Prediction market bettors lost millions of dollars on Monday after a shocking 0-0 draw between soccer giant Spain and the African micro-state of Cabo Verde.
🚨BREAKING: Someone just put $1M on Spain to WIN their match vs Cape Verde today
— Polymarket Sports (@PolymarketSport) June 15, 2026
This pays out is $1,085,943.48 on Polymarket pic.twitter.com/7ODo3dJ7Pl
NEW: One Kalshi trader has $2,312,333 on Cape Verde to NOT win over Spain today.
— Kalshi Sports (@KalshiSports) June 15, 2026
$2,408,680 potential payout on Kalshi. pic.twitter.com/I6PP1GyZfL
Prediction markets had figured that Spain, one of the most successful international soccer teams in existence, would blow out Cabo Verde and gave the European power a 96 percent chance of winning the match. The huge bets would have only paid out potential winnings amounting in the tens of thousands of dollars.
Behind the effort of their 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozhina, Cabo Verde managed to secure a clean sheet in the draw along with the first ever World Cup point in their nation’s history. The performance was so monumental that Vozhina went from having 50,000 Instagram followers before the match to more than 1.8 million just hours afterward.
Cape Verde keeper Vozinha had 50,000 followers going into today’s match against Spain
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) June 15, 2026
His life just changed in 90 minutes pic.twitter.com/HtZ2N3FLKP
Despite what seemed like a sure thing for the losing bettors who wagered on Spain, one individual who placed a huge bet on Spain to not win the match managed to rake in over $4 million from the bold selection.
🚨BREAKING: Someone named “fishalive” put $400k on Spain NOT to win vs Cabo Verde at 9% odds...
— Polymarket Sports (@PolymarketSport) June 15, 2026
This trade just cashed out $4,702,769.23 on Polymarket pic.twitter.com/Kvp6RsoQJO
The match is the biggest upset of the tournament so far and ranks with the most startling results next to America’s 4-1 win over Paraguay and Germany’s 7-1 victory against Curaçao.
