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Here in our countr, betting is one of the common forms in gambling and that include spider fight.betting. Spiders could be easily spotted at night in the mountain areas where they will going to make their spider web to catch its prey.

Now, since spider do fights when meet, gamblers take this chance for.betting. Do you have experience on spider fight betting?

Note: Not all spider's fight for it will depend on its classications and some are too poisonous if got bitten will result to death.

These spider's are the common spiders that are not poisonous.

Previously you asks about cock fighting and now you ask about spider fighting. It seems that you are interested with animal fight, although there is no ways for us to bet on it with bitcoin as well as fiat via online as there is no sites offer this kind of animal fighting. I'm not really interested to bet on it even if there is a way to bet online, for me spider fight is just a kid's game where it is being played for fun only with no money involved.

The game is for children though. I have seen this game, though there are adults that curiously watching and cheering for their choice of spider but then children play them. If spider fighting will be accepted as gambling game for adults then why not? Its fun to watch them fight by the way though you can find this game in rural areas since spiders can be found there (this type of spiders).

This isn't popular here in Europe because there aren't many vicious spiders around here. Almost all spider species in my area are very safe to handle and not aggressive. It gets interesting when you live in Australia or South America because some spiders there are some big specimens that eat much bigger prey than flies.

With all the nature protectors in the EU I don't think it could get popular here.

Correct, on my place these things are been played mostly by children and it do becomes gambling when someone challenges up but not necessarily that each fight would tied up some bets or money.
Most of the time these fights made for entertainment for the owner of those spiders itself,not for the money but proving out that their spiders are more better than the others.
It is quite popular these spider fights on Southeast asian countries.

Betting on spider fight? Is it even possible? I do not even think that people are interested to bet some money for such fighting unless they are doing it for fun only with their own friends. There are many other better fighting that are more reasonable to bet such as UFC, Boxing, etc.

This answer summarises everything and I will only add that I know spiders fight fights only from movies and never heard about such fights and a possibility to bet on them. Like Op said this happens sometimes only in his country and is not common so there will be no experts on this forum to ask for an opinion and all answers above prove this.

Isn't it we have similar threads here? Would you bet on an insect fight? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5133119.0). I guess the OP can close this thread and continue the discussions on the other thread.

I think it's different? most people think that spider is insects but they are wrong since insects have six legs and three body parts and most insects have wings. They are both invertebrates but spider belong to a group of animal called "arachnids".

Spider fight is famous among children here in our country. Adults also used to bet in every fight. However, that was years ago and I'm not sure if that rare fight is still existing since the generation these days are into the latest technology and children are all busy with the latest gadget features. I don't think other countries would prefer to bet on animal fights rather than sports betting.

Spider fight? What is with all these animal fight threads recently? Why the sudden surge in interest here? Who in their right mind would be able to train and bet on insects like ants, spiders etc?

Honestly, everyone know that no one takes these fights seriously. These fights are reserved for fun and nothing else.

There's no training required for that kind of fight. Just mere luck of the insect. I guess.

And yes, spider fight is more of children's game. I haven't seen adults betting in this kind of fight. But witnessed that a long time ago, in my younger years. This is more of entertainment than betting.

In my place, there's still some teenager or adult hunting spider near the farm, they sold it to the kids for 5-10 pesos each ($0.097-$0.39) and sometimes they betting on it for fun.

PS: Spider is not an insect. It's a group of animal called "arachnids".

So here's a thread about insect fight but he is more particular with big ants.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5133119.0

Your topic is more likely the same and like cockfighting which includes animal as a main betting game.

The game is popular in the country but just a game played by the children. House spiders who usually catches inside the house is the main star of the game. It sometimes dont have a bet since its a child game.

Not too popular and will never be played in games because this is not good for me personally where making spider objects as gambling, indeed there are always spider fights not only fighting spiders like the famous chicken fights in Asia in where it spreads from various regions but some are illegal for the government because it is too sadistic, returning everything for the good of all but I will not play such games and I will play like normal gambling and meet international standards.

Honestly I've never heard about betting on spider fighting but it seems like recently people are finding all kind of methods of betting like spider/cock fighting or mice racing. I'm wondering what's coming next since we've already witnessed all of this strange fights between animals that we never thought about.

Here in my area, finding spiders and making them fight is a kid's play. They go out in groups at night to find spiders in farm areas and forest. But it is not uncommon for adults to bet on them. They buy spiders from children and they make bet on whose spider will win in a fight. This is just a seasonal event for us. Only during the time when spiders are abundant.

What is this country?  If you post some pictures like the thread with those ant fights it would be nice.
I think there is much interest for all surts of insects doing this.

You ask before about cockfighting and now spider fighting? lol
What is this gambling with animals and insects fighting?
Let me guess your next question would be, do you gamble with rhino beetle fighting? lol
Anyway, i think these type of gambling doesn't exist in most countries but i guess it is too popular in a third world country? ;D

I haven't experienced this kind of gambling, betting for the animals/bugs fighting.

It's offline betting we can't bet on any Gambling site even if there are they should publish it online. Moreover, it was an animal match that was usually played by village people.

I am trying my best to not make a dark joke that would certainly be misunderstood.
I can't say that watching spiders fight to the death is something that anyone is going to have a vast amount of experience with. Might be the in the wrong section of the internet for that one.

