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GR8_TECH World Cup 2026 sportsbook operator data analysis showing betting margins and staking patterns

GR8_TECH World Cup 2026 Data: Spain's Win Exposed the Crowd-vs-Model Gap Every Sportsbook Should Study

GR8_TECH's aggregated operator data from the 2026 World Cup shows average tournament margins above 12%, final-match stakes 89% above the tournament average, and an Argentina bettor bias of 82% at Betano that made Spain's 1-0 extra-time win the most commercially productive result possible for sportsbooks. The full dataset opens at The Locker Room on August 20.

iGaming Daily Newsroom·July 26, 2026·8 min read

Kalshi prediction market hits $2 billion daily trading volume during 2026 World Cup

Sports Betting

Kalshi Hits $2 Billion Daily Volume as Prediction Markets Reshape US Sports Betting

Prediction markets captured 27% of US legal sports-betting volume during the 2026 World Cup, with Kalshi topping $2 billion in daily trading and recording more app users than DraftKings or FanDuel, as Macquarie forecasts $1.5 trillion in sector volume by 2030.

iGaming Daily Newsroom·July 26, 2026·9 min read

Sports Betting

Live Betting Now Tops 52% of US Sports Wagers as Microbetting Health Alarms Grow

Live betting has crossed 52% of all US online sports wagers, with microbettors spending nearly twice as much monthly as pre-match customers. A federal lawsuit and new health research are now challenging the sector's rapid growth.

iGaming Daily Newsroom·July 26, 2026·6 min read

Branded graphic reading World Cup Betting Integrity Under The Microscope, FIFA says clean while Council of Europe pushes back

Sports Betting

World Cup 2026 Betting Integrity: FIFA Says Clean, Critics Push Back

FIFA's integrity task force monitored all 104 World Cup 2026 matches and reported zero cases of betting related match fixing, but Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset says the tournament exposed serious integrity gaps around prediction markets and political interference.

iGaming Daily Newsroom·July 22, 2026·6 min read

BETBY H1 2026 sportsbook GGR growth results chart

Sports Betting

BETBY H1 2026 Results: Sportsbook GGR Up 42.7 Percent

BETBY grew sportsbook GGR 42.7 percent and active players 47 percent in H1 2026, building on a record Q1 and a FIFA World Cup betting surge.

iGaming Daily Newsroom·July 22, 2026·5 min read

Kalshi and Polymarket World Cup 2026 prediction market trading volume

Sports Betting

World Cup 2026 Prediction Market Volumes: Kalshi and Polymarket by the Numbers

Kalshi and Polymarket posted record trading volumes during the 2026 World Cup, with US prediction markets hitting 20 billion dollars in notional volume in just 12 days.

iGaming Daily Newsroom·July 21, 2026·6 min read

FeedConstruct Nicaragua Liga Primera football data rights branded graphic

Sports Betting

FeedConstruct Secures Nicaragua Football Data Rights

FeedConstruct has secured exclusive worldwide data and streaming rights to Nicaragua's Liga Primera and Copa Primera, extending its aggressive 2026 sports rights expansion.

iGaming Daily Newsroom·July 21, 2026·5 min read

Kambi RETABET Odds Feed+ partnership graphic for Spain and Peru sportsbook markets

Sports Betting

Kambi Signs Odds Feed+ Deal With RETABET for Spain and Peru

Kambi Group has signed a multi-year Odds Feed+ agreement with RETABET Group, giving the Spanish and Peruvian operator access to Kambi's traded odds library via a single API.

iGaming Daily Newsroom·July 21, 2026·6 min read

Blask data chart showing Latin America iGaming demand growth ahead of the 2026 World Cup

Sports Betting

LatAm iGaming Demand Surges Ahead of World Cup 2026, Blask Data Shows

Blask data shows Latin American iGaming demand grew 7.2 percent in June 2026, with Bolivia and Costa Rica doubling demand as the region gears up for the World Cup.

iGaming Daily Newsroom·July 20, 2026·7 min read

FIRST.bet and ADI Predictstreet partner on a FIFA World Cup 2026 Latin America prediction markets hub

Sports Betting

FIRST.bet and ADI Predictstreet Expand LatAm Markets

FIRST.bet and ADI Predictstreet are launching a joint FIFA World Cup 2026 Prediction Hub to bring regulated prediction markets to FIRST.bet's Latin America operator network.

iGaming Daily Newsroom·July 20, 2026·5 min read

Underdog prediction market exchange launch with CFTC DCM, DCO and FCM license stack, July 2026

Sports Betting

Underdog Launches Its Own CFTC Prediction Market Exchange

Underdog has gone fully in-house with a CFTC-regulated prediction market exchange, becoming the first sports company to hold the complete DCM, DCO and FCM license stack. Here is what changed and why it matters.

iGaming Daily Newsroom·July 20, 2026·6 min read

Virgin Bet South Africa market share strategy 2026 after LiveScore Group launch

Sports Betting

Virgin Bet Targets South Africa Market Share After 2026 Launch

Virgin Bet says its South Africa launch beat expectations and is now chasing tier-two market share. New GM Gail Odgers explains the plan.

iGaming Daily Newsroom·July 18, 2026·6 min read

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