How to pick the winner of the World Cup.

[grfpopl]

Is the Cup hosted in Europe? Bet on the home team.

Is the Cup hosted outside of Europe? Bet on Brazil.

That correctly picks the winner nearly half the time-- 8 out of the last 17 Cups!

A European side has never won the Cup outside of Europe. Only one non-European team has won the Cup in Europe (and they had Pele

Comments

[dariusk]

Yep, I espouse the same World Cup philosophy, and have already bet on Germany.

[grfpopl]

If only I had thought of this *before* the World Cup, I wouldn't have put so much money on Trinidad.