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I won 70% of my bets.
I lost $432.

This is the founder’s real-money World Cup ledger — every pick posted on Instagram before kickoff, every result kept, nothing deleted. It’s the story of why this site exists.

REAL DOLLARS · REAL BOOKS · LOGGED BEFORE THE GAMES
23
Real bets
16–7
Record · 70%
$2,991
Staked
−$432
Net result

Round of 32 — 15 bets, 11 wins, still down.

$100 a game on the model’s picks (France was $95). Payout = total money back.

Match · pickStakeBackNet
Brazil–Japan · Brazil$100$168+$68
Belgium–Senegal · Belgium$100$157+$57
Croatia–Portugal · Portugal$100$146+$46
Algeria–Switzerland · Switzerland$100$139+$39
Colombia–Ghana · Colombia$100$122+$22
Bosnia–USA · USA$100$116+$16
DR Congo–England · England$100$111+$11
Austria–Spain · Spain$100$111+$11
France–Sweden · France$95$103+$8
Argentina–Cape Verde · Argentina$100$106+$6
Ecuador–Mexico · Mexico$100$83−$17
Germany–Paraguay · Germany PENS$100$0−$100
Morocco–Netherlands · Netherlands PENS$100$0−$100
Ivory Coast–Norway · Ivory Coast$100$0−$100
Australia–Egypt · Australia PENS$100$0−$100
11W – 4L−$133

Round of 16 — went bigger. Went worse.

$187 on all 8 of the model’s picks.

Match · pickStakeBackNet
Morocco–Canada · Morocco$187$327+$140
Spain–Portugal · Spain$187$228+$41
England–Mexico · England$187$215+$28
Argentina–Egypt · Argentina$187$214+$27
France–Paraguay · France$187$213+$26
Brazil–Norway · Brazil$187$0−$187
USA–Belgium · USA$187$0−$187
Colombia–Switzerland · Colombia PENS$187$0−$187
5W – 3L−$299
The lesson that built this site.
Sixteen wins out of twenty-three — a 70% hit rate — and the ledger still bled $432. Favourites pay pennies; misses cost the full stake; the house’s fee is baked into every price; and penalty shootouts eat three bets no model can call. Being right isn’t the same as being paid. That’s why the machine now prices every line before anyone risks anything — and why every one of its calls gets graded in public, wins and misses alike.
Where the receipts live: every pick above was posted to @warconomics before kickoff, with the stake shown. The betting here on the site is play-money only — these real-dollar lessons are exactly why.
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