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- 24–30 August 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 24–30 August 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 24–30 August 2026: 3538 bets totaling $106,625,811 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…
- Cricket · England vs Pakistan
England Three Wickets From the Series at Lord's — and the Whales Who Backed Them at 1.04 Are Going Again
Pakistan need 336 more runs with seven wickets standing to survive the Lord's Test, with Ollie Robinson and Jofra Archer circling. The whale angle: $350,753 backed…
- Recap · Serie A 2026/27
Serie A 2026/27: The Whales Are 166–68 in Their Worst Market — $7.9M in Two Weeks as Milan Top the Table
Serie A has historically been the whales' worst football market — more losses than wins all-time. Two weeks into 2026/27 they're running a 166–68 settled record on…
- Esports · Esports World Cup 2026
Esports World Cup 2026, Settled: $29.4M Staked in Paris, AG.AL Dethrone the Falcons, and the Books Kept Just $229K
Every one of the 977 whale tickets on the Esports World Cup 2026 is graded: $29,429,417 staked, $29,200,346 returned across seven weeks in Paris. Inside the final…
- Tennis · US Open 2026
US Open 2026 Opens Without Sinner: $548K of Whale Money Landed Before the First Ball, and a $17.7M Book Is on the Line
The US Open main draw started 30 August with world No.1 Jannik Sinner out injured, Alexander Zverev inheriting the top seed, and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz…
- Recap · Premier League 2026/27
Premier League 2026/27: $20M of Whale Money in Two Weeks, a $350,000 Chelsea Ticket, and Hull City Breaking the Relegation Odds
The Premier League is back and the whales arrived immediately: $20.1M staked across 680 tickets in the opening fortnight. Inside: the $350,000 Chelsea bet that…
- Esports · The International 2026
TI 2026, Settled: $18.7M Staked, and the Books Kept $341K
Every one of the 513 whale tickets on The International 2026 is now graded: $18,687,288 staked, $18,346,231 returned. The full arc — from a group stage that paid the…
- 17–23 August 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 17–23 August 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 17–23 August 2026: 3502 bets totaling $117,233,485 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…
- Esports · The International 2026
TI 2026 Grand Final: Team Spirit Take the Aegis While $1.6M Swings on Two Maps
Team Spirit beat PARIVISION 3-2 in the TI 2026 grand final — and the whale feed graded it in real time: an $800,000 map ticket dead, a $799,920 one worth $1.48M, and…
- NFL · 2026 Season Preview
NFL 2026: Who the Books Say Makes the Playoffs — and Wins Super Bowl LXI
The Rams are Super Bowl LXI favorites at +550 after the Myles Garrett trade, the Bills and Ravens are the only odds-on division picks, and the champion Seahawks open…
- Tennis · US Open 2026
US Open 2026: The Whales Warmed Up With Five Million-Dollar Wins
Before the US Open main draw starts 30 August, the hard-court swing already produced a $1.2M Arthur Fils win, a $1M Sabalenka ticket and a $1.23M Osaka loss. The…
- Esports · The International 2026
The International 2026 Playoffs: $8M Tracked, and the Bettors Are Somehow Up
Eight teams left in Shanghai, an undefeated favorite, every Chinese team eliminated at home — and the whales we track are net positive on $8.1M of TI 2026 tickets…
- Feature · MLB · What if
The $7.58 Trillion Ticket That Never Existed: What a $10 Joshua Baez Parlay Would Have Paid
Joshua Baez made his MLB debut on 16 August 2026 and hit three home runs, the first player in league history to do it. Nobody wrote a ticket on the full stack of…
- 10–16 August 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 10–16 August 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 10–16 August 2026: 3021 bets totaling $137,205,505 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…
- Esports · The International 2026
The International 2026: The $446K Ticket That Paid $1.5M
The International 2026 is live in Shanghai — and tail.bet's biggest Dota 2 payout already landed: a $446,000 qualifier parlay that returned $1,500,181.82.
