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Back the long shots nobody backs.

The Long Shot XI is a community World Cup acca: €10, thirty picks, one shared slip. The odds are long and we won't pretend otherwise — but on Stake there is no max-win cap and crypto pays out in minutes, so on the rare day a long shot runs all the way, it pays exactly what it is worth.

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Build your long shot

Thirty picks, €10, one shared community slip. Drag the dials and watch the dream number move — with the honest odds sitting right beside it.

The Long Shot XI · acca30 legs

…and 23 more on the community slip

€10 stake · potential€1,917,511

Example structure — picks are illustrative, not tips. The community builds the real thirty together.

The dream, and the truth

€1,917,511

from a single €10 stake, if all 30 legs land

Legs in the acca 30

Average odds per leg 1.50

Chance every leg lands ~1 in 191,751

That's the long shot, stated plainly: a tiny stake against very long odds. Brilliant if it lands — and just a tenner gone if it doesn't.

Why a long shot only pays off on Stake

The odds are the same wherever you bet. What changes is whether the book actually lets the dream run — and pays it when it lands.

Example of an uncapped win paid out on Stake — A no-max-cap win, paid in full on Stake. Illustrative — wins like this are rare and far from typical.

No max-win cap

Most books quietly cap what a single slip can pay. Hit a monster acca elsewhere and you collect a fraction of it. Stake is one of the few that doesn't choke the payout — the long shot can pay what it's actually worth.

Paid in minutes, in crypto

No five-day "review", no bank sitting on it. Win and the crypto is in your wallet in minutes. A dream you can't actually cash isn't worth chasing.

A coffee gets you in

€10 — or less — is the whole risk. That's the deal with a long shot: a tiny, fixed stake against a huge, unlikely upside. You never chase it, you never top it up.

How to back it, in three

Get on Stake

Create your account in a minute and top up with crypto. The whole long shot costs €10.

Build the XI

Add the community's thirty World Cup picks to one acca slip. One miss ends the run — that's the game.

Ride it together

Share your slip, follow the run match by match, and if the impossible lands — cash out in minutes.

Start your long shot

Straight answers

The long shot, the cost, and what happens when a pick misses — no spin.

Almost certainly not. A thirty-pick acca is an enormous long shot — treat your €10 as already spent. The point is the shared dream for the price of a coffee, not a payday to count on.

Because it is cheap, it is a laugh to follow with the community, and the upside is real on the rare day it runs. The stake is fixed at €10 — you never chase it.

The whole slip is dead — that is how an accumulator works. One miss ends the run. It really is all or nothing, which is exactly why it is a long shot and not a plan.

Two honest reasons: there is no strict max-win cap, so a monster acca can pay what it is actually worth, and crypto withdrawals land in minutes instead of days.

€10 — or less if you want. The stake is fixed and that is the entire risk. No top-ups, no chasing a loss.

Yes — the Stake links are affiliate links and we may earn a commission. It costs you nothing extra, and it never changes the honest odds you see on this page.

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€10. Thirty picks. One long shot.

It's an underdog bet and we both know it. But it's a cheap one, it's a laugh, and on Stake it can actually pay. In, or out?

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