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We love our gambling for several reasons. Some of us do it for fun and entertainment, some do it for the money, and some do it for both the money and entertainment. Outside of sports betting and online casino games, did you know that there are other things you can bet on?

Let me interrupt your reading at this point to tell you that I will be providing a list of some other things to bet on, which I have found on the internet. I will add the sources. Please note that I am not in any way affiliated with them, neither am I promoting any website. I do not own any of them. Now we have gotten that out of the way. Let's get back to the article.

Here are some other things you can bet on, aside from sports and casino games:

1 - Alien life and UFOs : Some of the bets you can place on this could be: Which country will be attacked first or which celebrity will be abducted by an alien.

2 - Famous Award shows like the Oscars: You can bet on the different categories of awards like Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Picture, etc.
3 - Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake: There is a cheese-rolling competition that takes place at Spring Bank Holiday near England’s Gloucester. You bet on the person who would be able to catch the cheese that is rolled down a hill.

4 - Presidential Elections:  There is already a thread here for betting on who is most likely to become America's next president. I guess other countries would have a version of this too.

5 - Celebrity deaths: There are websites that offer celebrity death pools. So you have to place your bet on a celebrity you think may die, when they will die, and how. Do you think people may have placed a bet on Jamie Foxx?

6 - World Wife-Carrying Championship: Yes, this is an annual championship that takes place in Sonkajärvi, Finland. You bet on the husband that can carry his wife across the length of two-to-three football fields as fast as possible.

7 - The Royal Family: This is another legit bet you can place on the royal family, especially if you are inclined to keeping up with them and the latest. Basically, everything about them is up for gambling.

8 - Competitive eating competition: For example, during the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, you can place your bet on who would eat the most number of hot dogs and also if someone would or not throw up.

9 - Bog snorkeling: This is a competition that holds in the United Kingdom and requires individuals to snorkel through a large stretch of muddy peat bog in the shortest time possible. There are many possible outcomes that gamblers can bet on. They include - Who the winner or loser would be, and in addition, the time it would take to win.

10 - Economic and Financial Events: There are online betting sites where one can make predictions on the economic futures and financial events in a country or business in a particular period. You could bet on the stock market and cryptocurrency market crashing, the percentage of unemployment rates, etc.

11 - The Pope: You can make your bets on who the next Pope would be and the Papal Name. There are online betting websites where you can do this.

12 - Social Media Events: You can make bets on social media events. From what I have seen, some bets may include: "Will Facebook become a Government Utility?" and "TikTok Spy Indictment Props" by the end of the year.

13 - The End of the World: As crazy as it may sound, there is an online betting site for this. People predict when the world would end. Don't know if they will be around for the prize money if they eventually win.

14 - Kim Jong-Un: Just like the Pope, the type of bets people place on him are: When he will stop being in a position of power, how he will stop being in power, etc.

What others do you know of?

I want to believe that the list is inexhaustive, but I will stop here for now. I have also provided the references below if you are interested to read them exhaustively.

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-https://www.mintdice.com/blog/strange-things-you-can-bet-on
- https://www.thesportsgeek.com/blog/bizarre-things-to-gamble-on/
- https://betzillion.com/blog/weird-things-to-bet-on/

Alot of them here on this list I had no idea that they could be utilitized for gambling. I have heard of some crazy ones like the sex sport, betting on who's going to win the presidential election etc but for some they really are crazy, take "celebrity death for example" how the heck are they supposed to know the celebrity that's going to die next? It doesn't sound rational to me though others might be of a different opinion but I just stated mine while some of them are just place there and it's almost certain that no one is going to win the prize take UFO as an example.
If you continue in this rabbithole you'll discover so many strange things that bets are being made on, this ones are just like the tip of the iceberg.

When I read this thread, my mind automatically recall this site https://futuur.com/ because it's their niche, but I'm not affiliated with this site and not really sure about their credibility.

I'm just interested to talk about celebrity death and Kim Jong Un, it's legal for the site to include this kind bet? I think they would get sued by the celebrity or government because it's something like death threat.

There is nothing better than casinos and sport bets. If there is no these two, gambling sites may not be able to make money the way they supposed to.

The one that I really know about are presidential election and awards. They are not something that happen everyday or frequently. As I see others that you have mentioned too, they are not what gambling site can provide everyday too.

What you say is true. Futuur is the only place I know for betting on general stuff, as @OP wrote about. But I rarely check them nowadays, although I still have some in there.

Now I never bet on general matters like that because I rarely read political, general, economic, or celebrity news. So even if I bet, there is a possibility that I will lose even though before that, I could have just searched for information about the contest.

Well, people have their way of betting and sure, there are still lots of people who bet for common things and need that kind of knowledge. And some still play gambling in sports betting or casino games. So it's not a problem for gamblers.

I am a gambler that loves having fun with gambling and I love to be the one playing the game so that when I loss,I wouldn't put the blame on anyone and this is the reason why I love sportbet and casino games that I understand the game and have the knowledge of so what I am staking on.

I don't like this kind of bet because it is bad for one to wish somebody death and will not be good for you to look up for the death of other people because the death of someone will bring pain on his/her family members. What I mean is that if you are happy that you predicted right and won big,some other people are sober and mourning. If it is down here in my country the family of their deceased celeb can say that you were the one that killed the person with black power to make money.

