About & FAQ

A prediction-market front end for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. You trade real-money markets on the tournament winner, every group, the top scorer, and individual match props. Prices move with the crowd's odds, and every market settles in USDC on-chain against the official result. Markets and liquidity are powered by Polymarket — we're an independent interface, not the exchange itself.

Every outcome is a share that pays exactly $1 if it happens and $0 if it doesn't. The price — between 0¢ and 100¢ — is the market's implied probability. Buy Spain to win at 16¢; if Spain lifts the cup, each share pays $1 (a ~6x return). If they don't, the share expires worthless. You can also sell your shares any time before settlement at the going price.

Three steps, about forty seconds: (1) connect a wallet — MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, Rainbow, Phantom, or any WalletConnect wallet; (2) deposit USDC by bridging from any chain (Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism) right inside the deposit window; (3) pick a market and take a side. No sign-up, no KYC, no sportsbook in between.

When you enable gasless, Polymarket sponsors the network (gas) fees on your trades through a dedicated deposit wallet derived from your account. You fund that wallet once and then trade without paying Polygon gas on every order. It's optional — with it off, you trade directly from your wallet and cover the one-time approval gas yourself.

Markets are denominated in USDC, the dollar-pegged stablecoin. You deposit by bridging USDC from whatever chain you hold it on into Polygon, where Polymarket's order book lives — the deposit window handles the routing for you. On the gasless deposit-wallet path your collateral is held as Polymarket's USD ledger balance (pUSD), which is always worth one dollar.

Yes. This is a self-custody interface: your funds stay in your own wallet (or your personal Polymarket deposit wallet) and we never take possession of them. Orders are signed by you and settled by Polymarket's on-chain contracts. We hold no accounts and run no trading backend — you can withdraw to your wallet at any time.

Trades placed through this site carry a 0.5% builder fee, which is how the interface is funded, on top of any fees Polymarket itself charges. There's no deposit fee, no withdrawal fee, and no subscription. Bridging in may incur a small network/route cost shown in the quote before you confirm.

Automatically. Each market resolves against the official tournament result the moment it's confirmed — there's no manual payout to claim from a bookmaker and no counterparty who can refuse to pay. Winning shares become redeemable for $1 each on-chain, and you can redeem from your portfolio.

Access is geo-restricted for legal reasons. Users in the United States and in sanctioned jurisdictions are blocked at the edge, matching Polymarket's own restrictions. By trading you confirm you're in a permitted region and of legal age. Nothing here is financial advice.

No. worldcupprediction.trade is an independent interface and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by FIFA. Markets, prices, and settlement are provided by Polymarket; we surface that data in a purpose-built World Cup interface.

It depends entirely on where you live. Prediction markets sit in different legal categories around the world — regulated in some places, restricted or prohibited in others — and the rules change. This site geo-blocks regions where Polymarket isn't permitted (including the United States and sanctioned jurisdictions), but you are responsible for knowing and following the laws that apply to you. Nothing here is legal or financial advice; if you're unsure, check your local regulations before trading.

There's no bookmaker setting a line. Prices come from people buying and selling shares, so they are the market's live consensus on probability: an 18¢ price means the crowd sees roughly an 18% chance. When new information arrives — an injury, a result, a lineup — traders move the price within seconds, which is why prediction-market odds often react faster than published betting lines.

A sportsbook is your counterparty and builds a margin (the vig) into its odds — you bet against the house. Here you trade peer-to-peer against other people on Polymarket's exchange: prices reflect real money and crowd probability rather than a bookmaker's spread, you can sell out of a position before the event ends, and settlement is automatic and on-chain. A small builder fee is disclosed at trade time instead of a hidden spread.

Yes. Each share settles at $0 if its outcome doesn't happen, so a losing position can cost your entire stake, and prices move against you before settlement if the crowd's view shifts. Only trade what you can afford to lose — see our responsible-use page. This is not financial advice.

Each market resolves according to Polymarket's published resolution rules, which define what counts as the official result and how delays or abandonment are handled. Because settlement follows those on-chain rules rather than a bookmaker's discretion, you can read exactly how a market will resolve before you trade.