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Prediction markets<\/a> are drawing one of their largest sports audiences yet from the World Cup, but the surge is creating an unusual picture beneath the headline numbers.<\/p>\n

World Cup-linked contracts on Polymarket<\/a> have generated more than $3.3 billion in trading volume, a level that puts the tournament well ahead of this year\u2019s Super Bowl, which drew about $1.4 billion in prediction-market trading.<\/p>\n

The comparison reflects how quickly event-based trading has moved into major sports, with soccer\u2019s global reach giving platforms a much larger and longer runway than a single championship game.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the boom is not limited to Polymarket. Kalshi and other prediction-market venues are also seeing heavy activity tied to match results, tournament outcomes, and related soccer contracts.<\/p>\n

Yet the trading activity is not flowing cleanly toward the teams most likely to win. As the tournament moves into the Round of 32,<\/a> prediction markets are showing two stories at once: a narrow race between the top contenders and a large amount of capital still attached to teams priced as extreme longshots.<\/p>\n

France and Argentina set the pace<\/h2>\n

France has become the market\u2019s narrow favorite to win the 2026 FIFA World Cup,<\/a> with Argentina close behind.<\/p>\n

On Polymarket, France is priced at a 23% chance of winning the tournament. Argentina follows at 21%, leaving the two finalists from the 2022 World Cup almost level at the top of the board. Spain is third at 11%, England is fourth at 10%, and Brazil is fifth at 6%.<\/p>\n

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World Cup Winner Bets on Polymarket (Source: Polymarket)The same pattern is visible in the market<\/a> for teams to reach the final. France leads that contract with a 39% implied chance, while Argentina is second at 38%. Spain follows at 23%.<\/p>\n

That positioning suggests traders are increasingly preparing for the possibility of another France-Argentina final, four years after the Messi-led Argentine team lifted the trophy in Qatar.<\/p>\n

The volume around the leading teams also reflects that concentration of attention. Argentina has drawn about $81 million in winner-market trading, while France has attracted about $77 million. Portugal has seen roughly $76 million, Spain about $68 million, and England about $61 million.<\/p>\n

Those numbers show a clear demand for the favorites, but they do not explain the largest imbalance on the board.<\/p>\n

Longshots carry billions in volume<\/h2>\n

About $1.6 billion has been traded on teams with an implied winning probability of 1% or less. That figure accounts for roughly two-thirds of the trading on the winner market, even though those teams are priced as having little realistic path to the title.<\/p>\n

Several of the heavily traded longshots still show large historical volume. Ivory Coast has drawn about $101 million. Mexico has moved about $97 million. Egypt has attracted roughly $90 million. Cape Verde is near $87 million, while Morocco has seen about $82 million.<\/p>\n

\"Teams
Teams With Less Than 1% Chance of Winning The World Cup (Source: Polymarket)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The gap between volume and probability points to a quirk of prediction markets<\/a>. A high-volume contract does not always mean traders currently believe an outcome is likely. It may simply mean many trades occurred earlier in the tournament, before odds shifted sharply.<\/p>\n

Additionally, some positions may also be tied to longshot speculation, fan-driven buying, hedges, parlays, or trades that users have not closed.<\/p>\n

That leaves some markets looking more active than the current probabilities suggest.<\/p>\n

This is because Money can remain attached to teams even after the market has largely moved on from them. Unlike a sportsbook, where odds can reset around new betting lines, prediction-market contracts continue trading until settlement or until users exit their positions.<\/p>\n

The effect is especially clear when compared with the leading group of contenders. A basket of France, Argentina, Spain, England, and Portugal costs about 72 cents combined at current prices. If any one of those five wins the tournament, the position pays $1.<\/p>\n

That trade reflects how concentrated the market\u2019s confidence has become, even as billions in historical volume remain scattered across outsiders.<\/p>\n

In that sense, the World Cup board is not just a ranking of who is most likely to win. It is also a record of how traders moved through the tournament, where they entered early, which tickets became stale, and where liquidity has failed to unwind fully.<\/p>\n

A wider prediction market surge<\/h2>\n

The intense activity surrounding the global soccer tournament is driving broader institutional adoption<\/a> and user acquisition across the prediction market sector.<\/p>\n

Wall Street brokerage firm Bernstein projects that World Cup-related trading could ultimately surpass $10 billion in total wagers before the tournament concludes on July 19.<\/p>\n

This sporting catalyst is also having a measurable spillover effect on non-sporting contracts.<\/p>\n

Last week, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz<\/a> published data<\/a> indicating that non-sports trading volume, encompassing geopolitical events, macroeconomic data releases, and elections, reached $3.6 billion across Kalshi and Polymarket combined.<\/p>\n

\"Prediction
Prediction Market Volume (Source: a16z)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to the firm, this non-sports volume alone is now larger than the total aggregate volume of all prediction markets recorded just one year ago. In July 2025, weekly non-sports volume hovered near the $200 million mark, representing an 18-fold increase over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

Overall, the venture capital group noted that weekly trading volumes across the\u00a0prediction market ecosystem<\/a> reached an unprecedented $14.5 billion last week, with outstanding open interest at<\/span>\u00a0a record $1.6 billion for the third consecutive week.<\/p>\n

Oversight questions grow louder<\/h2>\n

The commercial success of the World Cup markets arrives alongside renewed legal scrutiny for the sector. <\/a><\/p>\n

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has reportedly opened an investigation into Polymarket.<\/a><\/p>\n

The probe, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, comes as consumer protection advocates and some states push for closer oversight of prediction-market platforms.<\/a> Polymarket and Kalshi<\/a> have grown rapidly as users bet on everything from sports and elections to crypto prices and financial-market outcomes.<\/p>\n

For Polymarket, the investigation adds uncertainty after the platform resumed limited US operations last year. The company had previously been barred from serving US customers following a 2022 enforcement action.<\/p>\n

The timing is notable because it comes as prediction markets are posting record volumes, just as regulators are taking a closer look at how the sector operates, how consumers are protected, and where the line should be drawn between regulated event contracts and gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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