Alright Mafialand, I'll try to make this one short and sweet (keyword: try)

I'm not offering betting on the third place match since, well, Uruguay VS Germany? Really? Helen Keller could pick the winner of that one.

Anywhere, here it is! The Final MATCH!

 NETHERLANDS

               VS

      SPAIN

July 11th (14:30pm Mafia Time)

Since this game is virtually a tie in most forms of voting, the payouts for both will be 1:1

$1,000,000 bet, $2,000,000 return, simple as that.

Speaking of $1,000,000 bet, yes, you heard right, these are the crazy (and soon-to-be-bankrupcy-inducing for me) limits:

Minimum bet: $200,000

Maximum bet: $1,000,000 (Anyone dare step into such deep waters?)

In order to ensure that I can actually pay out the winners, I will only allow up to 5 million in bets on both sides. This means, $5 million for Spain, $5 million for Netherlands. I doubt I'll need to enforce this limit, but hey, sometimes you guys go crazy and drown me with bets, sometimes you don't. Either way, get those bets in early or it might be too late!

I will take bets until July 11th 13:30 MFT

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Score-betting? Yes, I will still be allowing score betting again EXCEPT, since nobody was able to guess the scores for the semifinals, I will increase the payout for these:

    Payout 4:1 (ex: 200K bet, 1M return on win)

      Scores (1-0)(2-0)(2-1)

    Payout 6:1 (ex: 200K bet, 1.4M return on win):

      Scores (3-0)(3-1)(3-2)

    Payout 10:1 (ex: 200K bet, 2.2M return on win):

      Scores (4-0)(4-1)(4-2)(4-3)

You may also bet on a match reaching penalty kicks. These are paid out regardless of who wins the penalty kicks - as long as the game reaches penalty kicks, the payout is awarded. Penalty kick bets pay out 5:1 (ex: 200K bet, 1.2M return on win)

Limits for score bets are as follows:

Minimum bet: $25,000

Maximum bet: $400,000

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How to bet ON A WIN:

To place a general bet, send me a message in the following format:

Netherlands or Spain:

Amount you wish to bet:

If you would like your bet to be public or remain anonymous:

How to bet ON A SCORE:

 To place a score bet, send me a message in the following format:

Score you are betting on: (ex: Argentina 1 - 0 USA) If you are betting on penalty kicks, indicate it here instead of a score.

Amount you wish to bet:

If you would like your bet to be public or remain anonymous:

Send me your bet (Ritzo), and then you're good to go. 

I will send a confirmation message of your bet(s) once I have received it (Please allow time for a confirmation if I do not happen to be online at the time).

Disclaimer (READ THIS):

All win bets cover the entire match - which includes extra time, penalty kicks, and sudden death - whatever it takes to produce a winner.

Score bets are based on the final score - this includes goals made during injury time or extra time.

 I will collect all bets based on the time they are wired to me. If they were sent after the deadline, they will not count and will be returned. As long as you've sent the bet and the message before the deadline, it will count.

Good luck and happy betting!

(So sad how it's almost over)

Half day update: ~$3 million in bets; pretty even between Netherlands and Spain so far.

12 hours 'till the big match!

Current betting pools are as follows:

Netherlands - $1,700,000

Spain - $3,400,000

Last chance to place your bets! (especially on Spain)

Alright folks, betting has been closed!

Let's see how this final turns out!

What an amazing final!

Here are the final results:

Netherlands 0 - 0(1 overtime) Spain

World Cup 2010 Champions:  

          SPAIN

Betting pools:

Netherlands - $3,450,000

Spain - $5,000,000 (I'm surprised you guys actually hit the roof on that one)

Give a hearty congrats to the following winners!

 Lolita ($1,000,000)

 Marco_Kray ($1,000,000)

 Anonymous ($1,000,000)

 Gwarble ($600,000)

 -Fallen ($500,000)

 Anonymous ($500,000)

 Sparky ($400,000)

I'm sad to say that this is the end of World Cup betting, folks! Thanks for cleaning out my pockets for weeks :)