The 2018 FIFA World Cup began Thursday in Russia. Football fans have waited four years to see their favorite teams compete for the world championship. It is the year’s biggest sporting event. People across the world are already making their predictions for which team will win. Professional bookmakers create odds, which use large amounts of information to measure the probabilities for winners and losers. People use those odds to decide which teams to bet on. The bookmakers then pay off those bets. For 2018, the bookmaker odds clearly favor Brazil to win the World Cup. Defending champion Germany is second, with Spain and France not far behind.
Title: World Cup Predictions: Spain, Brazil, Germany, or Russia
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2629/world_cup.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='World Cup Predictions: Spain, Brazil, Germany, or Russia' data-article-id='3157'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7521'>The 2018 FIFA World Cup began Thursday in Russia.</span> <span data-start-time='7521' data-end-time='17229'>Football fans have waited four years to see their favorite teams compete for the world championship.</span> <span data-start-time='17229' data-end-time='22417'>It is the year’s biggest sporting event.</span> <span data-start-time='22417' data-end-time='30479'>People across the world are already making their predictions for which team will win.</span> <span data-start-time='30479' data-end-time='43604'>Professional bookmakers create odds, which use large amounts of information to measure the probabilities for winners and losers.</span> <span data-start-time='43604' data-end-time='49833'>People use those odds to decide which teams to bet on.</span> <span data-start-time='49833' data-end-time='54271'>The bookmakers then pay off those bets.</span> <span data-start-time='54271' data-end-time='63396'>For 2018, the bookmaker odds clearly favor Brazil to win the World Cup.</span> <span data-start-time='63396' data-end-time='71750'>Defending champion Germany is second, with Spain and France not far behind.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' 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