I never know about a spider fight in here because I don't see people betting on that spider. Perhaps it's only available in some country, and they are betting only to get fun. I wonder how the game will play and what kind of spider that is used in the game.

In my country, I only know that people are betting in cockfighting, bird contest, dogs betting. But I don't know if in the other city in my country will be available for that game.

But personally, I can't bear to see animals as betting, and I think if I play that betting, then I feel that I don't have a heart as a human which using animals as betting.

What is next, butterfly fights?
How do you even determine the odds and a favourite in a spider fight?No respectable sportsbook would include spider fights. Of course, like it was said in the thread, if you find two of them in the wild and close put them in a closed container chances are they could fight each other. But spiders are also used to seeing other spiders in the wild without having to fight them so not sure how that would go.

If you by chance have friends and colleagues who knows technical skills, you could develop a site that bets on all kinds of animal fights. Yes it could sell, these days players are looking into something new to them and must be fun also. I was searching for a site but never have met one. Insects, little animals etc.

He is talking about small spiders folk, the ones than can be found in the fields. I think this kinds are more in Asian countries. Not Tarantulas,  tarantulas are dangerous/poisonous and I think in your country these small spiders do not exist. And yea in EU this game could also be considered insect cruelty, lol!:D

I'm imagine some creepy scientists in a dark room filming tarantulas fighting to the death.


This is one of the strangest topics I've seen on bitcointalk and I don't doubt that something like this actually goes on in the real world.

When i was a kid i used to fight other people spider with my spider, but not bet with it, it's my first time hearing betting in a spider fight, for me it's risky to bet on it because you don't know the condition of the spiders, and i think you're gonna see spider fight rarely today.

Back in my grade-school days, there was this vendor outside our school who sells spiders inside matchboxes for P10.00 (0.53$). Me and my classmates would gather in a spot, get and put our spiders in one stick and let them fight to death. Well in those days, I never thought of incorporating gambling as the focus was on the intense fight between spiders!


No do not get this idea wrong, this kind of hobby is pretty common mostly in developing countries like the Philippines. You could see some vendors outside schools selling these purely for entertainment. What you are referring to is disturbing and is far from what is being portrayed in real life!

When the summertime comes there are lots of kids here in my country that look for a spider and have each spider fight. I have also been betting in this and lost and gain a couple of money along the way. Spider fight is fun to watch if you know how to play the game. A spider is taking care of its owner just like in cockfights they make sure that the spider is in good shape before they fight.

It's popular here in our country during summertime, spiders are everywhere in the fields and those who are good in catching them, can make a profit by selling them to  spider gamblers, the spider gamblers will find another spider gambler to match their spiders with one another, the game is quite fascinating, every spider has its own unique way to fight one another, it is a big hit here.

Actually, i am listening about spiders fighting first time, even i never think about it and also i never see it in real, that real spiders are fight with each other and also gamblers bet on it. It is looking very strange betting for me and also in my country no one don't know about it.     

Lol, you are absolutely right, i was also thinking about it, that both topics are about fighting of animals and also this one is very strange, may be it is different thing for me, because i don't know about spiders fight type things are here in our world for betting. But these type of games are not belong to online that's why i also not interesting on it.

This type of betting should be term a local betting since the gamblers needs to be physically present at the location, I know of Ram and chicken fights and not spider fighting. Thanks for mentioning that some spider are poisonous.

In the real life we are so free to bets the things which happened daily even maybe after spider fight there will be another animals fight to bets but this is first time to me heard about spider fight and i was never bets for this even there is no chance for me to bets on this game because aren't available on my country and if we talking about online betting then i think spider fight cannot implemented through it

I searched it on google and found this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNsK1TkH_5A

Skip the firsts part and go to 7:30. Filipinos had been doing spider fight for generations and this is part of their culture. They do have this medicine kit turned into spider's room where they put all their warrior spiders. Terrifying but these guys are letting the spiders crawl their fingers. Bills right on the table are their bets.

Yes, these kind of gambling can be seen mostly on the village region. I have come across cock fight, but this is entirely new for me. Villages have different such games related to different animals. Another thing these form of gambling can't be added to the list of online accessibility on gambling websites. These were completely luck based as we can't predict exactly the ability of the insects involved.

As long as there is no violation of the rights of the animals, gambling like this is acceptable, in the old days these are considered as a past time but it evolves to become a local gambling activity, anything that the local can think of as a past time and where they can make a small bet.

We usually put the caught spider in a small matchboxes and inside of it we placed the stick to divide it to 4 spaces, almost filipino who living near fields are not afraid of spider (This is type of spider we hunt called neoscona punctigera) and even me I put the spiders it to my hands.

There's no such ways to determine who's gonna win not unless there's a manipulations that will involved just in case someone will try doing it online, but in the real essence of this game, both spiders will fight for their lives and the declared losers will be the dinner of the one who wins, no longer seeing this but when I'm still a kid, we do love playing this but without any money involve.

Speaking of that small matchbox I remember my youngest brother who was so angry because his spider was eaten by the ants and all was dead dead, lol. :D  Spiders fight to bet is very common here in the Philippines which is a majority of them was in a village or those in rural areas which is easy to find spiders. This kind of betting gambling is clearly against the right of animals or even insects but still, they have the right to stay longer and very useful to our ecosystem and one of that help to minimize of multiplying mosquitos and flying insects.