I have seen this a lot of times and I have placed a bet on it too, but I loss because I didn't have the idea of who will win but I just did it for fun.

Well it is great to have different options and even really strange bets like which celebrities will aliens abduct first but most likely no one of us real gamblers will care for such bet,this is a bet some people can only make for fun and not hoping to make a big win out of it.

Most people nowadays gamble with a clear motivation which is to hit it big and few are the ones who use gambling as a source of entertainment only,times have changed and people nowadays more than ever want that big win which in many not so well developed countries can be a life changing event.

The many options of things asides sports to gamble on provides no room for excuses why an individual should not gamble if they want to claim that they do not gamble because they do not like sports or other casino games.

A big difference between this form of gambling and gambling on casino games and sports is that these form of gambling is less addictive than gambling on sports and casino games. If you are not already an addict from gambling on sports and casino games, and you decide to start gambling on these, there is a smaller chance of you becoming an addict.

I've seen the Oscar Awards, Movie Awards, and the Presidential Elections, I actually made a few bets on those events, but a lot on your lists is something new to me.

Alien Attack. Who will be attacked first? I guess I will worry more about the attack than remembering the bet I made.
Some of them are shocking, I didn't really know they exist in gambling.
I mean, there are still a lot of sports that are not being added to gambling sites and yet here we are talking about future events and worst, it might not happen at all.
The sport World Tag Championship for example. I have been watching that sport but due to lack of viewers, I think that's the reason why they are not added to betting sites just yet. It's actually an entertaining game.

Imagine betting on when a celebrity will die and the bettor failing to wake up the next day, Betting on someone's life is very dangerous for the bettors because death is a spirit too, it could just decide to take your life for having that gut to bet on someone else life, how dare you? Lol

It's crazy and annoying what people are turning into all in the name of fun, it's still very hard to make the right predictions on online casinos and some people are behaving inhumanely towards their fellow beings.

Anyone doing this is looking for the wrath of GOD, you are passing your boundary as a human being, I won't dare bets on someone's life when I don't even know when my time will be up.

TBH, these are all weird stuff in the internet, it's like a darker version of gambling edition. Yeah, I know these kind of gamble exist, but I didn't know there are still a lot or enough people who loves betting in these weird kind of betting. Enough to at least keep in running up until now. Celebrity deaths are like a deadpool kind of thing. Remember that scene from the bar where they place bets on the people who most probably going to die next.
The first one though, is which likely you're not gonna win with those things LOL.
Well, the only weird thing we place our bet on so far is counting how many white SUV's, Sedan, or Trucks that passes by in a certain period of time. Who ever gets the closest from the actual number wins.

Turning financial events into games that we can gamble on actually sounds like good idea. Its like knowledge/skill based but luck involved gambling opportunity. If we bet on when certain stocks will crash its not impossible to guess. One can look for certain stocks with high debts for sure. But some of these options are very weird like "celebrity deaths"? that sounds bit too sensitive to me. I personally disliked it a lot.

Maybe it's normal to bet on presidential elections, economics and finance, Oscar contests or others. But to bet on eating contests, death, or even things beyond human thought, looks strange because we don't know what will happen and can only guess. But maybe some people still participate in the contest, especially if the prize is very dancing and big money, they will try to guess as best they can. Maybe the people who bet on such contests are just for entertainment and there is no goal to make money because they know that sometimes things are impossible for a human being to guess.

betting on periodical test scores.

this reminds me of a nostalgic memory. when I was still in high school, my friends and I used to bet money among ourselves on whoever got the highest score on our periodical test will win the total bet amount. I never won but it was one of the best betting memories I have. sadly this only happened 3 times during the school year(we have 4 periodical tests each school year), because the next school year almost half of my friends went to different schools because their families moved and the rest are in different classes but we still stayed friends(just a note that school system different from other countries).

To be betting on celebrities death is something else. I have not seen such gambling site before and I do not which to see one. I have not gambled on anything listed there before than presidential election.

Is this for real? This is just out of sense for me. How can people be betting on when this world will end which can not be during their lifetime.

I remember that there's this bookie before that you can bet with all of these odd things that they list on their books. AFAIK, they're no longer in operation long time ago but that's really a fun way to gamble aside from doing sports.

Well, if you're a gambler, you can bet on anything you can think of. I have even read like a kids game that it's like a gamble on what's going to be the next commercial on TV. Those odd stuff truly are possible to bet with.

There's also this movie of Eddie Murphy IIRC where he has made a bet with a gambling pro to choose any number that he wants and he'll just guess it on that football game.

There are a lot of things on this list that I never thought it was conceivable to gamble on, thus there are a lot of things on which one can place a wager. Some of these items are prohibited from being gambled on. For instance, I think they have gone too far when they offer bets on how and when someone will die. Some of these activities ought to be prohibited or stopped since they don't feel right.

I find it hard to comprehend that some casinos actually provide such betting alternatives. This option shouldn't be available, in my opinion, as it seems as though they are hoping for an alien invasion. Although some people find this form of betting entertaining, I find it to be not entertaining. Even though I don't think aliens exist and have no idea whether they really do, I still can't accept this kind of wagering.

