The 2022 World Cup in Pin Up - how did it affect the betting trends

The 2022 World Cup was the biggest and the most popular event this year. That's why sportsbooks like Pin Up were offering such wide betting lines and high odds. Because of the popularity of this event bettors almost forget about all other competitions and spend all their money on the matches here. The World Cup was available not only on the Pin Up Bet India website, but also for bettors around the world where the Pin Up brand is present. A lot of bettors, even the ones who are not soccer fans, were watching all the matches trying to understand which team will be the next champion. For sure the results of the 2023 World Cup are already known but even now there is some interesting fact to know. And some of them you will find on this page below with updated information about the influence of that event on the whole betting world. 

The updated information about the World Cup in 2022 - the main fact about the event 

This World Cup season was the last with the 32 teams on the field. From the next season 42 teams will take part in this huge event.The FIFA World Cup in Qatar was a unique event, as all current club championships were stopped for its implementation. Such tournaments as the APL, Liga 1, La Liga, Serie A and many other club championships, which at the time of the start of the Mundial were at the very epicenter of the battle, were put on pause. The lack of alternatives for betting has helped to pay maximum attention around the Mundial, and allowed sports betting fans to focus all attention on this tournament even in India, where soccer is not the NO.1 sport. Here are some more facts that make this championship so popular:

1. It's the first tournament to be held in the Middle East.

2. This World Cup season was held in winter for the first time in its whole history.

3. The host country is one of the smallest in the world with a semi-automatic offside detection system.

4. 8 stadiums hosted the championship games!

And that’s only a small part of the interesting facts about the 2022 World Cup! Check more information to understand the reasons for its popularity and such high odds. 

The World Cup in 2022 - the number of made bets in India

This time the top scorer of the World Cup in Qatar became Kylian Mbappe with his 8 goals. At the same time, Emiliano Martinez is the best goalkeeper of this season. The name of the 2022 World Cup winner is already known, but there is no guarantee they will win next time as some key players may finish their career.

One more interesting fact about World Cup betting is that the total amount of bets in this event was about $35 billion! And that is the biggest number in the history of online betting. The Pin Up clients were betting in prematch and live, and selected the main and additional outcomes.