- 3–9 August 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 3–9 August 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 3–9 August 2026: 2534 bets totaling $81,154,994 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…
- Tennis · Road to the US Open
The Million-Dollar Cash-Out: Tennis Whale Money on the Road to the US Open
A $1.15M ticket on Taylor Fritz in Washington was cashed out for $1,008,374 — the bettor paid $139,479 to get off it mid-match. Cincinnati qualifying starts August…
- Esports · LCK 2026
The $900,000 Map: LCK Money Is Peaking Right as the Playoff Race Tightens
A $900,000 bet on a single map of the LCK just cashed $1,575,000 — the biggest League of Legends ticket tail.bet has tracked. The league runs to September 13, the…
- 27 July – 2 August 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 27 July – 2 August 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 27 July – 2 August 2026: 1813 bets totaling $51,645,899 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…
- Live · MLB 2026
MLB Trade Deadline 2026: $56.9M of Whale Money Riding Into Baseball's Biggest Reset
The 2026 MLB trade deadline lands Monday 3 August at 6pm ET, and it is no longer the 31 July date everyone memorised. tail.bet has tracked $56.9M across 2,254 MLB…
- Preview · Football 2026/27
Football Is Back: Champions League Qualifying Is Punishing the Whales, and the Premier League Returns 21 August
Champions League qualifying is live now, with the third round on 4 and 11 August and the league phase draw on 27 August. The Premier League opens Friday 21 August…
- 20–26 July 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 20–26 July 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 20–26 July 2026: 1771 bets totaling $46,841,851 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…
- Preview · US Open 2026
US Open 2026 Preview: The Last Grand Slam of the Year Lands in New York
The US Open 2026 runs August 30 to September 13 on the hard courts of Flushing Meadows. Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka return as defending champions, and the…
- World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026 Final: Spain Are Champions, and the Tournament's Biggest Money Is Still Waiting on a 0-0
Spain beat Argentina in extra time to win the World Cup, but the three largest tickets of the entire tournament sit on a 90-minute market that finished level, and…
- World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026 Semis: A Million on France Died, and the Sharp Money Backed Argentina to Trade Goals
France went out with a seven-figure ticket on their back, Argentina reached the final, and the standout whale win of the entire knockout stage never touched the…
- 13–19 July 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 13–19 July 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 13–19 July 2026: 2494 bets totaling $70,621,789 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…
- Wimbledon 2026
Wimbledon 2026: Sinner Repaid the Favourites, and the Women's Champion Was the One Nobody Backed
tail.bet tracked 1,310 whale bets worth $45.5M across Wimbledon 2026. Jannik Sinner was the most-backed player in the draw and he delivered. Linda Noskova, who won…
- 6–12 July 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 6–12 July 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 6–12 July 2026: 4139 bets totaling $129,078,849 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…
- World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026: Argentina and England Both Won. Almost Everyone Who Backed Them Lost.
The quarter-finals pulled $32.8M across 982 whale bets. Argentina and England both advanced, and $6.5M of money backing them was graded a loss anyway, because both…
- UFC 329
UFC 329: McGregor's Knee Went in 69 Seconds, and $4.3M of Whale Money Went With It
Conor McGregor threw one flying kick, wrecked his knee, and lost to Max Holloway in 69 seconds. tail.bet tracked $9.2 million in real whale bets on UFC 329, and…
- World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026: A $1M Bet Lands in the 88th Minute, and Spain Meet France in the Semis
tail.bet has now tracked $294.1M across 8,979 World Cup whale bets. The quarter-finals alone pulled $18.5M, Spain and France are through to the semi-final, and $2.1M…
- UFC 329
UFC 329: Drake's $1M on McGregor, and $3.4M of Whale Money on a Five-Year Comeback
Conor McGregor fights for the first time in five years tonight, and tail.bet has tracked $3.4 million in real whale money on UFC 329. Drake's widely-reported $1M bet…
- Milestone
tail.bet Has Now Tracked Over $1 Billion in Real Sports Bets
A live counter just rolled past ten figures. tail.bet has now tracked more than $1 billion in real high-roller sports bets, across 34,000-plus wagers on football…
- Esports · IEM Cologne 2026
IEM Cologne 2026: $42.8M in Whale Money Made It the Site's Second-Biggest Tournament
The Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2026 Major drew $42.8M across 988 whale bets on tail.bet, second only in the entire dataset to a football World Cup. Team Falcons…
