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0xSweep

06/16 10:13

This World Cup isn’t just a football tournament anymore

It’s one of the largest gambling operations of human history

Tens of billions of dollars are expected to be wagered across sportsbooks, prediction markets, exchanges and trading apps

All the financial giant consumer platforms this year raced to launch betting products and push odds to users while turning sports into financial markets

In my opinion we are about to see the biggest manipulation event of the century

When more money is flowing on a sporting event than the GDP of some countries, you’d be naive not to ask questions

A single result can move hundreds of millions. A controversial penalty, a red card, a VAR decision, an injury, a referee call… all of it now has enormous financial consequences attached to it

And this World Cup is being hosted in the United States, the same country that has aggressively embraced the legalization and expansion of sports betting over the last few years

Sportsbooks are publicly traded companies

Prediction markets are exploding

Robinhood, Polymarket and countless other platforms are turning global events into tradable assets

Football is still football but it’s different this time

The World Cup used to be about nations competing for glory

Today it’s nations competing while billions watch and tens of billions gamble

Whether you believe in the manipulation or not, one thing is certain

The amount of money involved has reached a level where everyone should be paying attention




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