00:00Joe, I got an early game in Major League Baseball picked out today for the people.
00:03Cash in possibly even before we get to the World Cup, which starts today, 3 p.m., Mexico and South
00:11Africa.
00:11Take a look at the odds here.
00:12The home team, which I believe is Mexico, minus 250 away, plus 750.
00:18Even though it says Mexico at South Africa, I don't think that's the case.
00:21I want to say Mexico is the favorite here, Joe.
00:23Correct me if I'm wrong.
00:24And also, what's the spread line to open up the World Cup?
00:28Yeah, and most of the guys that I have talked to, Donnie, are big in this game here and do
00:34like Mexico.
00:36And that's the side that they are going with here.
00:39I'm also seeing a lot of interesting, both teams to score also, I'm being told, is a big bet here
00:46for both these teams to be able to find the net.
00:49But, hey, listen, it's a game to start off.
00:53It'll quench your thirst here to get a little soccer in the blood and getting it going.
00:57I certainly would look for a ton of offense, but I think both teams to score might not be a
01:02bad look in this one.
01:04Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how this plays out because, you know, always looking at, like, the first game
01:08of the NFL season, boy, there's a lot of excitement.
01:10First game of the Major League Baseball season, if it's a standalone, there's a lot of excitement.
01:14The World Cup is beginning, and we talked about it even yesterday.
01:16Like, the hype coming into it is basically, oh, my goodness, ticket prices stink.
01:20Everything's ridiculous.
01:21It's good to see it finally on the pitch, which is what we have today.
01:24And also a doubleheader, Joe.
01:2710 p.m. Eastern, South Korea and Chechia.
01:29Take a look at this.
01:31Plus 165 price here.
01:32South Korea, you can get the dog.
01:34Now you see in the graphic at plus 170.
01:36We're the favorite in Chechia at this point.
01:38And by the way, not really favorites.
01:40Plus 170, plus 190, draw, plus 200 at this point.
01:43What do you make of this, Joe?
01:45Yeah, this is also going to be a higher than South Korea on a lot of different power ratings from
01:52guys that I have talked to.
01:54Certainly relative to what the market is providing here.
01:57But this could very well be one of those games, Donnie, where first goal wins here.
02:03I do like the Czech Republic.
02:05And I do like, call me crazy, a little exact score here of 2-0.
02:11Still, that is also something I'd be looking at.
02:14Interesting stuff here.
02:15And again, like, I wish we could have this type of action in Major League Baseball, Joe.
02:19Because what if I would tell you Atlanta and Chicago, you get plus money on both sides.
02:24So you just take them both sides.
02:25That's an easy win.
02:26And then it's 0-0 at the end of, you know, injury time.
02:30It's like, oh, I just lost both of my bets at this point at plus money.
02:34Don't be afraid, people.
02:35Dip your toes in the water.
02:36The World Cup is here.
02:38Doubleheader today.
02:38But we do have to wait until Friday night before we see Team USA take the pitch and
02:43see if they can handle their business.
02:45And I believe that's out in Los Angeles.
02:47It's Donnie, right side.
02:48It's Joe Ranieri.
02:48It's Thursday, right here on the grid.
02:50We got those hot topics slowly this morning, people.
02:54Clear the decks, Joe.
02:56June, July, World Cup.
02:57Fox Soccer with a tweet.
02:59Clear the schedule.
03:00The World Cup is here.
03:01Look at all of those matches, Joe.
03:03Damn near every single day.
03:05This is what we waited for.
03:07And by the way, thank goodness here.
03:09Because when you come up on the topics of, oh, no, the All-Star break's coming up.
03:13Give us something to talk about.
03:14They're doing it here for us, Joe.
03:16World Cup, it's here.
03:17And by the way, let's hear from Gianni Infantino, who I don't know what to hear from him, but
03:21we will.
03:23Chill.
03:24Relax.
03:26We work on everything.
03:28We try to solve everything.
03:29You say people should chill and relax about these situations, but you've got one of the
03:34world's top referees told he can't enter the United States, sent back home, accused of
03:40having links with suspected terror organizations.
03:44We have Mexico having to change their training, sorry, Iran having to change their training base
03:48here to Mexico.
03:50We have fans and journalists from a number of countries who aren't able to attend this
03:54World Cup because of travel bans or visa restrictions.
03:57Are you embarrassed, therefore, by what actually has come to pass?
04:00And have you, do you have to accept that you've lost some control of your own tournament
04:04here?
04:04And when I say to chill, I don't mean to chill and do nothing.
04:10I mean to trust us that we are working behind the scenes.
04:16We are trying to understand.
04:17And there are things we can know, things we cannot know, things we are told, things we
04:21are not told.
04:22And we always try to make the situation as positive as possible and to find solutions.
04:31The World Cup, Joe, it just needs to get started here.
04:34Way too much bad karma off the pitch.
04:37Let's get back on the pitch, huh?
04:40Listen, just watching that guy speak, I'm like looking for my wallet here.
04:45I feel like he's just, he's robbed all of us here.
04:48Got his hand on it.
04:48Yeah, not buying it here.