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If massively collected yes it can shake the ecosystem but probably not extinct. There are two season in the Philippines once its rainy season, the hunt for spiders stops, this gives them time to multiply. Does Philippine Government approve this just like the derby cock fight?

Found more spider fight on youtube. This video is more graphic, its like the cock fight arena where the spiders fight to death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrNgSH0BU50

This can be easy to set up, you don't even have to held it in a big dome for online betting. All you need are cameras, the betting site and the host.  ;D

It is rare in my country to have spiderfight. Usually what be trend is cock fighting even it is illegal too. But in my country, every gambling games actually illegal and will make you go to jail if do it.

There's the other thread that discusses the insect fight and I knew that this kind of thread would come out.

When I was younger, we used to play with spider fights but no money involved but your spider itself as a food if it losse.

Spider fight games only happen during my childhood days. It's just a form of an entertainment that we're having fun of with my classmates and friends.But there is no money involved in it because that's pure fun for children.I think it's still happening up to the present because i still saw elementary students bringing spiders in school.

I know that play that is street gambling invention by the kids it's seem that way of fighting is nothing different with the cook fighting but the is not very serous as illegal gambling in the street because the play of this children.

Yes, that's exactly what happened during my childhood days too.

I guess our parents were stricter by that time and teaches that there should be money involved but having a bet pet is okay. I also think that this is still existing and being passed on to the younger generation.

I did not play with spiders because the one we have in our country are dangerous one and it can cause sickness.  However,  I could remember we do betting with dog fight and when I grow I regret ever compiled animals to fight.

I did back when I was a kid it was very popular back then .
I used to buy spiders just to gamble with my friends and family .
I remember catching so many spider and selling them off to my childhood friends.

The joy of haunting an spiders, then ask your friends to play against you it's not a gamble of money but pride since catching a good fighting spiders is not an easy task, though some places really find ways to make way for gambling, betting and taking the luck if permits them.

I've heard about this spider gambling. But I never did that because in my place it was certainly very difficult to get spiders. It's actually very nice if there is gambling and spiders in my place that determines the victory. And I want to ask, is there anyone who has ever gambled with your friends? By doing gambling balls (but these balls are in the game) So in the game only computers vs. computers play. We just have to see who wins. And that was also the random selection of his team. If you've ever experienced that, of course it's a very pleasant thing.

I usually find spiders and make them fight when I was a kid. But we never made a bet on them, it is just for recreational activities.

If set up properly, it can be a good betting game online. It would be like cockfights and people can bet against each other.

Because at that time we don't know how to bet but spider fighting is very common at that time of our childhood, even me and my friends before spiders are very common even our garden there's a lot of spiders. I think spider fighting to have a bet is rarely happen unlike cockfighting usually at the right age who bet they are not a child.

Safety first, don't ever play with the poisonous ones or you will regret it.

Dog fight, well I didn't do that before but I'm aware that there's something like that which exists.

Where were you looking for the good ones? in the bushes?

no I am not so much involved in this type of painting because it is not been convenient for getting the profit regularly and I don't have the idea lot more about this that is the reason why I am not involved in this but definitely will be interesting with fun.

As expected this forum do have lots of surprises where users can create topics which you can tie it up with each other thats why this spider thing topic comes out after that Ant/insect betting a few days back.

I havent tried out this spider fight but i do see some people specially children who do search up with these spiders and do make some fights and some are being sold to other people.I havent seen on bringing these things to betting.

I don't know this type of betting still now before reading this topic but after reading this topic I had some thoughts about the wedding with spider and I found only one thing it will be more interesting than other type of betting and I hope it will be possible in the future to invest from my side.

I wonder how do you guys find the joy to watch spider fighting each other? I feel sick when i saw someone trying to push the animals/insects into a fight when in fact they do fight just because they hunt just for food. But i don't know if a dog fight would consider being like that since they don't hunt for foods but they do fight for territory/leadership just like the lion.

dog fighting in a form of gambling is illegal and its not propriate anymore because dogs are considered to be the mans best friend and they shouldnt be used as an asset just make fun or to play a gamble  .   spider fights on the other hand are not illegal at all and its not also bad however in some places they are being restricted . better do it on private places ( e.g inside your house )  just to have a peace of mind  .

From cockfighting not spider betting ,i think you are a real local gambler lol 😂

Though we cannot use our cryptocurrency to bet on this(unless this can be offer online in future)i would love to bet also for this if having a chance.because this seems to be easier and simpler to bef and no excitement knowing who will be killed

A very imaginative way of recreation if i may say 😁 though the use of exotic insect and bugs for sport and entertainment are pretty common all over the world especially in the urban areas. It would be pretty interesting to have a hall of fame for undefeated spiders eh? A special medicine box or a bigger matchbox than the other spider fighters lol.

This type of game I don't like the most cause I have experienced in childhood when I take fighter spider don't know what that is I was bitten and sick traumatized until now, I have never seen small children today playing this game they tend to play gadgets and very few children a playing with nature.

These are child's play where I live. Never played nor bet on them (too queasy) but my cousins and almost every other boy in town did. Spiders and beetles are boy's faves and dare I say prepares them for cockfights.

By comparison the upkeep and capital for these pets is minimal and I saw a documentary of adults that do take these seriously. I remember beetle fights are also popular in Japan.

Someone mentioned it's hard to bet on these, anyone here who wanna take the challenge? I don't know if it's against guidelines but the games can be streamed on FB and YT.

