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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is not only the largest edition of the tournament in football history. It is also shaping up to become the biggest sports betting event ever recorded. Hosted across the United States, Mexico and Canada, this year’s tournament has expanded from 32 to 48 national teams and from 64 to 104 matches. That structural change alone creates a much larger betting calendar, with more group-stage fixtures, more knockout matches and a longer period of sustained glob

The UK government’s move to raise gambling taxes is expected to significantly alter the competitive landscape of the betting industry, with licensed operators cautioning that the policy could accelerate the expansion of illegal betting markets in the lead-up to the 2026 World Cup. Writing in The Telegraph, Stella David warned that increasing the remote gaming duty to 40 percent could push regulated operators to the fringes of the market at a critical moment, as unlicensed