Aware that some have no interest in it, so pick and use as you please. Given smaller sample sizes, I only recommend 1% per pick for those that choose to play it.
WORLD CUP
Futures
Win World Cup
BRAZIL +350
GERMANY +1200
NETHERLANDS +1400
To reach semifinals
BRAZIL +100
GERMANY +200
NETHERLANDS +220
URUGUAY +600
SERBIA +1300
GHANA +5000
To reach Quarterfinals
URUGUAY +200
SERBIA +430
GHANA +1300
Top Goal Scorer
NEYMAR +1200
Total Goals Tournament
AUSTRALIA UNDER 2 ½
COSTA RICA UNDER 3
ECUADOR UNDER 3 ½
GHANA OVER 2 ½
IRAN UNDER 2 ½
QATAR UNDER 2 ½
SAUDI ARABIA UNDER 2
SOUTH KOREA UNDER 2 ½
TUNISIA UNDER 2 ½
Odds to win their Group
ARGENTINA -250
DENMARK +300
BRAZIL -225
URUGUAY +200
GHANA +1600
Odds to Advance out of Group Stage
SENEGAL +100
POLAND +100
SERBIA +110
GHANA +300
Match Day 1 Picks
SUNDAY
ECUADOR-QATAR UNDER 2
MONDAY
IRAN-ENGLAND UNDER 2 ½
ENGLAND -280 IRAN
NETHERLANDS-SENEGAL OVER 2 ½
WALES-USA OVER 2
TUESDAY
SAUDI-ARGENTINA UNDER 3
TUNISIA-DENMARK UNDER 2 ½
DENMARK -225 TUNISIA
POLAND-MEXICO OVER 2
AUSTRALIA-FRANCE UNDER 2 ½
WEDNESDAY
CROATIA-MOROCCO OVER 2
MOROCCO +1/2 CROATIA
GERMANY -220 JAPAN
COSTA RICA-SPAIN UNDER 2 ½
CANADA-BELGIUM OVER 2 ½
THURSDAY
CAMEROON-SWITZERLAND OVER 2
GHANA-PORTUGAL OVER 2 ½
GHANA +880 PORTUGAL
SERBIA-BRAZIL OVER 2 ½
URUGUAY -130 SOUTH KOREA
MLB
2% REDS 50% Dbacks
2% ROYALS 50% Astros
WORLD CUP
2% USA 48% Paraguay
ALL OK at 55% or less
World Cup Group B - My Pick
1% Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina to draw at 27c
OR
1% Canada not to defeat Bosnia and Herzegovina at 46c
OR
Some combination of the above
I'm going to keep this super brief as my wife's parents are visiting and as they are Bosnian we will be cheering for Bosnia and Herzegovina tonight. Basically what this comes down to is how close Bosnia will be able to keep the game against a Canada team that is technically very strong but can struggle to convert possession dominance into goals. We have seen this over quite a few friendlies where they just haven't quite had that cutting edge to put teams away. They face a Bosnian team that qualified via the European playoffs and beat both Wales and Italy on penalties.
Bosnia have been doing better under Sergej Barbarez who took an underperforming team with some ego issues and built a team with a tough defence but with young attacking talent coming through. What is notable is they don't panic when they go behind. They...
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