This is ridiculous; it's my first time seeing it all, and I believe I just seen one of the worst aspects of gambling today. forecasting someone's death and also forecasting what kills them is pointless, thus all of this shouldn't be permitted in the name of gambling. What if someone makes the prediction that a particular celebrity would be shot to death and then arranges for someone to do so in order to win the wager? would it count as well?

I think some of these betting options ought to be eliminated since this is just so uncool.

Lol it's kind of crazy how much stuff you can actually bet on.  I haven't really ventured outside of sports betting and casino games much myself.  Betting NFL football has always been my "bread and butter" and playing casino games like roulette and poker have always been my bread and butter for non sports betting, but really I think the only "crazy" bet I've ever made was on the US presidential election several years ago.  I was so confident I was going to win too...didn't pan out that way lol.

There are many options to bet on not this. This is a terrible thing, to bet on someone's death, and if I see anyone who is very interested in this kind of betting, I will really think of them as terrible people too to wish someone else dead even if they already seem close to it due to their health condition or age. If you are betting on someone's death, you are wishing them death, and pain to the family and people that they will leave behind.

It is not even that it cannot be during their lifetime. The question is what use will the money they will win be if the world actually ends?

Actually it looks interesting, but for me who doesn't know the types of bets, of course, it's the same as me giving money for free to gambling platforms, for example, guessing who is the American president while I'm not American, so it's impossible for me to bet that I don't really know the political situation there, so this can also be a reference for gamblers who need other experience.

I personally don't really like to bet on luck alone, I need research that I have to do before betting on certain sports, of course why I prefer betting on football over other sports,

In my knowledge, it is limited to the sport of football, for this reason my advice is that you should never place a bet that you don't have good knowledge of, that is the same as giving money to a gambling platform. betting with what you understand and master will be better. but this can be a reference for other gambler friends who need new experience and knowledge in gambling.

This sounds funny reading it in Trevor Noah's voice. Damn.
We shouldn't be surprised at all. Gambling is as old as human existence and all forms of gambling practices have existed. Imagine in the ancient Rome people betting not on the gladiator who would win but on the one who would die first. If I am told that there are people who bet on whether Beyonce would divorce Jay Z, I wouldn't be shocked at all. And I say to myself is this gambling still for entertainment purposes or  a way to showcase one's envy and jealousy towards a celebrity.

Actually there are many things that we can bet on in the real world, apart from betting at online casinos, such as sports, slots, poker, craps, blackjack and so on.

But sometimes we never realize it, actually ridiculous bets like what you mentioned we have already done in the real world, such as: on the independence day event, I once made a bet with five of my friends, the bet was like this.
• How many people fainted during the independence ceremony and so on, of course a bet was made before the ceremony started, once the ceremony started no one was placing bets anymore, just waiting for the results.

And the funny thing that we have ever bet is: how many cars pass for 1 hour on the highway.
How to make a bet we have 4 members, the amount of the bet is $ 100 / person, with a total win of $ 400, we sat in a roadside cafe, saw cars passing by and counted 3 people and wrote 1 person, for 1 full hour, guess the car with the correct number or close to the four of us he is entitled to have $ 400.

I think it's a ridiculous bet and laughed at by other friends, even though it's a ridiculous bet, but we've done it.

That's a bet that I made besides at online casinos, we often make presidential bets when regional head elections take place every 5 years.

These are mostly weird stuff I would probably not bet on. The only one that makes sense is presidential election, every 4 years I am guaranteed to bet on the USA elections, I may not be from there but I love betting on them. If I can find the bet for my own nation I do that too, which I usually find, and there are other nations too, like Macron winning against Le Pen is no brainer, sure Macron is disliked, but you are not going to vote for Hitler just because you dislike Macron.

Even with all these protests, I bet that Macron would still win. In any case, betting on presidential elections is a fun one, but aside from that I am not entirely sure if the others are good, specially about celebrity death, that's gruesome and distasteful.

From some of the lists that you have provided, I'm not at all interested in trying these types of bets. As you said, there are 2 types of purposes in gambling, entertainment, money or both of them. Just imagine, how can we as gamblers be entertained by this type of betting on someone's death? or get money from someone's death? :-\

But thanks for providing this information,TBH, this is the first time I've heard of another type of normal bet.

I love gambling very much, but as you have mentioned, I cannot bet on it. I don't think it will be even more fun than the other one we always do, like the one you mentioned. celebrity death: who knows when the celebrity death will come that I will go bet on? No, I cannot, and the other presidential election People were doing this even when my country's election was about to start, but it didn't entertain me like my normal gambling either.


When we sit in the street and watch guys compete in eating challenges, people  around me always do this one. This one is one I see practically daily and I like it, but not all that much.

Football, or let me say, someone's favorite sport, is the only game that can make a gambler happy because you know what you are about to bet on and you are completely confident whether you win or lose. Football also won't fight with anyone, but all the other games you mentioned can. It can be quite hurtful when someone stakes and doesn't win because people will start mocking them and it painful sometimes.

Ah yes, Gag betting. My favorite kind of gambling. Lol there's no end to what you can bet on if you put your mind on it. Anything with a probabilistic nature can easily pass off as something you can place a bet on. Saw someone place bets on who's going to be the next president, if this senator's going to be impeached, I even saw people betting on when people will die (although this is a bit morbid and is carefully reserved by some to people that are either too old already or just genuine asshats that deserve it). Used to make bets with friends where we would bet on who's going to win more in our gambling sessions which is actually one of the reasons why I got introduced into the gambling world in the first place.

