(yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm) Download to Spreadsheet ? Football: -£600.00 | Horse Racing: £889.38 Total P&L: £289.38 Football > Spain v Cape Verde : Match Odds Showing 1 - 1 of 1 selections Selection Odds Stake (£) Bid type Placed Profit/Loss (£) Spain 1.08 600.00 Back 15-Jun-26 16:01 -600.00 *Average odds: On Off Back subtotal: -600.00 Lay subtotal: 0.00 Market subtotal: -600.00 Commission : 0.00 Net Market Total: -600.00 Profit and Loss is shown net of commission.
Period: Just for Today(relates to event settlement date) 2026-06-15 00:00(yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm) to 2026-06-15 19:36(yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm) Download to Spreadsheet ? Football: -£600.00 |Horse Racing: £889.38Total P&L: £289.38Football > S
Punter puts $1m on Spain to win... and they draw ... A punter lost a $1m (£745,405) bet after Cape Verde produced one of the biggest World Cup shocks by holding tournament favourites Spain to a goalless draw.
Cape Verde, who are ranked 67th in Fifa’s world rankings, were expected to be thrashed by Spain in their first game at a World Cup finals and one individual was willing to lay a seven-figure sum on the European champions gaining three points.
However, Spain were held by the minnows after 40-year-old keeper Vozinha produced a host of spectacular saves to earn Cape Verde a point.
The bet was placed on Polymarket, an American cryptocurrency-based platform that allows users to place bets and predict markets, and would have won £85,943.48.
Another user named “fishalaive”, however, laid out a $400,000 (£298,000) bet for the Spaniards not to win and it returned $4.7m (£3.5m).
Polymarket has come under scrutiny for the nature of its betting markets, as punters are allowed to bet on military strikes and ongoing wars. The platform has been banned in France and Brazil.
The company was founded in 2020 by Shayne Coplan and is currently valued at $9bn, with Donald Trump Jnr, the son of the US president, serving as an adviser and investor. ...
His Majesty's Daily Telegraph reports:-Punter puts $1m on Spain to win... and they draw...A punter lost a $1m (£745,405) bet after Cape Verde produced one of the biggest World Cup shocks by holding tournament favourites Spain to a goalless draw.Cape
I think the cash in football has changed the mindset tbh…..some just don’t care….
Watch some of the English players belting out their anthem….dreadful stuff imv….no heart.
You couldn’t make it up tbh…..I think the cash in football has changed the mindset tbh…..some just don’t care….Watch some of the English players belting out their anthem….dreadful stuff imv….no heart.