The key risk to sports spread betting is that you can lose multiples of your stake amount. If you bet on a Manchester City to win at 75 at £1 stake, and they lost. You will end up losing £75, making it a considerable loss compared with fixed odds where you would just lose the £1 stake. Another risk, primarily for beginners, is that there is a buy and sell price for each market, and if you mistakenly click the wrong one without realising, you could lose a lot of money.