A lot of people want to know what’s the difference about spread betting and online poker. A lot of people think that both of these are gambling. Few argue that spread betting is not gambling. Online poker is betting and spread betting is also betting, it has betting in it’s name for god sake. So this means both of them are gambling? I don’t see any arguments there.

Spread betting is a method of betting in an asset and choose whether the price of the asset goes up or down. If you bet on it to go up and if it goes up in the near future then you win. This is probably more risky than online poker because you normally bet a lot of money while spread betting. But in online poker you only need to play if you want to or if you have good cards, if you don’t then you can fold and wait for the next round. In spread betting there is no option to fold or to bet or to carry on but in online poker you have different choices to make your life easier.

Spread betting is strictly business but online poker can be played for fun activity too. Poker can be played in parties or with friends anywhere you want but in spread betting you will be competing against big businesses or individuals who have been in spread betting for many years.

I have gambled using both these methods but online poker was more fun than spread betting. I am a regular online poker player in party poker and Everest poker sites. But I am not addicted to it, I have few friends online from different countries that I play with and we also talk business because they work in the same industry as me. I had a spread betting fever 18 months ago, I won big first few bets but then I lost quite a few too then I thought this is not for me, because I didn’t enjoy it at all.