Creepy crawlies are also less like to trigger PETA so that's another advantage.

I used to play betting in spider fight when I was a child, if you are very familiar on spider you will not jus ton the look which spider is going to win the match, this is actually a game for kids I was 12 years when I become hooked on this game, the best part is when you trying to catch spider that you can use to match against another spider.

That's weird, just curios if what types of a spider is that, but moving on, you are right the youngster nowadays have a boring generations, as they has been exposed too much with gadgets and forget about natures, games that you will enjoyed accompanied by other kids with personal touch, i used to
find spiders with my friends and cousins back those days of our young age.

You mean there is no spiders in your country?  This is really surprising to me.  The spider fight betting is one of the things I have never liked to do but you know gambling industry is growing and many things is been brought into into and many Betting options are coming in.

Yes, and I even selling a lot of spider before to the kinds in front of the school because spider is too in demand that time. Spider fight is a fun to play where a lot of your friends will cheer for your spider and if you won, you will be praised. You can also play that with money and in exchange for another spider.

Funny that you mention PETA, they are supposed to protect all animals but they show complete bias towards furry and cute animals.  Shouldn't insects be held in the same regards for PETA

So sorry for your experience. Well, in the city you will not see children play this game since this kind of spiders can only be found in the fields so most of the children playing this game are in the province. Yea right, nowadays children are modern, they don't play with native games anymore but gadgets and computer games but my son I don't allow him to stay in the house the whole day sitting on the computer but I encourage him to go out and play basketball with other children.

I have an experience of watching or even setting spider fights when I was a child because that one became a trend here in our country as well. But honestly, I haven't experienced betting on that kind of games because I always don't have plenty of money on my pocket that time (just exact daily school allowance).

Anyway, I think betting spider fights is very hard to attain because of the following:
1) There is no man who hunt spiders for a living, children most often do that just for fun only. Thus, finding spider matches are very rare.
2) Spiders, like other animals/insects, are seasonal. You can't make a bet even you want to because there's lack of opportunity.
3) Lack of interest coming from the gamblers (of course they are more interested with other sports betting, dice or poker).
4) This game is illegal (IMO) because we know that there's no organization who recognize tbis kind of game.
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Not specifically in mountain areas because we can also find spiders in City but only those places that has many trees since they living there and hunting insects for food
Yeah and I believe that most asian people has this experience also,when i was kid this is our way of gambling and its fun and easy money if you know how to look for the advantageous spider

Not so common spiders because some of them are rare species who knows?but whats important is not
Poisonous

This kind of game is just for kids. I don't think we need bitcoin or fiat for this kind of game to bet. This game is very simple and just put the two spiders in a stick if I am not mistaken that I think only playing outside your house. Don't need some elaboration for this.

I have tried to hunt some spiders in my country and sometimes, we go around 4-5 in the morning just to hunt spiders because its easy to hunt at morning.

Regarding to betting, I didn't bet in spider fight however I've tried to compete with my neighbors.

I don’t like it either and I can imagine the trauma you must have suffered. Spiders are weird creatures and trying to use them for games doesn’t even sound pleasant to the ears, it is in those games that I see a giant scary spiders.

No child in this generation of technology will even play; there are too many more interesting options of games for them to choose from and make their life fun. My younger ones are always scared at the sight of ant alone, let alone spider, infact gearing their name is even more scary than seeing them. I think anything animals should not be played as games.

Such type of gambling doesn't exist here in my place. Indeed, in my childhood, I and my peers often battled several types of animals like grasshoppers and fish. But that's all just for fun only and we don't continue it when we already grown up.

This kind of match is truly for kids.

But few years ago, I've heard or watched -barely remember that it's like a cock fight where grown ups are betting on it on specific places.

I think spider fight betting does not exist also in our place and i really don't see people gambling with these small insects. I remembered way back in my childhood years, spider fight betting is one of the most common thing we played but that's just for fun as we don't think gambling by that time.

When I was a kid I use to play and enjoy this one, I bet a little and as it's necessary to make the fight more exciting.
I know even I have matured now that there are still matured people who are enjoying it and betting a decent amount of money just for this game.
It's like a cock fighting game criteria that is use in this game.

In my own personal opinion, playing and betting in a spider fight is really a fun game when i was a kid because it is fun playing and taking care a spider. You are also right that cock fighting game is like a spider fight, but in spider game you only bet it in only for a small amount of money while in a cock fight many people mostly bet a large amount of money. Anyways, now i am mature enough so i don't play or bet in spider fight anymore, i am now playing in a bitcoin casino (https://vegascasino.io/casino/video-slots/wild-pixies?utm_source=ccwp) and i play poker and baccarat for my leisure time or for entertainment because i still want to gamble after i go to work to lessen my stress.

It’s strange and I keep wondering how   anyone would pick a spider to gamble with among all the available things that they can use to gamble.  I think some animals should be left alone, I read on this this same forum weeks back how people gamble on insect so many times, then cocks and now it is spider. I think it all depends on country.

There are so many spiders in my country but there is no record of spider gambling or any other king of animal gambling. We cherish all animals and we treat them with all fairness, so it will be difficult to have such games here in my country, it may even be forbidden.