- World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026: France vs Morocco Headlines a $257M Round of 16
tail.bet has now tracked $257.4M across 7,814 World Cup whale bets, and the Round of 16 has served up the tie the money always wanted: France and Morocco, the two…
- Wimbledon 2026
Wimbledon 2026: The Whales Are Winning — $46M Staked and Up on the Fortnight
Deep into Wimbledon, the whale money has crossed $46M across the singles draws — and for once the bettors are ahead, cashing about $48.1M back. A $652k bet on…
- 29 June – 5 July 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 29 June – 5 July 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 29 June – 5 July 2026: 4484 bets totaling $148,112,641 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…
- World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026: $200 Million Tracked as the Knockouts Reshape the Board
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…
- Wimbledon 2026
Wimbledon 2026: A $660k Bet on Zverev, and Where the Whale Money Is Now
Wimbledon'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…
- World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026 Round of 32: Germany's $1 Million Collapse
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…
- Wimbledon 2026
Wimbledon 2026 Players to Watch: The Favourites, the Champions, and the Next Generation
Wimbledon 2026 began on 29 June with Jannik Sinner defending and Carlos Alcaraz out injured. Here are the men's and women's favourites, plus the rising stars to…
- World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026 Round of 32: Where the Whale Money Is Heading Into the Knockouts
The group stage is done: 4,950 whale bets and $157M staked on the World Cup. A Japan-Sweden draw paid $1.06M, Germany's backers ate a $620k bad beat, and the biggest…
- 22–28 June 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 22–28 June 2026
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…
- About tail.bet
Inside tail.bet: A Live Record of the World's Biggest Sports Bets
tail.bet is a live archive of the world's biggest real-money sports bets. We've tracked 26,000+ high-roller wagers worth $737M+, from a single $2.26M ticket to a…
- Results · World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026 Group Stage Results: The Biggest Whale Wins and Bad Beats, From a $916K Draw to Panama's Million-Dollar Graveyard
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…
- Live · World Cup 2026
France vs Iraq: $151K in Whale Money Stacked on Les Bleus Before Kickoff
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…
- Esports · World Cup 2026
Esports World Cup 2026 Heads to Paris With a Record $75M, and Whales Just Dropped $521K on Team Falcons
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…
- 15–21 June 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 15–21 June 2026
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…
- Live · World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026 Group Stage: Where the Whale Money Is Piling Up, Led by $150K on the USA
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…
- Preview · Wimbledon 2026
Wimbledon 2026 Preview: Sinner Defends, Alcaraz Out, and Where the Whale Money Is Already Going
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…
- Result · Stanley Cup Final 2026
Carolina Win the Cup: The 2026 Stanley Cup Final Result, and the $217K Bet It Paid Off
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…
- Live · Stanley Cup Final 2026
Carolina Is One Win From the Cup, and the Whales Are All Over It
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…
- Live · NBA Finals 2026
Knicks Lead 3-1, and the Whale Money Just Hit Its Biggest Night
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…
- 1–7 June 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 1–7 June 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 1–7 June 2026: 2338 bets totaling $69,083,055 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…
- Stanley Cup Final 2026 · Series 1-1
Golden Knights and Hurricanes Split the First Two, and a $106K Favourite Ticket Was the First Casualty
Vegas and Carolina are level at 1-1 in the 2026 Stanley Cup Final after a Game 1 shootout and a Game 2 overtime winner. tail.bet tracked the high-roller money…
- NBA Finals 2026 · Knicks lead 2-0
Knicks 2-0 Up on the Spurs in the 2026 NBA Finals, and One Whale Just Turned $432K Into $1.28M
New York leads San Antonio 2-0 in the 2026 NBA Finals after a Game 2 buzzer classic. tail.bet has tracked the high-roller money on the series, including a $432,327…
- Roland Garros 2026 · The Finals
Roland Garros 2026 Finals: The Most Wide-Open French Open in Years, and the $25M in Whale Money Riding It Out
The 2026 Roland Garros finals are set and the chalk is gone: Alcaraz missed it injured, Sinner and Djokovic were out before the second week. It is Zverev vs Cobolli…
- Roland Garros 2026 · Women's Final Four
Roland Garros 2026 Women's Final Four: Sabalenka and Swiatek Gone, and the $10.5M in Whale Money Chasing the Title