Those are some crazy things to bet on! I've never seen them in any casino before thought but It'll be worth to search for them.

Regarding the first bet you mentioned, what if it never happens and you pass away? It doesn't make any sense to bet on something that can't happen during your lifetime. I mean a few of those bets might actually occur but to be honest, I've never tried placing a bet on them before. Maybe one day, if I come across something interesting to bet on I'll give it a try but it will definitely be just for fun

Most people don’t know about the things which you just listed, so it will be very difficult to gamble on them, if you do that you will just be wasting money maybe that’s why people don’t really gamble on them, maybe some people don’t really know you can even gamble on events like this, and they don’t know where to gamble on it, but just few people knows about events like this because I can only say I know about one event alone among the once which you just listed.

Have been seeing about US presidential election here on the forum, and their was a time when my country election was really close, I saw some local gambling site in my country where you can bet on any preferred candidate to win the election, actually I didn’t gamble on it because I knew my candidate wasn’t going to win the election. Since events like this those not happen frequently, so most people don’t even know about it, before you can’t gamble on presidential election again in my country till in the next 4 years.

Huh, I'm rather curious about the end of the world bet one. Wonder if people actually bet on it and how legit is it lmao. And doesn't it make a guaranteed win for the house if the year passes without the world ending or something like that?

On another note, a lot of things can be bet really, OP's list is more of the ridiculous ones (not in a bad way, well maybe except celebrity deaths, now that's just fucked up). I mean, there's usually the presidential elections (or any type depending on your community), Ms Universe and any other types of contest-esque events, usually big scaled ones.

If I'm being honest that's way too dark and kind of fucked up too cause you're basically profiteering the end of everything. And how do you even go about taking your wins lol is it like situational where if things get messed up and we live in a post-apocalyptic world like Fallout you get bottlecaps instead of dollars or something? Lmao that is too intense and stupid too in my opinion. As for celebrity and personality deaths while I know it's fucked up is kind of rampant actually. We had people betting on what year Queen Elizabeth's going to die, in the Philippines they did the same with an old senator who did some deranged shit too like getting his own self ambushed just so the government can issue Martial Law, among others.

Some of these are just waste of time IMO. I don't think people are really going out of their way to bet on these events in hopes of making money. Some people do, but only for the heck of it and not in the purpose of making money. I would rather bet it on something that has the possibility to make me money rather than bet on something because I'm curious and I just want to get involved in the fuzz that everyone is getting on about.

I think some of the events are already common but the interest is not there due to the fact that some of those are not really interested in the first place. I don't think there's even a need a special thread about this as for me, that was basically a nonsense to discuss further.

Because of this thread, I remember way back during the peak of a pandemic that even the number of pandemic cases is being put on bet.

Anyhow, I really don't find other events as worthy to bet not unless there's a challenge like P2P betting or something along those lines.

I get what you're trying to say and I would agree with it but at the same time I say not every gamble session you make should be "ohh because I want to make more money hurr durr" yeah? These things exist not only because people are stupid and would bet on anything for the hell of it, but also because it actually brings the entertainment side of gambling to the table which is often outshined by the profit part, being one of the biggest reasons why people see gambling as a money-making machine instead of a form of entertainment which in essence is that. So while I believe it's to each his own when it comes to gambling, I say these things are cool too cause there's people who bet on it for one, and they indirectly promote the entertainment side of gambling.

Those are some fun ways to bet, especially the ones that involve UFOs  ;D

I have bet in the past in the presidential elections, and it was awesome to win an x5 with Donald Trump, and the fun side about that bet was how my close friends and family called me crazy for betting on Trump to win, in that time no one believes that trump could win those elections, but the media was making so much hype, that's why I decide to bet on him and in the end it was a wise move.

By the way, it would be nice to know the casinos to bet on those crazy options.

Anything can be bet on by gamblers are very imaginative they can bet on something that will have results in an instant and they can bet on something whose results can be seen in hours, days, weeks, or even years we can have 1000 lists and everything will be unique because we can bet on almost anything in fact we subconsciously do this in our daily communication, like when you want to challenge one person about something and you end up saying I bet it ca happen or I bet I can do it, so anything that's about guessing can be listed as something to bet.
I guess we are born to be challenged and to take risks, and that sums up gambling.

I guess many of you have heard and seen about spiders game. Yeah, an actual spider match and that's where it had became a thing for some locals.

It may be cruel for the other advocates but that's really happening in some parts of the world. But I don't think that there will be a bookie that will put that up.

So, these crazy bets are likely good only for P2P betting.

Yes, it's possible to bet on any random event in our daily life. You can bet what the colour of the next car crossing the street is going to be, what time your wife is going to reach home today, what is the next ad going to be displayed on your television or on your videos' app... There are so many variables on this matter and if the person doesn't pay attention, he can find himself consumed by those useless bets all day long, totally ocupying his thoughts and keeping him away from another activities (including the mental ones) which are very important for his equilibrium, health and development of routine.

