The popular Bore Draw sports betting promotion meant that some online bookmakers had to refund a considerable amount of money on the World Cup final.

In the Bore Draw promotion, when a punter places a pre-match Correct Score, Half-Time/Full-Time or Scorecast bet, and the game finishes 0-0 in 90 minutes, his losing bet on any of these markets is refunded.

Paddy Power admitted that, besides the fact that from the spectator's point of view it wasn't the greatest World Cup final, on this single game alone the company had refunded in excess of €500,000 which is approximately half of all their refunds on World Cup games.

Bet365 announced that Sunday night's World Cup Bore Draw refunds had reached €750,000. Still, bet365 spokesman Steve Freeth saw the bright side revealing that penalties would be horrendous. In bet365's Penalty Payback football betting promotion when your team is eliminated on penalties, you receive your stake back.