Last night I remember this thread and I try to find spiders in our garden but I didn't see anything. Yes, you are right I figure out these things that spiders should not be threatened like that to fighting each other. They also have lives that we must value, having betting is not the neccesary thing to have on that kind of betting game.

Yes, it strange gambling and like you presume such form of gambling usually occur in the South America, Africa, Asia and Oceania side. However, it does not implies that they don't cherish animals or treat them all with fair but for them is alternative of entertainment along with making money.

yes, I think it's just alternative entertainment to make money, in my country nobody is betting on using spider animals like that, both children and adults, spider animals are not used as battlefields except for other animals such as cockfighting , racing rabbits, horses and racing cows. Even though there is gambling using spider fighting, I think this is very strange and maybe it's just entertainment for children, and not for gambling.

Spiders are not only use for gambling but they are being caught for seasonal activities and as a form of entertainment as well but now that we are now on the future , there are now gadgets such as mobile phones  . this is the one that being use by kids and adults if they want entertainment and spider fights are now slowly vanishing on most cities and countries

I saw a lot of spider fight and I even have my own spider when I was in my middle age, I also experience betting a little amount of money for my spider but in the end I was not lucky and I lost.
Gambling really hates me as I always lost even thought I love gambling.

But seeing how the spider will fight is very cool and it can also gives us a thrill especially if they are in the midst of winning and losing. But if it's fighting will be live and broadcast in any website where the other gambling countries can see also. There are big possibilities that this kind of gambling will be well known and many will surely love to bet in spider fight.

Lol, spiders are very common here in our country but I never play this and bet the match. I heard some of my friends doing betting before using spiders they have to fight once spiders meet each other on one stick. But I do not favor on this, much better cockfighting than this spiders fighting. People will always be looking or be having an idea to have to bet whatever it is as long as able to fight and have a bet. In this case, how about fish fighting have you tried?

What kind of fish fighting? This is rare and I haven’t experience to witness a fight like this. Animal fight are common nowadays and some gamblers really want to bet on this kind of fight, if its also available on a fish fighting then I have to look for that one out and try to bet the game.

Im not and not interesting using insect in gambling that is funny joke i think that is wasting of time.

LOL! I was enjoying reading all the replies. May it be negative or positive but I just want these gambling activities to have an exposure among other countries that do not know about our culture. This is what my countrymen are good at violating the rights of the animals but still there is no action from the government. It seems that the government employees are even going out also to enjoy gambling betting in an animals fight.

Right mate because in some places in asia specially in provinces, this spider fighting is one way to enjoy their gambling habits and even mature people bets not jist decent because others put big amount of money just like cockfighting. Lets hope that one day online gambling sites will offer also this kind of betting here in cryptocurrency

I did experience this and it is really great.

Going to mountainsides finding a good spider to fight with my friend's spider. I don't go to mountainsides at nights since it is dangerous in our place but we can go early in the morning like 5 or 6 then we can sell them or let them fight.


I have no experience with direct betting since at that time when you lose, you lose the spider. Sometimes we have a bet like the first to run will have the spider.


That kind of spiders is not that popular to us so when we are really having a good time, we can get any spiders that we can get on our "hunt". Some are so huge that we even doubt that we can use that to fight or will other children will fight that.



This spider is what we are avoiding since it has these long legs making other children at a disadvantage. We usually call it "ekis" or "x", I know some Filipino guy will understand me here. That "ekis" here is fighting a "tigre" or tiger in English.

Yeah it is a culture actually and this is why other people from other country will not be able to picture out the scenario when the fights began. It was really fun full of shouting and teasing the enemy that could sometimes result to a fight but this rarely will going to happen because after all gambling and betting in a spider fight is just for fun.

A good picture of the spider fight is when both team had made a win over the rounds of course it needs to win two rounds before a win will be claim. Sometimes it will just be one round for the other spider got killed already and could not be able to fight.

I don't really play such but my friends way back grade school used to engage in this kind of activity. After class, they usually go to the woods behind our school just to look for spiders to compete with those of others. For me, this game is for children. I don't think grown up bettors would gamble in this kind of game. There may be some grown ups who are into such activity but, most gamblers would surely prefer other betting games, like cock fight, over spider fight.

Let me just correct one of your opinion about spiders. Spiders are not poisonous that could kill a human, their poision is just for their prey, to paralyze it, but only a human could be killed by a spider bite if he or she will have an allergic reaction to it that might lead to death.

Let's get back to your topic. I've been experienced betting on spider fight way back when I was just a teenager, it's kind a cool and exciting at the same time but I don't just bet on random spiders, I only bet on my spiders that I've catched on our night hunt, that way, I had the confident that I will win.

I think it will not worth for painting because there is no the chances of predicting and trusting it so I cannot invested in this in previous time and it will be definitely fun but not been possible for investment in this.

Like you have mentioned, it will be so difficult for people from other countries to understand this type of gambling, I have been wondering and also been trying to figure out how the game would be and I believe the reason is because I am not from a country where such gambling is been practiced.

I wish to witness it someday because from your explanation of the game, looks like an interesting game to watch. For now, I am only familiar with sport betting and snooker and this is the most commonly played game in my neighborhood.

Spider fighting, shit. It’s not something I’d like to bet on but I would watch a fight if there was somewhere near me doing them.

What country is this OP?

