Top Gambling News Stories for Sunday July 19, 2026

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C Costigan

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19 July, 2026

Top Gambling News Stories for Sunday July 19, 2026

Today is the big day in soccer as Spain takes on Argentina to determine who wins this year's World Cup.

Top Trending (World Cup)

FIFA World Cup Goes Out With a Bang at Gambling911.com

Sunday July 19, 2026 (6:36 pm EDT)

It's nuts here all afternoon at Gambling911.com, between the Open Championship and now the close of the FIFA World Cup as Ferran Torres payout odds for being the first goalscorer and with Spain winning and lots of folks now seeking out 2030 FIFA World Cup odds courtesy of BetOnline.

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Gambling News (World Cup)

On Kalshi and Polymarket, World Cup Final Drives Bets Into the Billions

Sunday July 19, 2026 (3:41 pm EDT)

The soccer tournament has helped propel the prediction markets to new user records, creating what may be the largest gambling event in history. The event has helped drive new users to the prediction markets, which have grown rapidly and transformed into a cultural phenomenon in recent months. Prediction market users are poised to make the World Cup the largest gambling event in history, analysts said. In June, total wagers on the platforms topped $50 billion for the first time, much of it driven by the soccer tournament, according to data from Dune Analytics, a crypto data tracker. That was up from about $2 billion the same month a year ago.The performance of prediction markets during the World Cup has “surpassed every estimate that any of us have projected,” said Chad Beynon, a gaming and lodging analyst at the financial services firm Macquarie Group. He estimated that the World Cup had helped quadruple monthly trading volumes across both platforms. Nearly 270,000 people downloaded the Kalshi app the week the tournament began, according to data shared by the company from Apptopia. Two weeks earlier, it had about 60,000 downloads. (read more from The New York Times)

Betting Markets

Top Betting Markets Sunday Evening

Sunday July 19, 2026 (3:32 pm EDT)

Action dies down Sunday evening but we have the Window World 450 NASCAR race. The Window World 450 NASCAR Cup Series race starts at 7:00 p.m. ET (with the green flag expected around 7:14 p.m. ET). The event spans 450 laps around the 0.625-mile North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina, totaling exactly 281.25 mile.

Window World 450 Winner (NASCAR) - Chris Bell 25%, Denny Hamlin 17% - $1,707,869 volume
Lebron James Next Team - - Miami 43%, Cleveland 32% - $159,629,893 vol
The Odyssey Rotten Tomatoes Score Over/Under - Above 94 96% $5,978,668
Texas Senate Winner - Ken Paxton 56%, James Talarico 44% - $6,002,616 vol

The Open Championship

Ryan Fox Wins Open, Pays Out Big

Sunday July 19, 2026 (1:39 pm EDT)

Ryan Fox has won the Open Championship, holding off Cameron Young and Sam Burns to win his first major championship. This one came down to the wire. For some lucky sports bettors, the payout was as high as $75,000 for every $100 bet.

Betting Markets

Top Betting Markets Early Sunday

Sunday July 19, 2026 (1:12 pm EDT)

Golf The Open Championship - Cameron Young 35%, Sam Burns 29% - $306,827,256 vol This event was live
Cricket - England vs India - England 70% - $7,414,891 vol - This event was live
Final: Spain vs Argentina Jul 19 @ 3:00PM - Spain 59% of the action - $1,426,605,439 vol
FIFA World Cup - Spain vs Argentina: Regulation Time Correct Score: 1-1 Draw 16%, 0-0 Draw 11% - $61,604,681 vol
Spain vs Argentina: Goalscorer - Lionel Messi 1+ 36%, Mikel Oyarzabal 1+ 32% - $18,900,131 vol
Lebron James Next Team - Miami 41%, Cleveland 35% - $159,629,893 vol

Top Trending

Most Read and Searched for Articles This Hour

Sunday July 19, 2026 (12:20 pm EDT)

As one might expect, the FIFA World Cup final and Open Championship golf was dominating our betting coverage in terms of readership and most sought out articles this hour for a busy Sunday. The story of how poker pro Jared Griener claimed to have been hogtied and robbed of his World Series of Poker winnings while at his Las Vegas Airbnb was also heating up this hour. Professional poker player Jared Griener had just been knocked out of a tournament in Las Vegas and had just entered his AirBnB when he says two masked men hogtied him and stole $60,000 in poker winnings. As always, Gambling911.com will stay on top of this fluid story.

The Open Championship Golf

Ryan Fox Payout Odds to Win The Open Championship 2026

Sunday July 19, 2026 (10:36 am EDT)

Ryan Fox was still hanging around the top of The Open Championship leaderboard Sunday morning. Fox will pay out $75,000 for every $100 bet should he go on to win this year's Open Championship for those who bet him ahead of Saturday's round.

