards covered.
This meant a profit of 166 times their stake for spread betters who bought at 122 but a loss of 176 times their stake for anyone who sold at 112.

6.
Match: Kansas City 56 Oakland 31, week 15, 15/12/13
Market: Match Performance
Make-up: 439
Profit: 172 times stake
The NFL spread betting Match Performance market is a spread based on 20 points being awarded per Touchdown in a match, 15 points per turnover, 10 points per sack, five per field goal and three per penalty.
Kansas City’s 56 – 31 win over Oakland Raiders in week 15 was an action-packed affair that saw this market make-up at 439, meaning profits of 172 times their stake for punters who bought on the spread at 267.
Sellers at 257 were wincing at every development in the game as they lost 182 times their stake.

5.
Match: Indianapolis 45 Kansas City 44, Wildcard Weekend, 4/1/14
Market: T. Y. Hilton Player Performance
Make-up: 274
Profit: 186 times stake
Spreadex’s Player Performance spread betting markets are based on players receiving one point per rushing/receiving yard gained and 25 points per Touchdown.
T. Y. Hilton’s performance in the 45 – 44 Wildcard Weekend win over Kansas City Chiefs meant his market made up at 274, resulting in a profit of 186 times their stake for buyers at 88.
Sellers at 80 were dismayed at the Indianapolis man’s display as they lost 194 times their stake.

4.
Match: Green Bay 44 Minnesota 31, week 8, 28/10/13
Market: Touchdown Yardage
Make-up: 355
Profit: 239 times stake
Among the many markets on offer when spread betting on American Football is Touchdown Yardage – a spread based on the aggregate of each yards covered in each Touchdown in a match.
Green Bay’s 44 – 31 win over Vikings featured nine Touchdowns with some serious yardage covered; 355 yards in all.
For buyers at 116 this meant a profit of 239 times their stake. For sellers at 106 it meant losses of 249 times their stake.

3.
Match: Denver 49 Baltimore 27
Market: Denver Shirt Numbers
Make-up: 514
Profit: 284 times stake
The opening game of the 2013-14 NFL season saw the Denver Broncos record a convincing 49 – 27 win over the Baltimore Ravens – and a mammoth Team Shirts spread betting make-up.
Team Shirts is based on the aggregate shirt numbers of all Touchdown scorers for a particular team. So when Julius Thomas (2), Andre Caldwell, Wes Walker (2) and Demaryius Thomas (2) scored for Denver their Team Shirt Numbers made up at 514 meaning a profit of 284 times their stake for buyers at 230. Sellers at 215 were left feeling shirty themselves when they lost 299 times their stake.

2.
Match: Denver 51 Dallas 48, week 5, 6/10/13
Market: Touchdown Shirt Numbers
Make-up: 756
Profit: 301 times stake
Touchdown Shirt Numbers is a spread betting market based on the shirt numbers of all the scorers of the Touchdowns in a match, aggregated.
So when 12 Touchdowns were scored in total in Denver’s high-scoring 51 – 48 win over Cowboys early in the campaign, Touchdown Shirt Numbers made up at a huge 756.
Buyers at 455 made 301 times their stake while sellers at 435 were left weeping at every score as they lost 321 times their stake.

1.
Match: New England 55 Pittsburgh 41, week 9, 3/11/13
Market: New England Multi-Points
Make-up: 744
Profit: 571 times stake
One of the potentially more volatile American Football spread betting markets at Spreadex is the Team Multi-Points market.
This is based on the first half (first and second quarter) points scored by a team multiplied by the second half (third and fourth quarter) points scored by a team in a match.
New England’s big 55 – 41 win over Pittsburgh Steelers saw the Patriots score 24 points in the first half and 31 in the second half of the match meaning a make-up of 744.
Buyers of New England Multi Points at 194 made a whopping 571 times their stake but sellers at 174 lost a painful 591 times their stake.