My education started over coffee in a London hotel, with Mr Buik admitting that many people were confused by spread betting.

在伦敦一家宾馆，我采访了布克先生，和他一起喝咖啡，从此开始了我的“对赌”教育。

Macksoud is betting that, over time, the cost consciousness he's seeing continues to spread.

Macksoud打赌，随着时间的推移，他所观察到的成本意识将会继续蔓延。

A couple of weekends later, I set up an online spread-betting account and got ready for the real thing.

几个周末后，我开了一个网上对赌账户，准备动真格了。

But then I realised what was happening: I was on the brink of spread-betting addiction.

但是我意识到我的处境：我正在对赌上瘾的边缘呢。