New Zealand vs. Egypt - Exact Score

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Market context

New Zealand’s World Cup match with Egypt is scheduled as a single 90-minute contest, and that matters because this exact-score market settles only on the final score after stoppage time, not extra time or penalties. FIFA lists kick-off at 01:00 in Vancouver on 22 June, while UK-facing previews show the game in the early hours of Monday, which is consistent with a June 21 evening slot in North America.[3][2]

A **14%** crowd-implied chance for a listed exact score is not obviously out of line for football, where scorelines are sparse and “Any Other Score” outcomes tend to absorb many possibilities. Recent head-to-head records are limited and not especially predictive on their own: ESPN’s page shows Egypt have won one meeting and drawn one against New Zealand, while AiScore’s form snapshot suggests New Zealand have had decent recent results but also conceded regularly.[4][6] The market therefore reads more like a low-frequency scoreline bet than a team-strength view.

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Methodology

This page is a comparison snapshot: one live quote (Polymarket), four reference venues with their key attributes, and a single execution path — every trade button routes to Polymarket Legal UK, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

Settlement runs on-chain. Polymarket's contract logic separates YES and NO shares as conditional tokens; at resolution the winning share lifts to $1.00 and the losing one to $0. The outcome input comes from the UMA Optimistic Oracle, which secures against bad resolution with a bond + dispute window.

Once finalised, the smart contract pays USDC to the holders' wallets within minutes — no withdrawal fees beyond Polygon network gas. Kalshi settles in USD via CFTC clearance, Betfair in account currency net of commission, Manifold in play-money mana with no cash-out.

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How reliable are the quoted odds?

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