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      <title>Top 5 biggest bets — Jul 04</title>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jul 04, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $700,700 ticket on To Qualify.</description>
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      <title>Top 5 biggest bets — Jul 03</title>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jul 03, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $504,485 ticket on to win.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:33:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>World Cup 2026: $200 Million Tracked as the Knockouts Reshape the Board</title>
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      <description>tail.bet has now tracked $201.4M across 6,104 World Cup whale bets. The knockouts have rewired the money board: France is the new most-backed team, Germany sits second despite being knocked out, and Senegal has surged into the top four. Fresh six-figure tickets are already loading on Spain, Portugal and a Mexico-England tie.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Wimbledon 2026: A $660k Bet on Zverev, and Where the Whale Money Is Now</title>
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      <description>Wimbledon&apos;s whales have staked $26.7M across the singles draws. The biggest tennis ticket of the fortnight, $659,720 on Alexander Zverev, has already landed for $771,692. Djokovic and de Minaur cashed for backers while a $45k Tsitsipas bet went down, and the women&apos;s draw is now pulling six-figure tickets.</description>
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      <title>Top 5 biggest bets — Jul 02</title>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jul 02, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $210,015 ticket on Under 3.5.</description>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jul 01, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $1,004,417 ticket on To Qualify.</description>
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      <title>World Cup 2026 Round of 32: Germany&apos;s $1 Million Collapse</title>
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      <description>Germany went into the knockouts as the most-backed team of the World Cup and walked out as its most expensive cautionary tale. The Round of 32 torched a $1.02M ticket on Germany, ended Morocco and Portugal, and still paid one whale $1.22M on Canada. tail.bet has now tracked $176.8M across 5,458 high-roller bets.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 30, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $1,037,267 ticket on 2-leg parlay.</description>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 29, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $405,924 ticket on 1x2 (90&apos; + stoppage time).</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:33:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Wimbledon 2026 Players to Watch: The Favourites, the Champions, and the Next Generation</title>
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      <description>Wimbledon 2026 began on 29 June with Jannik Sinner defending and Carlos Alcaraz out injured. Here are the men&apos;s and women&apos;s favourites, plus the rising stars to watch on the grass: Joao Fonseca, Mirra Andreeva, Jakub Mensik, Learner Tien, Alex Eala and Britain&apos;s teenagers.</description>
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      <title>World Cup 2026 Round of 32: Where the Whale Money Is Heading Into the Knockouts</title>
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      <description>The group stage is done: 4,950 whale bets and $157M staked on the World Cup. A Japan-Sweden draw paid $1.06M, Germany&apos;s backers ate a $620k bad beat, and the biggest bet of the tournament so far, $770k on Canada, has already landed on the Round of 32.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 22–28 June 2026: 3846 bets totaling $118,059,979 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a sport-by-sport breakdown of the week&apos;s action.</description>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 28, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $770,770 ticket on To Qualify.</description>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 27, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $450,450 ticket on to win.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 11:33:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Top 5 biggest bets — Jun 26</title>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 26, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $1,049,394 ticket on to win.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:32:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Top 5 biggest bets — Jun 25</title>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 25, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $403,224 ticket on to cover the line.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:32:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Inside tail.bet: A Live Record of the World&apos;s Biggest Sports Bets</title>
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      <description>tail.bet is a live archive of the world&apos;s biggest real-money sports bets. We&apos;ve tracked 26,000+ high-roller wagers worth $737M+, from a single $2.26M ticket to a $4.37M win, each with the original bet slip, odds, and result.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 24, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $400,000 ticket on Over 1.5.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:32:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>World Cup 2026 Group Stage Results: The Biggest Whale Wins and Bad Beats, From a $916K Draw to Panama&apos;s Million-Dollar Graveyard</title>
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      <description>The 2026 World Cup group stage is settled, and tail.bet tracked $115M in whale money across 3,642 graded bets. The highlights: a $41K bet on a Qatar-Switzerland draw that returned $957,811, Egypt&apos;s upset that paid three whales over $300K each, and a Panama-Croatia result that buried more than $1M in losing tickets.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Top 5 biggest bets — Jun 23</title>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 23, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $371,363 ticket on to win.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:32:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Top 5 biggest bets — Jun 22</title>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 22, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $521,315 ticket on to win Map 3.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:26:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>France vs Iraq: $151K in Whale Money Stacked on Les Bleus Before Kickoff</title>
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      <description>France meet Iraq in Philadelphia tonight, and tail.bet is already tracking roughly $151K of high-roller money on the fixture, almost all of it anchored on France to win. The biggest single ticket is $43,224 on Over 2.5 goals.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Esports World Cup 2026 Heads to Paris With a Record $75M, and Whales Just Dropped $521K on Team Falcons</title>
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      <description>The Esports World Cup is leaving Riyadh for Paris for the first time, July 6 to August 23, with a prize pool north of $75 million. On tail.bet, the high rollers are already betting esports at football scale, led by a $521,315 single on Team Falcons and $1.4M tracked on one CS2 series.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Biggest sports bets of the week — 15–21 June 2026</title>
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      <description>The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 15–21 June 2026: 4259 bets totaling $136,282,541 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a sport-by-sport breakdown of the week&apos;s action.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:23:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Top 5 biggest bets — Jun 21</title>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 21, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $314,000 ticket on to win.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:32:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 20, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $860,161 ticket on to win.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 11:33:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The 2026 World Cup group stage is in full swing across the US, Canada and Mexico. tail.bet is tracking the high-roller money, led by a $150,150 bet on the USA against Australia and a $50K parlay chasing $931K. Soccer is now the biggest category on tail.bet at $200M+ tracked.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 19, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $300,300 ticket on to win.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:32:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Wimbledon 2026 runs 29 June to 12 July. Jannik Sinner defends as No. 1 with Carlos Alcaraz out injured, Zverev seeded No. 2, Djokovic chasing grass history, Sabalenka the women&apos;s No. 1. tail.bet has tracked $120M+ in tennis whale bets, and the grass-season money is already moving.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The Carolina Hurricanes won the 2026 Stanley Cup, beating the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 with a 3-0 Game 6 shutout. tail.bet tracked a $216,679 bet on Carolina that paid $352,072, and the Vegas Game 6 money the shutout burned. Their first Cup since 2006.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 18, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $382,000 ticket on to win.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:32:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 17, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $200,372 ticket on to cover the line.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:32:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 15, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $290,290 ticket on double chance.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:35:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 14, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $399,880 ticket on to win the 2nd set.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:32:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 13, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $400,000 ticket on to win Map 2.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:32:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 12, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $214,568 ticket on Winner (Incl. Overtime and Penalties).</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:31:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The Carolina Hurricanes lead the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in the 2026 Stanley Cup Final. tail.bet tracked a $376K bet on Carolina that paid $685K in Game 4, a six-figure ticket that lost in Game 1, and a $213K bet still live for the closeout. Here is where the high-roller money is going.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The New York Knicks lead the San Antonio Spurs 3-1 in the 2026 NBA Finals after the largest comeback in Finals history. tail.bet tracked a $2.31M bet on the Knicks that cashed for $4.12M in Game 4, and a $2.05M bet that lost two nights earlier. Here is where the high-roller money is going.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 11, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $2,313,871 ticket on to win.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:33:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The five biggest real-money bets of Jun 10, counted down #5 to #1. Topped by a $366,841 ticket on Winner (Incl. Overtime and Penalties).</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:11:25 GMT</pubDate>
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