{"id":482474,"date":"2026-06-04T09:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/482474\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:47:08","slug":"free-world-cup-betting-guide-tips-predictions-and-best-bets-for-every-team-plus-outrights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/482474\/","title":{"rendered":"Free World Cup betting guide: Tips, predictions and best bets for every team plus outrights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest World Cup in history sees 48 teams go for glory in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/team\/mexico\/333\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/team\/canada\/1189\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canada<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/team\/usa\/351\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USA<\/a>, with the action getting under way in Mexico City when co-hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/live\/222120\/mexico-vs-south-africa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico face South Africa<\/a> on June 11. The final takes place at the New York-New Jersey Stadium more than a month later on July 19.<\/p>\n<p>An increase from 32 to 48 teams means there are 12 rather than eight groups, and an extra round of 32 in the schedule.<\/p>\n<p>In our most comprehensive betting guide yet we assess every team in every group before reaching a verdict. Outrights, the Golden Boot, Player of the Tournament and Special markets all covered too, with more than 50 BEST BETS advised in total.<\/p>\n<p>Safer gambling<\/p>\n<p>We are committed in our support of safer gambling. Recommended bets are advised to over-18s and we strongly encourage readers to wager only what they can afford to lose.<\/p>\n<p>If you are concerned about your gambling, please call the National Gambling Helpline \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamcare.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GamCare<\/a> on 0808 8020 133.<\/p>\n<p>Further support and information can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.begambleaware.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">begambleaware.org<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamblingtherapy.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">gamblingtherapy.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The biggest World Cup in history sees 48 teams go for glory in Mexico, Canada and the USA,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-482474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}