Okay, I have seen Cockfight, Snake vs Mangoose  fighting, sheep's fighting in some rural part of my country. 

but spider fight betting is very new for me and I didn't believed until I saw the video posted by @bittraffic  in this thread. at the start it sounded like

a weird idea but after watching video it looks like a small fun event. guess "only in Philippines" moment :D

Yes. i have experience betting in a spider when i was i kid because it is one of my games when i was a kid. A spider fight game is like a sports betting, but they used spider instead of sports. Spider fight really entertains me when i was a kid and until now because it is really exciting when you see an insect fights. But for now, the only thing that entertains me the most is playing in my favorite bitcoin casino (https://vegascasino.io/casino/video-slots/wild-pixies?utm_source=ccwp) because you can play a lot of casino games like blackjack, poker, baccarat, video slots and many more and it also offers outstanding bonuses that attracts most crypto players.

Dont try to criticize your fellow countrymen just for this thing and hence spider fights are seasonal or not permanent and these spiders arent really that endangered thats why i dont see a reason why would impost a strict law about on these animal or insect fights?

First, you need to find out about the selected spiders in all matches. Each species will have different strength parameters, many types of spiders have fast moving speed but many spiders are prone to power index. So if you know all the information about each spider, it will help you improve the winning rate in every bet.

I have experience before on my childhood. We bet on spider if someone loses he will received the losing spider to feed with the winner. Regarding the type of spider that i play in bet is the spider which cost a lot of money.

Spiders are not poisonous? Maybe in some other Asian countries but in other countries, they have more poisonous and venomous spiders living among them that could kill a person if not being treated immediately. Anyway, what country are you referring that has no poisonous spiders?

Power index on spider? Could you elaborate more on this please. I grew up in a country where children play with spiders and i am one of those but this is the first time that i heard such a thing. Maybe you are talking here of variety of spiders.

Me too. I remembered we just make fond of spiders before and make them fight with my co-player's spiders too. I never had an idea about power index on spider because what we did are just pure fun and even no amount of money involved. It's just part of my childhood days.

funny because before you also talked about cock fighting lol. actually this kind of gambling by using animals is an ancient game, and even becomes a tradition in some places. but for me it is cruelty, thats why the use of gambling like this is decreasing in many places because of the awareness of the players

Very interesting topic. This is the first time I am hearing about spider fighting. I have witnessed cock fighting events near my village and have heard about dog fighting tournaments (although both are illegal in my country). This one is particularly interesting, and I think that the current regulations and laws does not outlaw it.

Didn't even heard about it before,but it is good to know that different type of betting and more important is the game didn't cause any harm to the spiders so it is completely agree to bet the win completely based on our luck and circumstances.

I don't think you will have time to research on on the species of those spiders when they are about to fight, you can't grab them and take a good look. What you can do is ask the handler how many wins the spider have already or you can observe the spider while on a fight and decide if you will place a bet on that spider on the next game.

I agree, and spider fight is not an animal fight. Spiders belong to the arachnid family, and or weaver spiders are not endangered, maybe tarantulas are, but not this one. And the one the picture is not an orb weaver spider, it's a Argiope and they don't bite each other when they are fighting, they are just weaving each other, so I guess after someone won, you could just simply remove the web and let the spider go.

Then you have experienced of spider fighting, But in my childhood, i never hear about this type of fight, still in my country people don't know about any spider fight in real life. That's why when i read this thread then i felt surprised that any fight betting is here about spider in real. 

Yes there's places that caters this type of gambling, at first they think of some enjoyment afterwards they see the possibilities that they're someone who will be willing to gamble out this venue, spiders were been used to accommodate their lust of playing and betting against each other.

Your childhood has missed this great fight of spiders.

Many are scared of spiders but during our early days, we're chasing those spiders and obviously not the poisonous ones. There are even like types of it but I forgot the names of those strongest types.

Lol, that's fine, but i feel happy that i never miss online gambling where i have choice a lot of other games.
But you are lucky ones that you are safe from poisonous spider, because in kid time, you couldn't judge which spider has poison and which has not. 

This makes no sense at all. You just cannot out in your money on things that you cannot track or keep a record of. In a live match, one might bet keeping in mind the strength of a team but how do you calculate the strength of a Cockroach? I believe we have many other games to enjoy and bet in rather than switching back to the ancient ways of betting. OP should try searching about crypto gambling.

Same as you have experienced cock fight recently, it was interesting one but it was horrible too because the cock that lose got really injured, the one who won got money almost 8k dollar so he was professional gambler in it, but I enjoyed, I would love to see spider fighting because it sounds excited to see tiny spiders fighting for the owners profit.

Well that's something different in our era but if its fine to you, who am I to say that you should take back the time and experience it.

We are not the one that hunts for those on bushes but someone's doing that so he's aware of what are the poisonous and what aren't.

We do have spider fights in our country too but it is for fun or a game we play during our elementary days. It's kinda normal in our place and kids will look for spiders(not poisonous) at night and then in the morning they will ask their classmates or friends to have spider fight but for adults not that much. Betting on spider fights is not a thing in our place, i'm not sure in any other places but so far I haven't encountered anyone whose betting on a spider fight.

This kind of betting a spider fight is in Asian country, because spider can live only during summer and theres a lot of kinds of spider that you can use for betting and the people love to bet especially on animals on my country. When i was kid this is the most popular in my place and i experienced to bet. Until now this type of betting is still the favorite gambling to do of the young people.

