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Kalshi prices USMNT at 48% to beat Paraguay in World Cup opener
Team USA opens its 2026 World Cup campaign against Paraguay in Los Angeles tonight. Kalshi traders price the USMNT with a 48% chance of winning the match, while a draw is priced at 28%. The article frames the matchup around the challenge of breaking down Paraguay's defense.
Why this matters?
Shows Kalshi offering live sports event contracts on a major international tournament, expanding beyond politics and macro markets into game-level outcomes.
The bigger picture
Growing institutional and retail flow on both Kalshi and Polymarket has pushed World Cup event-contract volume past $2 billion, while Robinhood's split routing between Kalshi and Rothera threatens to fracture the largest retail pipeline at the peak of tournament liquidity.
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