🇸🇬 In 2014, Singapore launched an anti-gambling World Cup ad.

The message?

A boy named Andy complained that his father had bet the family's life savings on Germany winning the World Cup.

There was just one problem...

🇩🇪 Germany WON the World Cup.

The campaign instantly backfired.

Social media users started joking that Andy's dad was actually a genius investor and should be congratulated instead of criticized.

The ad became so embarrassing that authorities had to update it after the tournament.

Lesson: Sometimes reality has other plans.

One of the biggest marketing own goals in World Cup history. ⚽😂