>FIFA's official category maps showed Category 1 covering the entire lower bowl and Category 2 covering the sidelines — both including midfield sections. Premium prices, prime locations on the map. Here's where lottery winners actually ended up within that range.

This is good. I know someone who they sat behind the goal post. They paid 800$ per ticket

Thanks. The seat your friend was assigned is the most common outcome in the data: out of 500+ self-reported lottery assignments so far, ~70% landed in corners or behind the goal. If they want to add their seat to the dataset, the form takes 30 seconds.