I'm echoing Jawhead999. Futuur immediately comes to mind. I guess the platform offers the broadest possible options on what you can bet on. You can bet on almost everything. Odds on politics and entertainment may be few but they're still offered by certain platforms. But betting on whether robot guide dogs will be cheaper than organic guide dogs, for example, or whether the Brazilian dengue fever vaccine will be approved by the end of 2024 is something you can probably do only on Futuur.

I'm not in any way affiliated with the platform.

Everything is something you can bet on, but others are informal, like you can't bet on a casino as you are just betting against your friend, let's saylocal elections, which only in your place are having to decide who will be the next leader. Everything you can think of can be bet on as long as someone or something can go first, and you also have someone that is against your bet. People are really creative when it comes to betting, and sometimes they play crazy betting games.

Is this some kind of a joke ;D... Just couldn't hold it but burst into laughter reading this very one cause on a very serious note  it does really sound weird. I can literally gambling about anything but not gambling on something I won't be alive to get my winning prize. For what's the essence of making the bet?

Come to think of it even if the world doesn't end lets say next 200 years would they still be alive by then to follow up their bet or is tt that people don't know what to bet on anymore or am I the only one thinking that such bettors needs an urgent mental attention.

Aside from those, I remember there was a site where you could bet on the weather and most of those unusual markets remind me of Betmoose (https://www.betmoose.com/). They're one of the few sites where you can create a specific market but they still need bettors to bet against them since it's p2p and not like the traditional sportsbook.

I remember seeing this as well it might be from Fairlay or another betting exchange. They have an over/under market for the total number of deaths after a specific year.

I also found that to be odd, I mean I understand that people will bet on almost every single thing they could bet, however who can bet on that? Even if they are right they will never get their payment, not mentioning this is probably the last thing they would be able to worry about.

Still I find the list of the OP interesting, probably the only one I did not knew about were the bets related to financial events, which I also find odd, as if you are going to make a bet on that you might as well just invest on the markets and be done with it.

Stupidity will never cease to amaze me.


It is on a par with going to a fortune teller for past lives.


I looked and saw that this type of bet is mentioned in the following link:

https://betzillion.com/blog/weird-things-to-bet-on/

It just doesn't specify more. The last straw would be for you to bet that the world will end, not that we will survive. Then, if you win the bet, what do you do with the money? LMAO. It would make more sense to bet that it won't end on a certain date, so if it doesn't run out you can enjoy the money you win, but the other way around?

They're less addictive because you can't gamble on them every week or daily as when gambling on casinos. I don't trust awards shows to gamble on them because most of the awards are won by been the favorite among fans or the Judges of the awards, they're not merited.

Awards are also been bought so I can't bet on something that isn't fair, I prefer sport betting to other things you can bet on. With sport betting you know the games are fair and open to the best team, I know we have some fixed games but they're not in top Leagues.

Casino games are also fair more than the award shows, when betting on casinos, you're sure you're relying on how lucky you're and nobody can influence the outcome of your bet but with awards shows, the finest artist love by the girls is favorite to win and not on merit.

Lack of interest, because most of advantage player like (Sportbetting) / Casino Games (BJ) they betting while they have higher chance to win with their skill. All-of these are really depends on the luck, if you give the advice for advantage player they will never betting even regular user still have less chance they are gonna to bet on these. Because we don't know anything about these.

I didn't know there was quite a lot to gamble on outside of sports, even funnier they gamble on UFOs and Kim Jong-Un LOL. It seems that people are so bored that they are willing to use their money to gamble on things that are quite absurd above.
But the question is are they sure that they will still be alive to be able to see the end result of their gamble? like to gamble for UFOs? i think those who are betting on this stuff are pretty sure they will live a very long life LOL.

Well, if you browse on over to Freebitco.in .... then you can bet on the future value of Bitcoin. I think the volatility of Bitcoin is the ideal thing to bet on, because it is very unpredictable.

I personally do not like to bet on silly things like the Royal family and who the next Pope will be... but I love betting on Sports. I also avoid betting on virtual Sports, because I think it is rigged.

Literally on anything that has possibility of different outcomes while the casinos and sports books have their limitations due to popularity and regulatory policies still  you can make your own with group of people who is willing to stake.

Betting on weather[1] - Yeah it is weird but it exists especially in UK at the Christmas period also there is a bookmaker called "Ladbrokes" provides odds for betting on weather events which makes it legal too so OP you can add this too in first post if you like it.

1. Weather Betting Guide – All You Need to Know (https://www.thepunterspage.com/weather-betting-guide/)

Most of the things you've mentioned are very funny and entertaining, it really shows that people could have fun while gambling and one of the best way to gamble safely is by seeing it as a form of entertainment even while you make money from it,  since gambling involves predictions the casino games and sports betting are not the only areas where people predict on, you forgot to include.
The Russian invasion it might seems crazy as well but there are individuals that's are willing to place a bet by making predictions on when the war would be over or if Russia would successfully invade Ukraine and have control of their territory again.
 Amongst all the you mention the one that cracked me up is placing a bet on Kim Jong-Un concerning when he'll step down from power, that's one tough bet because if he had his way he could remain in power forever, lol and I feel placing a bet on that is same as placing a bet on when he'll die, another one that would be very difficult to predict is the end of the world because no single human knows when the world would end, there are also other areas I know individuals could bet on like betting on who would be highest bidders or highest donators at auctions and charity donations, well I think placing a bet on which country would be attacked first by UFOs would be very interesting and since USA are currently world power they're likely to be attacked first.

