Germany – Rob's blog https://www.topendsports.com/rob from Topend Sports Wed, 23 Nov 2022 03:30:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 39014565 Bet on the Octopus – World Cup Predictions https://www.topendsports.com/rob/major-events/football-world-cup/bet-on-the-octopus/ Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:25:41 +0000 http://www.topendsports.com/rob/?p=418 Paul the ‘Psychic’ Octopus, also known as the ‘Oracle of Oberhausen’ and ‘Pulpo Paul’, is a resident of the Oberhausen Sea Life aquarium. He became a celebrity after a 100% success rate at predicting the winners of eight World Cup matches – all of Germany’s games and the final between Spain and The Netherlands.

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I want to go out on an (octopus) limb and say that it was all due to chance. I know it may sound far-fetched and very unlikely, but maybe he was just lucky and was able to select the winning teams through chance. No psychic abilities, no hand of God, and no conspiracies – just luck. A lot of luck.

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