I see that you guys love insect fighting such as spider fights. I have never seen such a thing in my entire life it seems cruel to all the insect but we humans have done much more than this. Honestly, I have only seen gambling as in movies and really really sloppy places its not even a thing in my country anymore.btw all the morals aside I do not think betting on spider fight will be fair as their age, size and dangers are different so it's already decided which one will win.

In Nat Geo and Discovery only I have noticed this small species are fighting and mating. Never knows that gambling site providing service for spider fight or any insect fight.
I have came across some images on google and this thread.
And I do not experience such kind of games.

how anyone can determine the favourite in the spider fight? it's pure lottery so it would be better to make bets on football or tennis.

Yes.Spider fight betting can still be seen particularly children in their elementary years.But it does not involve money when they bet but only just pure entertainment for them.I knew this much because i used to play spiders too way back in my childhood days.

Spider fights are common in our country and it is mostly played only by the kids and not with adults. It might be harmful to those little insects but children are just too innocent and just keep on betting spiders just for fun. If adults will also play with it and make money from it, then that's another story already.

No its not like a lottery . Lottery is also different from a football ora tennis because they are sports type and sports type gambling are more easier to predict than the random ones like lottery  .   Spider fights on the other hand is simmilar to sports type gambling because you can predict if what spider will win based on his appearance and movements  .


I dont see a gambling site that offers spider fights  but you can mainly see it live ( offline )  on some native countries   

Yup, those adults that kids looked up are the ones making bets on spider fights that make children thinks that betting on spider is normal and is a norm but it is not. Spider fights maybe a norm to children as they do it for fun but not the betting. This spider fights is prevalence to tropical countries i think, mostly in south east Asia.

Here in my country spider fight has become popular in many provinces and since I am living on a city I have not been bet on it and also there were no online betting when it comes to spider fight, and that is true that owners were going to mountains to catch spiders because that is their natural habitat. And as far as I know they were only using non poisonous spider when it comes to that kind of fight.

I don't, but this is my brother's past time and also his favorite betting, if you are good in looking at spider condition before the fight you are likely to make money, my brother is good at it he wins a lot, but this is illegal because they sometimes kill endangered species, because the hunter have no idea what kind of spiders are endangered.

Really?making a bet for Spider fighting?almost Made me laugh 😆

But sounds cool since insects are the last gambling accessories that I may think so having this one will surely gather some attentions specially for gamblers who’s looking for another form of betting

What if you will make a Live Game for this fight? Isn’t a Bright idea? Lol

Not at all, I just feel that such bets will not have many enthusiasts because there are many other types of gambling that are more attractive than making bets for spider fight or other insects. Maybe it will be another pleasure when betting and when they can enjoy the bet, then maybe it will be a gamble that will become popular in his country.

Yeah the game looks boring watching just spider to fight and that’s it?nothing enjoyable from my point of views,I would rather choose to bet in Dog Fighting(though it was very animal cruelty)than to bet in that insect fight in which Op is asking
I use to bet one time in a cockfight but didn’t made me interested again so I stopped right after.and just play cards with my friends in which more thrilling and exciting to win

and are there a lot of people who are experienced in spider movements? it's funny to hear but for me it's still a lottery with two possible winners.

Dude you aren't reading everything.Its never been said that a gambling site do already provide this service.This is just good for local type of betting which mostly you can find on Southeast asia region where people do make bets into these spider fights which normally involves money can really be called a gambling.I don't have experience at all on doing this nor seeing this being done.

I can't see the comparison on how you ended up looking to a spider's fight into a lottery.

Yeah, people will find it funny to hear that you are telling that it's like a lottery for you. But lotteries are very much different from spiders fight, definitely it will have two possible winners because it's a 1 vs 1 fight.

I am not the kind of person that has fun while watching animals fight each other, but whatever, everyone has what they like. I have not seen such a game in the cryptocurrency community, the only thing I know that is available here is racing and that's Mice race… Where mouses are put up in a race against each others. These mouses are well fed and it is live game. Players bet on any mice of their choice and then they are put up in a race and if your bet is accurate you win other people's money and the site collects fees from the money you win.

No and I would never intend to. It's not like they have a big tournament for it. It's just for fun but those adults want to earn profit so they start betting on it. It's also difficult to watch those tiny insect fights so I won't get into a crowd just to watch that.

This is absolutely a childish game to me and picturing it alone makes me see what we do when we were in secondary schools when we go on field to catch insects and then start using them to bet after removing their wings, but the moment we get to tertiary institution, we see this insect gambling has child’s game because there are more reputable gambling where you will meet and sit down with very rich men like casino game, dice and few of them more that I cannot remember. In fact most people that you will see in this type of game are clowns and probably drunkards that have lost their senses.

There's no actual tournament for this kind of match.

It's more of a societal environment where people are aware of this kind of match. The crowd for this kind of match is just a circle of people who are watching including the owners of their insects/spiders.

Lol, well, that is for kids tournament if there is. This is dangerous to humans or even kids because there are some spiders that have poison when you have bitten on this. I won't tolerate my kids on this if I saw them play on this kind of having matches. Indeed, playing insects to have matches is not adviseable because they are useful in ecosystem.

In the country which is not used spider fight as the gambling game, it is not funny because they are familiar with the games and they are interested in playing. But in the other countries, maybe that sounds funny and cannot accept because they think that gambling is used for sports, card, or lottery and that is not usual in that country. I think in the other country, there will be other gambling games which are too popular in our country.