This would be a ridiculous bet. I can't imagine who and who would want to go on betting on when this world would end when the life expectancy is not even 100 years on earth because you have to be alive to see the outcome of your bet, so it is just a fallacy.

However, the bet on election is quite interesting especially if it has to do with the powerful countries.

joking, I think it is more than clear that if aliens were to invade earth they would first choose to invade africa due to the weaknesses of africans in military terms and at the same time africans have a large number of people and also have a lot of resources natural, it would be ideal for aliens to take Africa and make their base to later occupy America and Europe, without a doubt that this would be the best option for aliens, let's be honest, someone here still thinks that aliens would waste time abducting these celebrities who are only doing stupid things in real life? what would aliens learn from celebrities?


In this part, although I have watched many movies, I don't know the names of the directors of all the movies I watch and I'm not very good at judging movies, for example for me all Vin Diesel movies, Van Dam, Rambo, Tom Cruise , jet lee, jakie chan, the rock and so many other actors are good films, but there are many people who say that only some of these actors' films are good, that's why I don't bet on that because the jurists have a totally different opinion and criteria


in this part I would only accept it if it were a prediction for the president of my country, being a country with a lot of corruption it is very easy to predict the winner


 :o :'(

I definitely wouldn't do that


if I can see the guys who are going to compete, then I would bet. that's because it's pretty easy to see people who eat a lot and are fast



 ;D

I wouldn't bet on it


being honest, I think all dictators only leave power when they die, unfortunately, so while the people of that country don't rebel, don't sacrifice themselves to free themselves from the dictatorship they live in, things won't change until the dictator dies, although even when the people rebelled, the end of the dictator would be death, unfortunately

You have an interesting list OP and I didn't know some of these forms of gambling exist since my best option is the popular sports bets. But I find some interesting, while I will not consider engaging in others.

I will never engage in presidential election betting because it can be easily manipulated. There is always massive fraud and electoral malpractice that impedes the free and fair conduct of presidential elections. Even the polls are sentimental and unreliable.

This type is like you are wishing someone death. How can one predict these deaths? Maybe you have to follow up on the medical history of these celebrities or constantly check any of them that has been hospitalized. I find this type of gambling unacceptable.

This one will be solely based on luck because you might not know much about the contestants. But this game will be funny and filled with excitement. But I will never bet on a couple that the wife is fat.

Some of the lists isn't shockingand I've heard about them before. Also, I feel like some are sort of events that small group of people just organize bets on what will be the result of that contest or event. But I can't process the others. Like, how and when will they know if they win on that "Alien life" bets? Same goes with the end of the world. We've heard a lot of end of the world dates before that already passed by, yet we are is still here. The bettors might die first before this happen.

On the other hand, it's just sad to bet on other people's lives and when they'll die. I don't think it's entertaining at all. Like are you going to be glad when you win your bet even if it means a person died? I feel like the lists here are just for "experience" betting on random stuff but not really for long term entertainment purposes unlike sportsbetting.

If we are not going to give consideration to the online gambling and casinos as preference is in this context, we can engage in physical gambling with some of our materials or items we had in possession, we could gamble with our valuables, assets, and any other physical things we have in possession that can be exchange for money or that has value to stand as stake for us to use while gambling, there many games we can as well play both local ones or online games as long as betting is involved.

It's true that this is a very ridiculous bet because only God knows and what's even more ridiculous is, as you say, we won't know the outcome because we probably won't be on earth anymore and it's a stupid bet because we won't know the outcome.

And betting on the election of the president or other councilors is very interesting indeed, because in my place elections for the president or other councilors are always a fun bet.

From everything you have to offer I think betting on something that makes sense and we can enjoy more than betting on assumptions on aliens, Celebrity Deaths, End of the World, etc, which are far too far fetched to be ridiculous. There's nothing wrong with that, it's just that we have to bet in a way and style that is indeed an area that we can enjoy and we can measure. People try to push the boundaries when it comes to betting but then again betting is natural for something that isn't harmful or hurting anyone's feelings. For example, people who bet on other people's deaths? Is it too much to make death a place to make money? determine the end of the world even yourself when the world ends have no time to secure wealth other than your own safety. Imagine if your death was gambled by someone else? and it was witnessed by himself how the response?

Yes material betting I think is one of the old ways of betting where you could either stake your shirt, snickers, jewelry, cap etc. All those have been used as betting in the past. Back in the past neighborhood betting was more like this especially during weekends when young men gather to bet their money with dice or cards and it will get to an extent where the loser starts betting with his belongings right there because he doesn't want to give up.

I think this kind of betting aren't interested for many gamblers because it's really unpredictable, many bettors tend to bet on sports where it's more predictable and they already follow the team or player for a long time. This will make them more familiar with the match and able to predict better everyday because they keep learning and experienced.

But that seems to be able to interest some people to place bets even though they don't know the final result. But I think such a bet should not be necessary and should be replaced with other bets because it involves God's power. We will never know when the end of the world will be.

