Michael Thompson

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Turning to international news now, Sean, and the story that you've already told us you are most excited about, the Football World Cup kicking off this morning in North America.

It is already the largest betting market in the US ever, apart from the last presidential election, and there is still five weeks to go.

Prediction markets have taken bets that are worth close to $2 billion on which country will win the World Cup.

putting them on course to potentially break the record for the biggest market.

The World Cup kicked off this morning in Mexico with an expanded 48-team World Cup featuring an additional 40 games compared with previous editions.

That means, in total, if you've got the time to watch them, 104 matches.

There will be people that will watch it.

Yeah, go on.

Spain.

I've seen the coverage of that.

England?

Yes.

Yeah, that'd be one of them.

France?

I was going to say Portugal.

It was actually rolling off my tongue as you said it.

Well, that's what I was wondering.