One time just out of curiosity I find it fun and very exciting the two spiders I've watched are very much equal in strength, you never know who's going to win because they look the same but this is not a good game because we need the spiders in the fields not to make it as our tool for betting, this is illegal.

Its possible that a spider fight is not acceptable to anyone because maybe they love insects and they protect the lives of animal but I can say that this is very common and usually almost all the children here knows how to play this game and they really let the money involve on the fight. I tried to play this before, its just a normal fight a very fast fight especially if the spider is hungry they will surely go for the fight.

Sort of, it's more of fun but for older people they take it seriously and that's where there's a reinvention of including bets with each fights.

Yes, maybe that is their reason not to accept animals to gamble, but in the Asian country, I think they use the animal to bets. Maybe it's like a horse racing or dog racing in the other country, but that is not familiar too in my country. But I don't try that game because in here, I don't know about that game and I guess that there is no game like that.

You are right, spider not made for fighting, they are insect's beauty of our earth and it is human fault if they use spiders for fighting. I am against of it, that's why i feel happy that in my country no one play this type of game, even most of the people don't know about this game. 

You are right it is more fun to watch spider match, I guess OP is my Kababayan. My grandfather in the Philippines used to have an arena of spider fight. We also have a room exclusively for his spiders, alone. I still remember the days where spider fight is the mainstream betting we had in our town. Since my grandfather has an arena, he always hosts the fight. Even our municipal officials were active in betting with the spider fight.

But now, since my grandfather is dead, and spider fight became illegal as it is a form of unregistered gambling operation, the gambling fight remained as a game of the kids on the streets, not in the arena with big bets anymore.

Wow that's nice story you have.

Were you able to store or picture that room you had exclusively for your pets? and also that arena. How can it be that the officials before were allowed to gamble because it's clear that there's betting and gambling without permission will consider them a bad example to the community.

Maybe he's on the rural part of the country where things like this is not a big deal for the government or maybe most of them are relatives even the
government officials from the said place, they can enjoy without any interfere or any hesitations that any raid will happen when you are playing in your
comfort zone, same alike with cock fighting there still some place where this gambling still being patronize without permits from the government.

Those spiders has different colors and designs in their body so we can distinguish which is which and they may fast moving but not enough to get away from the captors

And this was revolutionize in Asian countries and may not known in UK and US so you might have not heard of such before

Asian people always finds a way to earn money. Spider-fighting was just for young-ages before but when adults got involved they make it for enjoyable for themselves by betting their money in it. I don't know if the adults were also catching those spiders or the young ones are doing it for them.

But that kind of governance is flawed if they are acting like that.

It doesn't matter if they are in rural or urban because a public official had an oath and promised that he will serve his people and will become a perfect example. But I get the idea, that each country has a gov't issue.

This is quite accurate. We used to catch spiders at dusk with friends then let them fight the next day to see who has the best catch for bragging rights. I was actually surprised the first time I saw some adults playing and betting.

That’s true bro, the first time I ever heard of spider betting was in this forum and it was quiet surprising and at the same time funny to me, I had to take my time to read a lot about it and along the line I realized it’s a very entertaining and profitable game to some people in certain countries.

One thing I have learnt from this is we just learn to  appreciate other peoples games, tradition and culture, while reading and learning about spider game I got to realize that its one of the most interesting games ever and I am truly optimistic about playing this game someday.

I haven't seen any spider fight and i don't find any site where spider fight betting is available. I think that other animal fight is more common than spider fight.

Here in my place, the most common type of animal fight to bet is cock fight. Other types of animal fights occur on a rare number of occasions and are usually not for betting. I myself never see spider fight as a professional gambling tool.

Hmmm, I don't think there is a gambling site related to this. Because usually this spider fight exists in the real world. If not wrong, this animal fight has been carried out in each area. It could be other animals too. If in my country, I don't do this anymore. Maybe some are still there but it's hard to find.

I must say that your story is the most interesting one I’ve read on BF today and I am truly impressed. It has changed my perception of spider bets and giving me a better understanding of the game.

From what I have learnt, this is more of a fun game than money and I can only imagine the good times players had at that time. It’s quite unfortunate that it has been illegalized like you said nut thank God for better online games and I am sure you wouldn’t miss that so much. I hope to watch a video clips of this spider bet and see exactly how it’s been played since I have never been privileged to watch it but I have heard that its an interesting game.

You can search some fights on youtube and see how the match goes.

It's a rare kind of fight so it's impossible to see bookies list this kind of match.

I'm only familiar with cock fighting but spider fight, I don't encounter any in our place. Is their such thing as spider fight? are we talking about like tarantula or what?  :) This is the first time I read spider fight and i'm curious how it is done. :) Is it fun to watch spider's fighting.

It is not an internet thing I guess.

You see, in my younger years, children at my age go to mountainsides, mountain ridges and even the riversides just to caught themselves good spider they can use to fight. We don't bet money on it, the adult ones do. It sometimes took minutes since there are times that the spider ran from the end of the stick to the other end. Cockfight might be more popular for the adult that is but when you are a child that grew in our country, that is the first gambling fight you could know.

When I was a kid, I remember my friends make the two spider fight then, they will put a bet for those spiders, but they do it just for fun. but, long time ago until now I never saw again a spider fight.