Perhaps, the presidential election can be used as a bet because the time is clear, and we can see who will be the president. So it's certainly an interesting bet, and I've even seen some of my neighbors trying to predict who will be the next president. And the winner will get a lot of food. It's a fair bet ;D

I don't know the others because so far I only bet on general things like sports, and sometimes Oscars, and the presidential election, and to be honest I'm not really interested in betting on uncommon events because it's uninteresting and some bets are very strange in my opinion even almost certain as there is no end result so it will only be a waste of our money, like betting on the doomsday or also betting on the death of famous people.
I remember that there was a new bookmaker that appeared when Covid-19 first appeared and the world entered the pandemic phase where the gambling site made a bet on how many people would die because the Covid-19 and I think that was a form of betting that was very abnormal and had no empathy for the world's conditions at that time, thankfully the gambling site was dead because businesses that take advantage of people's distress are not worthy of being supported by the community.

Anything could be gambled about. Difference is the volume and interest to a certain topic. Ever wondered why not all games are having tournaments? Or not all sports are being displayed with sportsbetting platforms? 'coz it does not have enough fanbase or community to support the interest. With reggards to odd topics such as Celebrity's death, it would be possible IF you will have someone or group of people who you could /have be in contrast with. It will all start with two or more different stands in a single topic and the will to put money or anything in exchange for the consequence of having the wrong standpoint or guess. Therefore, anything is simply possible to be a betting topic.

That's very true. There are even games that are not competed in the Olympics, they are more played in the locals. Some sports have more fans watching them because the sport is also loved by other countries. Cricket for instance was just imported by the Brits to India which the Indians also like playing.

Presidential Election is listed in bookies I guess because the majority likes to feel vindicated when their president won. I myself have tried this after all we all like talking about politics. But betting when The End of the World comes is the craziest.

Are you sure this is for real OP, someone to bet on when the world will come to an end when the bible can't even tell us about when the world will come to an end. I think this is madness for betting on something that you might not live to see.

My question now is,who will win the bet if the other gambler dies and who will be in charge of the funds when the funds holder is dead. It means that these set of gamblers are throwing away their money foolishly,all in the name of gambling because it is impossible to live forever and witness the end time to win your bet.

Usually people who are always looking for new experiences will be interested in betting bets like that, but for those who don't want new experiences in their way of gambling, of course they only gamble on sports that they understand, as I did, betting on what we only know is very difficult to predict, especially betting on bets that we don't know the knowledge of may be even more difficult.

I like to get new experiences in gambling but I don't bet on bets like this, maybe I will be interested in other sports betting besides football, so far I only know about football betting and if I want a new experience I want to know a lot about other sports such as basketball so that there can be a variety of my bets in sports. My advice is also never to try a bet that you don't understand the statistics for.

Indeed, the world of betting sometimes seems just crazy. I can understand when gamblers try to predict who will be the next president, but trying to predict the end of the world, the appearance of aliens or the death of famous personalities is quite controversial entertainment. If it can be called entertainment at all. I think such bets are made when there is nothing to do or in alcohol intoxication.

I consider seriously only betting on sporting events. All the rest is more like clowning.

I love politics bets! Here in Italy It was some Easy since we haven't a premier voted directly for some years ;)

BTW, in theory and in practice ::) you can bet on any event. just find a counterparty who accepts the bet.

for example, exchanges have greatly expanded this possibility but some cryptocurrencies provide this chance even with "extreme" consequences (for example, offering large sums as a payout in the event of a death...)

Lots of crazy forms of gambling has been existing for a long time already as there are also tons of people who loves thrill and excitement. There are also weird underground gambling games that we aren't fully aware of. Politics, economics, social media, international pageants are also part of the betting games these days. It might sound weird but most people who have their interest on the latest events usually fall for it.
As for me, sports betting is fair and realistic since we could have enough basis to rely on. No wonder why lots of gamblers are also into it. Well, we have different preferences but as long as we are betting on a decent game, I don't think there would be any issue or problem with our gambling journey.

not totally sports but they are listed in the events of bookmakers. every year i think there are threads that will be created for the Oscars awards just like Presidential Elections which every 4 years another will come up.

the most famous in my country is cockfighting, the government somehow makes it illegal but we're still betting it live on the arena and even online.

Of course there are these bets that seems out of theusual for casinos and sportsbook but then, where do we classify them as they still come into the gambling field. Is there a name tag for these sort of bets?

I only got to find out about these sort of bets over the election that brought Biden into power. It was almost common to have it pop on most betting site as this was really a dull for the giants as both sides proves to be each others equal.  The odds wasn't too different between them both buy still, I didn't give it much attention.

This sort of bet haven't proved to be very lucrative or profitable given the seasonality of it which explains why, it isn't so popular.

Same here! Cockfighting is a pretty well-known sport within Southeast Asia if I'm not mistaken, so I didn't really go so far as to include it in my previous posts of ridiculous gambling and sports that I have made bets on. Unofficial backyard bets on chess games and local basketball games are also a commonplace in the Philippines, so I think that warrants a spot here too. But cockfighting takes the cake in popularity. During 2020 at the height of the pandemic when the rich had nothing to do with their money and the poor had no money to work with, opportunists took the chance to open sites that live stream cockfights with bet placement options available straight from there, that's where I lost some of my money lols cause I was none the wiser back then on how the cockfighting works.

