[PRESS RELEASE – Curacao, Curacao, August 11th, 2026]

BetFury, a leading crypto casino, closed its Fury World Cup ’26 on July 27. The campaign turned the 2026 FIFA World Cup into a platform-wide event with a $600,000 prize pool spread across five parallel promotions. The final numbers show what an event scaled to the world’s biggest football tournament can deliver for a platform and its community.

Growth Across Every Core Metric

Measured against the 43 days before the event, every core participation metric rose. Active users climbed 66.06%. Total bets grew 16.93% and deposits increased 7.53%. The scale of the user gain against a far smaller deposit increase points to broad participation rather than concentrated spending. Regarding the World Cup, the final match between Argentina and Spain was the most popular in terms of users, bets and a total wager.

A Build-Up that Started Before Kick-Off

Before the main phase of the Fury World Cup ’26, users could add the event to their calendar and get No Risk Bet rewards. The Fury World Cup ’26 Giveaway brought 30 random users $100 each in Free Bets. Along with other additional activities, they fueled interest in the upcoming group stage and playoff matches.

Rewards across the main promotions

In each of the three sports Battles (First Kick, Final Whistle, and Midfield), 150 winners split $40,000 in BFG tokens and Free Bets. The Sport Missions Journey covered 115 Missions. The Mundial Prediction Event ran free to enter, awarding 2 to 12 points per correct match-winner call, based on the World Cup phase. The top 100 users shared a $20,000 prize pool. The Golden Ticket Raffle closed the campaign, handing $100,000 to random holders of lucky lottery tickets.

Why Does the Event at this Scale Matter?

The scale produced returns on three fronts. For players, all the promotions and the $600,000 pool turned six weeks of soccer into daily competition and free rewards. For the business, the rise in active users and revenue converted a global cultural moment into measurable platform performance. For the wider industry, the campaign offers an example of how a crypto sportsbook can connect predictions, missions, competitions, and rewards around a major sporting event instead of limiting its activity to advertising around the tournament.

“A tournament that comes around once every four years deserved more than a standard promotion, so we built an event on the same scale,” said the CEO of BetFury. “What matters most is how many of our users took part, and a 74.66% jump in GGR shows that engagement translated into real commercial return. That is the foundation we will keep building future events around.”

Therefore, Fury World Cup ’26 has ended, but its effect on BetFury holds: a larger active base, stronger platform metrics, and a proven blueprint for the next large-scale campaign.

About BetFury

BetFury is a leading crypto casino with 3.5M registered players and $11.5B wagered, founded in 2019. The platform offers over 13,000 games, 24 Original games with RTP up to 99.28%, and 80+ sports for betting with odds higher than the market average. Beyond gaming, BetFury provides a full suite of crypto tools: Crypto Staking with up to 60% APR, Futures, Crypto Swap, etc. Moreover, it has a BFG Staking for accumulating more native tokens or collecting payouts in BFG or USDT. BetFury continuously evolves based on user feedback and is committed to responsible gambling practices. Learn more at betfury.com.

Source: CryptoPotato