How to bet on the World Cup
The 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off this Sunday evening as hosts Qatar face off against Ecuador in Group A.
It commences four weeks of the globe’s most popular football festival, subsuming six continents playing 64 matches across eight different stadiums to fight for the title as world’s best.
There is no better way to enhance the excitement of the World Cup than by placing a bet, and at William Hill we have and a wide range of opportunities to engage with the World Cup, including outright betting, individual player awards and individual group betting. For more information about the different components of this year’s tournament, check out our complete World Cup guide.
World Cup Betting Outrights
Tournament Winner
To Reach The Final
Winning Continent
Golden Boot Winner
Golden Glove Winner
Young Player of the Tournament
World Cup Betting Odds
Popular Betting Types
World Cup Bet Builder
World Cup Betting Strategies
Follow Expert Opinions
The pundits aren’t just there to make up the numbers! If you’re looking for some good betting tips, then often listening to expert opinions can provide people with profitable information. Most pundits would have played in World Cups before and will have some good insight into the dimensions and influences on individual matches, so soaking up knowledge from them could end up leading to winning betting tips.
Stay Impartial
Try to stay in control and bet with your analytical brain – don’t place bets based on your emotion. This will only lead to bad decisions and could mean you lose out in terms of overall profit. Try not to bet on a team or nation you support unless your research suggests you should. As is usually the way, bringing emotions into the mix can cloud people’s judgement.
Understand The Team You’re Betting With
Betting on a team merely on paper is a very weak tactic – there are various other considerations at play when deciding who has the best chance of winning a match.
What is the side’s current form? How many goals have they been scoring and conceding recently? What is their recent head-to-head against their opposition? How do they fare against different calibre of teams? What is their current injury situation?
These will help you spot the good bets from the mediocre ones and ultimately allow you to make more money with your betting strategy. To be really on the ball for this tournament, you should watch as many live games on TV as you can and try to observe patterns that repeat themselves.
Cashing Out
Cashing Out is a feature that allows bettors the ability to settle a bet — and accept a payout less than the full potential win — before the competition ends.
There is no definitive time you should cash out, but the feature usually works in one of two ways. First, cashing out can be offered on bets that are going well for you, allowing you to cash in on the favourable position for a guaranteed return. This means if your bet ends up losing after you’ve already cashed out, you end up winning money on a bet that technically did not even win.
Second, cashing out can be a strategy if your bet is not going so well, allowing you to limit your losses by closing out your position for a smaller return. These are usually situations where you think by letting the original bet run, you might result in you losing your stake completely, permitting you to at least recoup a small amount of your stake.