The 2026 French Open women's singles is down to four: Mirra Andreeva, Marta Kostyuk, Diana Shnaider and qualifier Maja Chwalinska. World No. 1 Sabalenka and Iga…
- Result · 2026 NBA Finals · Game 1
Knicks Steal Game 1 in San Antonio: The 2026 NBA Finals Opener Result, and Every Six-Figure Bet It Broke
New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 on the road in Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals. Brunson 30, 13 in the fourth, 11-0 run to close. Every captured whale…
- Result · French Open 2026 · Quarter-final
$76,000 at 1.09 Odds, One Game From the Win: How Sabalenka's French Open Collapse Burned the Whales
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka led Diana Shnaider, served for the match, then lost 8 of the last 9 games to crash out of the 2026 French Open quarter-finals. tail.bet…
- Result · Stanley Cup Final 2026 · Game 1
Golden Knights Steal Game 1: The 2026 Stanley Cup Final Opener Result, and the Whale Bets It Burned
Vegas Golden Knights beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 in Game 1 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final, a record road comeback won late by Tomas Hertl. Here is the result…
- 25–31 May 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 25–31 May 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 25–31 May 2026: 3440 bets totaling $91,129,964 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…
- Result · UEFA Champions League Final
PSG Go Back-to-Back: The 2026 Champions League Final Result, and the Whale Bets It Made and Broke
Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal to win the 2026 UEFA Champions League and go back-to-back, after a final that finished level in regulation. The result denied…
- Preview · 2026 NBA Finals
Knicks vs Spurs: Every Six-Figure Bet on the 2026 NBA Finals, Live
The 2026 NBA Finals are set: New York Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs, Game 1 Wednesday 3 June in San Antonio. Brunson and the Knicks chasing a first title since 1973…
- Live · UEFA Champions League Final
PSG vs Arsenal: Champions League Final 2026 · Defending Champions Meet The Invincibles Reborn
Paris Saint-Germain vs Arsenal in the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League Final at Puskás Aréna, Budapest. 18:00 CET / 5pm UK kickoff Saturday 30 May. PSG chase…
- Live · Roland Garros 2026
French Open 2026: A First-Time Men's Major Champion Is Guaranteed for the First Time in Open Era History
For the first time in the Open Era of tennis, no former Grand Slam champion has reached the Round of 16 at a major. Alcaraz withdrew, Sinner went out in Round 2…
- Live · Western Conference Finals
Spurs vs Thunder Game 7: Wembanyama vs Gilgeous-Alexander, Winner Books the Knicks
Spurs at Thunder, Game 7 of the 2026 Western Conference Finals. Saturday 30 May, 8pm ET on NBC and Peacock from Paycom Center. Series tied 3-3. Victor Wembanyama…
- Live · Roland Garros 2026
French Open 2026: Every Six-Figure Bet on Roland Garros, Live
tail.bet's live tracker for the 2026 French Open / Roland-Garros. Every captured high-roller bet on Sinner, Alcaraz, Djokovic, Sabalenka, Świątek, Gauff and the rest…
- Preview · NBA Finals 2026
Every Six-Figure Bet on the 2026 NBA Finals, Live
tail.bet's live tracker for the 2026 NBA Finals. Every captured high-roller bet on the championship series, plus per-team pages, game-by-game coverage, and a live…
- Preview · Stanley Cup Final 2026
Every Six-Figure Bet on the 2026 Stanley Cup Final, Live
tail.bet's live tracker for the 2026 Stanley Cup Final / Stanley Cup Finals. Every captured high-roller bet on the NHL championship series, plus per-team pages…
- Preview
Where to Watch the Whales: Every Six-Figure Bet on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Live
Inside tail.bet's live tracker for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Every captured high-roller bet, group-by-group standings, team pages, the full 104-match schedule, and a…
- 18–24 May 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 18–24 May 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 18–24 May 2026: 3344 bets totaling $95,051,403 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…
- 11–17 May 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 11–17 May 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 11–17 May 2026: 3892 bets totaling $96,409,633 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…
- 4–10 May 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 4–10 May 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 4–10 May 2026: 3519 bets totaling $97,455,540 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…
- Records
WEMBY JUST SAVED SOMEONE $2,250,000
Inside the biggest bet ever tracked on tail.bet — $2.25M on the Spurs at -5.5 in Game 3 against Minnesota. Victor Wembanyama's historic 39-point, 15-rebound, 5-block…
- 27 April – 3 May 2026
Biggest sports bets of the week — 27 April – 3 May 2026
The biggest high-roller sports bets captured on tail.bet from 27 April – 3 May 2026: 755 bets totaling $17,545,429 wagered, biggest hits, biggest losses, and a…