04:51Listen, they have screwed this up from day one.
04:53But I can tell you what, when he says chill, he just means chill.
04:57We're counting all the money that we are actually making.
05:00So once I have that number, I'll let you know.
05:04By the time it's done, we'll be long gone with all the money in our call for us here, Joe.
05:08And talking about money in our call for us, we always like to take a look at who's getting
05:11the piece of the pie from some of these prediction markets.
05:13How about Calci?
05:14You know, they want to pair up Argentina.
05:17You know who's on Argentina?
05:19Yeah, it's Lionel Messi here.
05:20How about this?
05:20We're proud to welcome Calci, the world's largest prediction market, as an official sponsor
05:25of AFA for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
05:28The Argentina national team and Calci.
05:32What a pairing, Joe.
05:34Yeah, well, I know.
05:35But they're going away, Donnie.
05:36I mean, prediction markets are going away.
05:38Don't get comfortable, I'm sure.
05:39Yeah.
05:40Okay.
05:40No.
05:41They're not going anywhere anytime soon.
05:45Embrace change, Donnie.
05:46That's what we're seeing here.
05:48Embrace the change.
05:50Are you going to embrace Mexico and South Africa today?
05:52Getting it underway, 3 p.m. Eastern.
05:55Take a look at almost $4 million of volume today.
05:58Mexico, the favorite, 70% to win this game.
06:01South Africa, only 11%.
06:02But, Joe, if you can get to the tie, that's 21%.
06:05That's a lot of money.
06:06But is it El Tri?
06:08Is it what they call Mexico?
06:09They should win this season.
06:10Come on.
06:12Yep.
06:12And they've been phenomenal.
06:14I mean, this is a good team.
06:17Obviously, host nation there for this one.
06:21And call me crazy here, Donnie.
06:23They're the best team in this group.
06:26And this price is actually, you can lay the goal, the goal in a quarter at a really good price.
06:32And I think that's the way I would look here.
06:35Korea and Chechia, Joe.
06:37That's going to be game number two, 10 p.m. tonight.
06:40Much closer.
06:41Korea, 36% chance.
06:43Chechia, 34% chance.
06:4531% chance on the tie.
06:47Are we parking the bus in this one, Joe?
06:49Lower scoring affair.
06:52Yeah.
06:52I mean, most people are thinking no goals in this one here.
06:56And yeah, why not, Donnie?
06:59I mean, why not play the draw in this spot?
07:01Both these teams, they might find it very difficult to find the back of the net here.
07:07Now, how about this?
07:08Is this game being played in Akron?
07:10Like what?
07:11I'm looking at the events prop margin or market.
07:14And it says Akron is 70% right now.
07:16Are they playing it?
07:17There's World Cup games in Akron?
07:19Did I get that right or wrong?
07:20Or are they practicing there?
07:21What am I missing here, Joe?
07:24Well, Akron's the soccer hub of Ohio.
07:27Have you not known that?
07:28I mean, it's probably LeBron James Stadium, isn't it?
07:32This goes back to Akron.
07:34Apparently, we'll be back after this next week.
07:37Back to the business, people.
07:39It is PME on TEL.
07:41Some fun stuff.
07:42And as you know, when you're watching the early line, we like to fade the public here.
07:45Now, we fade the market.
07:47Let's check it out.
07:55Fading the market, Joe.
07:57Joe Vogt, what do you want to see on tomorrow on PME, which is actually today?
08:01MLB All-Star, World Cup, Aliens, or Elections, Joe?
08:04Pretty even across the board at this point right now.
08:07I voted for a little World Cup action.
08:09What'd you vote for, Joe?
08:10What do you want?
08:10MLB All-Star talk, Aliens talk, which again, which could be Webinyama.
08:15Elections, what?
08:16What do you got?
08:17Yeah, I think World Cup, Donnie.
08:19I think there's absolutely some profits to be made here.
08:24There are great markets across the board available for the World Cup.
08:28That's where I looked.
08:29Amen.
08:30Take a look at the World Cup, Joe.
08:31It does kick off today.
08:32And away we go.
08:33Let's get it started.
08:34The men's World Cup winner, Spagna, France, Portugal, England, Joe.
08:40They are the top dogs here.
08:42Who would be getting your money before we even see any action on the pitch?
08:47Well, I mean, listen, it's very hard to go against France, who to me has got the deepest
08:53team, the most experience, and they can just, they can score in waves there, Donnie.
08:58So very hard to go against them.
09:00Spain is getting a ton of love.
09:02There's just not a lot of, you know, they're favorites for a reason, but it's a long tournament.
09:08Anything can happen.
09:09And I've seen a lot of love towards Columbia coming in as well.
09:14That might be an interesting one here, Donnie, if you're looking for a long shot.
09:18U.S. and A, Joe, 1.7% is a yes contract if they can win the men's World Cup
09:25on their own soil.
09:27Wouldn't it be something to see the United States national team there playing at MetLife
09:31or whatever it's called, New York, New Jersey Stadium for all of the marbles?
09:34It could happen, but see how the market's telling you right now, Joe, in the prediction markets?
09:39That's probably not going to happen at this point.
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