{"id":631303,"date":"2026-07-18T14:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=832056"},"modified":"2026-07-18T14:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:15:33","slug":"world-cup-betting-frenzy-5-5b-wagers-back-spain-to-crush-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/world-cup-betting-frenzy-5-5b-wagers-back-spain-to-crush-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Betting Frenzy: $5.5B Wagers Back Spain to Crush Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/world-cup-betting-frenzy-5-5b-wagers-back-spain-to-crush-argentina-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal representing Argentina and Spain.\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Two prediction market platforms are pricing the same outcome for Sunday&#8217;s World Cup final, with Polymarket and Kalshi bettors both putting Spain ahead of Argentina as the teams prepare to meet at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. EDT. On Polymarket, the World Cup winner contract has drawn $4.28 billion [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two prediction market platforms are pricing the same outcome for Sunday&#8217;s World Cup final, with Polymarket and Kalshi bettors both putting Spain ahead of Argentina as the teams prepare to meet at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. EDT. On Polymarket, the World Cup winner contract has drawn $4.28 billion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":631304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-631303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin","8":"category-featured"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}