Messi's 18-Goal Record Lifts Argentina World Cup Odds to 16.85%
Argentina's winner contract hit 16.85% at 06:07 UTC on Saturday, June 27 — up 2.2pp on the session — after Messi's group-stage hat-trick and brace made him the World Cup's all-time top scorer.
Argentina's World Cup winner contract hit 16.85% at 06:07 UTC on Saturday, June 27 — up 2.2pp from the session's 0.1465 open — as the defending champions clinched Group J with a perfect record and buyers moved in ahead of a knockout bracket now taking final shape.
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