What happened. The Group of Copenhagen flagged the US-Belgium World Cup match for irregular betting activity, specifically a market on whether Folarin Balogun would play after his red card was controversially rescinded.

Market opened after Balogun's red card vs Bosnia.
Trump urged FIFA to rescind the ban; FIFA suspended it.
No similar markets opened for other red-carded players.

The group has requested an official explanation from FIFA on the Balogun case.

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