Kambi’s AI ran the entire World Cup: 100m bets, zero downtime

The AI-only platform delivered an 18% trading margin & processed over a million bet combinations in the final alone.

The hit

Kambi ran the entire 2026 World Cup on AI, trading 104 matches & more than 100 million bets with zero downtime, its first fully AI-powered tournament. The sportsbook technology firm says human traders now only step in where judgement adds value, according to iGaming Business.

Why it matters

For bettors, that means faster bet acceptance, shorter suspensions & far more player-specific markets such as Bet Builders. For operators, it shows AI trading can scale without breaking during the world’s biggest betting event, freeing human traders to build new products instead of managing existing markets, according to Kambi’s SVP of trading.

The record

Operator trading margin	18% across the tournament (Kambi)
Final-day bet combinations	Over 1 million unique combinations processed (Kambi)
Live Bet Builder share	Rose from 3% to 22% of live bets since 2022 (Kambi)
Live betting delay cut	Reduced by more than 40% from August 2025 to July 2026 (Kambi)
Independent benchmark	Bettormetrics found Kambi led or shared the lead on live uptime & bet delay

What happens next

Kambi is rolling the same AI trading model into basketball, ice hockey & American football, chasing an on-demand sportsbook across its network of more than 70 partners.

Sources: Trading transformed: Inside Kambi’s first fully AI-powered World Cup

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