^Definite right and that was also what I am thinking while reading the OP.
The possibility of something being gambled on depends on the level of interest and the size of the community supporting it. Not all games have tournaments or all sports have betting platforms because they might lack a substantial fanbase. As for odd topics like Celebrity's death, if there are people or groups willing to take opposing stands on the matter, it becomes a potential betting topic. In essence, anything can become a subject for betting as long as there are people ready to wager on different outcomes.

I did not expect something like that, we could be on it too. There are some points where I don't understand how ordinary people can predict this. It really doesn't make any sense. ??? :D

You can even bet that you are not going to gamble anymore :D, here in our country this is a big joke among gamblers I always encounter this among gamblers.
Anything that you can think of is possible that offer challenges and there are two or more results.
I remember two guys who just want to gamble but they do not have cards or dice to use to gamble so they up betting on rocks, scissor and hand game, so when it comes to betting your imagination is the limit you can bet in instant results or you can bet on something that will take days.

Most of these bets are done barely for fun, a person doesn't expect to live up to the moment to see if their bet will be a win or a loss. A lot of people bet on things like politics, like who will be the next president, etc. And there are a lot of other things that might be used by a sportsbook or a casino platform to allow their gamblers to bet on, and maybe not a lot of people, but some people do bet on things outside sports only to have some fun when they have extra money.

Personally, I feel it's nothing more than wasting money, but it generally depends on an individual's personal likes and preferences about where they want to spend their money, a lot of people like discussing politics so they do like it when they are given the opportunity to bet on their favorite politicians.

I also think they bet unusual things just for fun and don't care about the outcome, especially if they don't know whether they are alive or dead when the results come out. If they only bet for fun, they should also be able to think of gambling as entertainment and to get pleasure but in reality, there are still many who want to get money from gambling ;D

Maybe it's okay if we occasionally bet on unusual things and maybe it can also provide more entertainment for us. So it's normal for people to bet on things like that to get entertainment from their bets.

All of the listed other things, suggested for gambling by the OP are basically events. Events would happen once in a while and these events won't make a gambler happy but an occasional gambler can give them a try. I am not against such betting but sports betting is far more entertaining than any other betting game. Casino games are the second most played games for the purpose of entertainment and for me, they give you an adrenaline rush in the comfort of a home.

So far I only saw one gambling site who offer such kind of events. I guess you are right that it wasn't totally appealing to the majority. They might be unpredictable so their odds must be high as well. They can be a good addition to try our luck aside from doing a long parlay if it's sport betting or hunting for a hundred and thousand multipliers in limbo, crash and mines if it's a casino game.

I remember when I was still young me and my friends made the same betting scheme. Like for example who ever predict the color of the next vehicle that will come will get all the money that are in stake. We also do this on other things. It was fun. Oh man, I miss being a kid again ;).

While I agree that it makes most sense to bet on sports and other similar activities, as they are competitions in which an effort is made for everyone to follow the same rules, something that is not necessarily true on many of those events.

At the same time if casinos are adding those weird bets then this is because there is a large enough market to justify doing so, and in that case those bets may be more popular than what we thought, in my case sometimes I take the time to make a bet on politics, and while I do so for the fun I can get out of them, over the years I have gotten some wins that surprised me.

But gambling like that can sometimes provide new experiences for gamblers who may be a bit bored playing gambling with the gambling games they are used to. They want to bet on something different from everyone else, so they may try betting once or twice to see what it's like to bet on different things. A bet like that may already have fans like other gambling games. And betting like that requires a lot more knowledge because we have to look at the news out there to get more clues.

Some of the things that are listed in your list take years or even a lifetime to know the results I would not even bet on

That's crazy it will take hundreds of years or thousands of years that's a nonsense bet We can add hundreds of bets to the list and in fact, I have one and that is a fight between two spiders and how many minutes between one spider beat the other one, this kind of bets is more entertaining because you'll have the result in a matter of minutes and not wait for days, months years or even a lifetime to know the result.

it do not matter if its just for fun betting a small amount at an unreasonable bet like you mentioned. sometimes i think life is also like a gamble between being successful or only getting worse. sometimes I also bet for fun with my friends but dont just use money but bet with cigarettes and bet on the number behind the license plate of a vehicle that will pass and its very fun.
Im sure that some of the people here have all made unreasonable bets like this, but the reality is that its very exciting and sometimes we as bettors need another betting sensation, not because of addiction, but a different betting atmosphere.

There is nothing more exciting than betting on sports and playing in a casino. But it does not rule out the possibility for me to make bets in other forms and usually I do this with my friends to add to the excitement when holding meetings.

To just fill the atmosphere so you don't seem bored, betting is the solution so that the atmosphere can seem more exciting. Or when holding a meeting at a place to eat, the loser has to bear all the orders of friends. And usually we play light games on cellphones like ludo and others. And it is proven that this can add to our excitement when we meet with friends or when we do small hanging out, even though sometimes there are disagreements, I consider this part of the fun that I get.

I often do that like you do and it's a lot of fun because it's a mystery that we don't know which vehicle will pass. Besides, it's a small stakes game between our friends and us so there are no regrets whatsoever. And if we play gambling at an online casino, it's really best to use small betting money to avoid big losses. Especially if we have often had the experience of losing playing gambling at the casino, we want to avoid big losses. But indeed, not many of us have succeeded in winning a lot of money from gambling, so we must be able to control ourselves while gambling.