The Open Championship Golf

Sam Burns Payout Odds to Win The Open Championship 2026

Sunday July 19, 2026 (10:36 am EDT)

Sam Burns was sitting atop The Open Championship leaderboard Sunday morning for the closing round of The Open Championship. Burns promised a $3000 payout on a $100 bet entering Friday's play and those payout odds were whereby he was a +125 favorite to win coming into Sunday. Burns is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He played his college golf at Louisiana State University. He has won five times on the PGA Tour.

Top Trending

Mobile Alabama County Police Officer Accused of Gambling Away Most of Incapacitated Wife's Funds to Gamble at Mississippi Casinos (Viral)

Sunday July 19, 2026 (10:11 am EDT)

Prichard, Alabama Police Sgt. Aaron Tucker, as well as his sister, have been removed as co-conservators of Tucker's wife. Former Saraland Police Officer Jackie Tucker was left incapacitated after being shot in the line of duty over a decade ago. A Mobile County Probate Judge determined that much of the money benefited her husband instead of Jackie. A good chunk of that money was gambled away at Mississippi casinos, according to court documents. This story has gone absolutely viral over the past 24 hours. 19.040 impressions have been registered thus far. Readership is mostly coming in from our social media and referring partners across the Net. As such, the story is not reflected in the below table (at least not yet). It received the second most impressions of any article appearing on the Gambling911.com website over the last 24 hours after Mexico's Liga MX betting coverage for the match between Pumas UNAM and C.F. Pachuca (20,430 impressions). Elsewhere, that adorable photo of Lionel Messi and Yamal (featuring betting props) was a hit with G911 readers (7,942 impressions). Liga MX, The Open Championship, and yesterday's World Cup match between France and England dominated in the impressions category on Saturday. Today's Spain vs. Argentina World Cup final prop bet coverage was seeing the 3rd highest exposure.

World Cup

Spain vs. Argentina World Cup Final

Sunday July 19, 2026 (10:11 am EDT)

The 2026 FIFA World Cup concludes with a dream matchup as Spain faces Argentina at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It is a clash between Europe's reigning champion and South America's reigning champion, with Argentina chasing consecutive World Cup titles while Spain seeks its first championship since 2010. Spain is the -160 favorite in this one.

Open Championship

The Open Championship Odds

Sunday July 19, 2026 (10:03 am EDT)

Sam Burns had begun to trend pretty strongly late Saturday, and with good reason. He now sits atop the leaderboard as of 10 am EDT. But Ryan Fox continues to impress this weekend and promises a payout of $750 for every $100 bet should he go on to win it (sitting just below the top mark).

Odds Entering Sunday

Sam Burns
+125
Si Woo Kim
+500
Ryan Fox
+750
Bryson DeChambeau
+1300
Ludvig Åberg
+1300
Ryan Gerard
+1500
Lucas Herbert
+2000
Tommy Fleetwood
+2200
Scottie Scheffler
+2700
Jackson Suber
+3500
Jon Rahm
+4500
Xander Schauffele
+6500
Shane Lowry
+8000
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
+8000
Hideki Matsuyama
+10000
Rory McIlroy
+15000
Cameron Young
+15000
Eric Cole
+17500
Justin Thomas
+17500
Daniel Brown
+17500
Robert MacIntyre
+17500
Jacob Bridgeman
+35000
Collin Morikawa
+35000
Alex Smalley
+35000
Max Homa
+35000
Sungjae Im
+50000
Kazuma Kobori
+50000
Nico Echavarria
+50000
Cameron John
+75000
Rickie Fowler
+100000
Pierceson Coody
+100000
Corey Conners
+100000
Peter Uihlein
+100000
Sepp Straka
+100000
Bud Cauley
+100000
Naoyuki Kataoka
+100000
Min Woo Lee
+100000
Chris Gotterup
+100000
Matt Wallace
+100000
John Parry
+100000
Marcus Plunkett
+100000
Matthew Southgate
+100000
Alex Fitzpatrick
+100000
Marco Penge
+100000
Jesper Svensson
+100000
MJ Daffue
+100000
Hennie du Plessis
+100000
Brooks Koepka
+100000
Shaun Norris
+100000
Adam Scott
+100000
Eugenio Chacarra
+100000
Sahith Theegala
+100000
Jordan Smith
+100000
Kurt Kitayama
+100000
Laurie Canter
+100000
Alex Noren
+100000
Russell Henley
+100000
Kazuki Higa
+100000
JJ Spaun
+100000
Andy Sullivan
+100000
Casey Jarvis
+100000
Kristoffer Reitan
+100000
Patrick Reed
+100000
Thomas Detry
+100000
Keegan Bradley
+100000
Jack McDonald
+100000
Francesco Molinari
+100000
Michael Brennan
+100000
Tyrrell Hatton
+100000
Jose Luis Ballester
+100000
Ryo Hisatsune
+100000
Nick Taylor
+100000
Patrick Cantlay
+100000
Ben Griffin
+100000
Johnny Keefer
+100000
Michael Thorbjornsen
+100000
Victor Perez
+100000
Aldrich Potgieter
+100000

