100,000 computer simulations picked this country to win the World Cup

The results show that Spain is favored to win with a probability of 14.5%.

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In times past, when we wanted to know which team would win the World Cup, we had to turn to seers with crystal balls, use divination via tea leaves, or hope for Paul the Octopus to tell us what would happen.

But modern data science can provide a better alternative. As part of a team of statisticians,........

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