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    Keir RADNEDGE THE INSIDER

    Jan 21, 2022 4 minutes

    Just over three years ago, after all the fuss and fun of the 2018 World Cup had faded into summer holidays, pre-season training and a new club season, one further fascinating finals statistic slipped out.

    FIFA’s consultant Sportradar revealed that a phenomenal €136 billion had been turned over by the worldwide betting industry during the tournament. The average match at the finals generated an official €2.1bn with the final between Croatia and France spiralling an estimated €7.2bn.

    For context, FIFA’s entire World Cup revenue added up to a measly €5.6bn.

    That €136bn was a computation for the legal, authorised betting industry. Turnover of unregulated betting, sometimes labelled “illegal”, may have

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