Opening Odds

Scottie Scheffler
+650
Rory McIlroy
+850
Matt Fitzpatrick
+1300
Tommy Fleetwood
+1500
Jon Rahm
+2000
Chris Gotterup
+2700
Xander Schauffele
+2700
Robert MacIntyre
+2700
Viktor Hovland
+2700
Collin Morikawa
+3000
Wyndham Clark
+3300
Justin Rose
+3300
Ludvig Åberg
+3300
Cameron Young
+3500
Tyrrell Hatton
+3500
Si Woo Kim
+4000
Shane Lowry
+4500
Sam Burns
+4500
Russell Henley
+5000
Min Woo Lee
+5500
Justin Thomas
+5500
Tom Kim
+5500
Patrick Reed
+6000
Patrick Cantlay
+6000
Aaron Rai
+6500
Alex Fitzpatrick
+6500
Bryson DeChambeau
+6500
Joaquin Niemann
+6500
Hideki Matsuyama
+7000
Brooks Koepka
+8000
Jordan Spieth
+8000
Harris English
+8000
JJ Spaun
+8000
Rickie Fowler
+10000
Maverick McNealy
+10000
Brian Harman
+10000
Adam Scott
+10000
Nicolai Højgaard
+10000
Kurt Kitayama
+10000
Kristoffer Reitan
+10000
Akshay Bhatia
+10000
Ben Griffin
+10000
Corey Conners
+12500
Matt Wallace
+12500
Eugenio Chacarra
+12500
Alex Noren
+12500
Ryan Gerard
+12500
Keegan Bradley
+12500
Victor Perez
+12500
Alex Smalley
+15000
Tom McKibbin
+15000
Cameron Smith
+15000
Jacob Bridgeman
+17500
Sepp Straka
+17500
Bud Cauley
+17500
Marco Penge
+17500
Haotong Li
+17500
Jordan Smith
+17500
Ryan Fox
+17500
Max Homa
+17500
Casey Jarvis
+17500
Jason Day
+17500
Nick Taylor
+17500
Keith Mitchell
+17500
Harry Hall
+17500
J.T. Poston
+17500
Johnny Keefer
+17500
Michael Thorbjornsen
+17500
David Puig
+22500
Jake Knapp
+22500
Andrew Novak
+22500
Rasmus Højgaard
+22500
Sahith Theegala
+22500
Max Greyserman
+22500
Gary Woodland
+22500
Eric Cole
+22500
Thomas Detry
+22500
Michael Kim
+22500
Pierceson Coody
+25000
Sungjae Im
+25000
Sam Stevens
+25000
Jayden Schaper
+25000
John Parry
+25000
Laurie Canter
+25000
Angel Ayora
+25000
Michael Brennan
+25000
Ryo Hisatsune
+25000
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
+25000
Sami Valimaki
+35000
Hennie du Plessis
+35000
Daniel Berger
+35000
Daniel Hillier
+35000
Bernd Wiesberger
+35000
Lucas Herbert
+35000
Jackson Suber
+35000
Scott Vincent
+35000
Stewart Cink
+35000
Nico Echavarria
+35000
Matt Mccarty
+35000
Matthew Jordan
+35000
Aldrich Potgieter
+35000
Shaun Norris
+50000
Billy Horschel
+50000
Keita Nakajima
+50000
Francesco Molinari
+50000
Daniel Brown
+50000
Kota Kaneko
+75000
Jesper Svensson
+75000
Andy Sullivan
+75000
Antoine Rozner
+75000
Francesco Laporta
+75000
Alejandro De Castro Piera
+100000
Peter Uihlein
+100000
Naoyuki Kataoka
+100000
Baard Bjoernevik Skogen
+100000
Nevill Ruiter
+100000
Marcus Plunkett
+100000
Matthew Southgate
+100000
Dan Bradbury
+100000
Tiger Christensen
+100000
MJ Daffue
+100000
Travis Smyth
+100000
Ryutaro Nagano
+100000
Matthew Baldwin
+100000
Jeong Woo Ham
+100000
Sam Bairstow
+100000
Fifa Laopakdee
+100000
Martin Couvra
+100000
James Nicholas
+100000
Cameron John
+100000
Padraig Harrington
+100000
Joakim Lagergren
+100000
Lev Grinberg
+100000
Ren Yonezawa
+100000
Kazuma Kobori
+100000
Kazuki Higa
+100000
Jack Buchanan
+100000
David Duval
+100000
Mason Howell
+100000
Stuart Grehan
+100000
Michael Hollick
+100000
Caleb Surratt
+100000
Jack McDonald
+100000
Frederic Lacroix
+100000
Jose Luis Ballester
+100000
Darren Clarke
+100000
Adrien Saddier
+100000
David Howard
+100000
Henrik Stenson
+100000
Tom Sloman
+100000
Jiho Yang
+100000
Mateo Pulcini
+100000
Austen Truslow
+100000
Alistair Docherty
+100000
Tim Wiedemeyer
+100000
Joe Dean
+100000