What is the Strangest Bet You Have Ever Had?

[Crypt0Gore]

I once used 10$ worth of Bitcoin to gamble on freebitco website and I did some rolling and I netted 0.2BTC this was a very long time ago, I was surprised at first that I reload the web page again, I quickly try to withdraw but this spirit of confusion came straight for me, I thought, why can't I just keep doing this? Maybe I can win more, and I ended losing everything.

It is very easy to lose yourself when you win a gambling game, your greediness that's been buried within you for a long time will wake up instantly, what I learned is to always take your winnings, if you want to try your luck again, use 1% of your reward, or better come back some other day.

[BobK71]

Gambling or betting is moving beyond just casinos and sports to other sectors of the economy. There is a thread here on betting for the 2024 United States election, and another one for the Oscars. I have seen people bet on movie characters and all sorts of things. This is not to say that they are addicted to gambling. I think we do it for fun, as a form of socializing. While thinking about it today, I wondered what the strangest bet I had ever had was. I remembered having a bet with my brother that he would give me $80 if I could eat 5 packs of 200g of instant noodles in less than 5 minutes, and if I couldn't, I would give him $90. What is the strangest bet you have ever had?

I think I have placed bet on all kind of strange stuff and by strange I mean stuffs like racing between me and wife but we kinda do it for fun though, I just challenge her on a quick race staking a small amount of cash to the race of $30 to the actual winner of the bet, sometimes we also gamble on who is actually the best cook and my children actually act as the judge to the bet to give the decision to who is the winner and actually the greater cook but all this we just do for fun.

All these gambles have more pleasure than money. I think gamblers are usually take part in such things but the people who never gamble often play this type of gambling. And here bets are placed on various strange things. Where there is a fierce fight about winning and losing. But that fight is also done with joy. Usually this type of gambling is more organized between friends and family. I think every human being has less or more this kind of experience.

[nimogsm]

Oh,we systematically bet with friends and the prize is most often beer.Our bet is as idiotic as possible and I'm afraid to write about them here)) We also bet on various world events and events that take place in my country.One of the strangest I had was this: if I don’t pass the entrance exams, I will have to run naked around the house.But the victory was mine and I received money as a reward.

[Zilon]

In my high school days i had this strange bet of who finishes some sticks of cabin biscuit after a few count. It was one of the ways of adding to our weekly allowances. Lately i have seen bets on reality shows both local and international, as well as street bets on daily activities such has what car a certain wealthy person in the street will leave their house with when they have fleets of cars to chose from. Bets has become part of the society and people create new styles every now and then.

[TopTort777]

The most strange bet I ever saw was a bet that connected with space jumping. I think it was several years ago. Someone has set a record of jumping from space or something like that. I dont remember clearly what was that jump about, I only remember Red Bull logo and I remember that there were a lot of gif pictures on the internet about that. And it was one of crypto gambling casinos that offered to place a bet on that event. There were two kind of bets, will the new record will be set (which means jump must be a successful and that person must survive) or not. I knew that people from long long past made weird pari, but that bet really amazed me. I did not know that people place bets on such stuff.

(Maybe I have confused something, but that bet was about something with space and it happened 1-2 years ago)

[AicecreaME]

Oh man, I've had my share of bizarre bets! Like when I bet my pal I could polish off a whole pickle jar in a single sitting! Confidence was sky-high till my mouth felt like a wildfire! Lost that bet, but learned a thing or two about not overvaluing my pickle love.

Joking aside, bets and gambling can spice up our mundane lives. Keep it playful, don't get too serious, and turn those losses into life lessons! So when you're betting, ensure it's goofy, fun, and have a water jar handy for pickle wagers!

I have this experience too wherein my confidence was beyond the horizon during the betting placement, but still lose it even I was really so sure I would win. This is because i became negligent and impulsive due to believing so much on my capabilities rather analyzing the situation and the risks. So yeah, it was a bit embarrassing and humbling at the same time. Made me learn a lesson which is to assess the possible outcomes first and check whether it will be worth it or not to gamble upon.

[Doell]

Allow me to tell my story about strangest betting experience I've ever had, it happened a long time ago but I still remember because me and friends often talk about it. At that time we were young but we liked gambling to increase our pocket money. 6 people including myself, did a challenge going to haunted forest, each of us put $2 in an empty jar. Only one person who can survive 1 hour will get the prize $12 in short we can't survive that long we are scared including me, also the prize that was in our jar os gone. Where did our money go? when only one person which into this forest meanwhile this jar are hung on a tree and surrounded by five people.

[Lucasgabd]

these kids bets are usually fun
like betting who can eat more of something like OP mentioned, or betting into physical stuff
the other day I saw a video of a guy paying people 1 dollar per squat rep with a lot of weight, don't remember how heavy

to make things more interesting I went to ask chatGPT

me: hi, what are some of the strangest bets in history?
ChatGPT: There have been some truly strange bets throughout history, here are a few examples:

The Houdini Bet - In 1926, Harry Houdini made a bet with a group of businessmen that he could escape from any jail cell in the world within one hour. The businessmen accepted the bet, and Houdini successfully escaped from a jail cell in Washington D.C. in just 50 minutes.

The Beard Bet - In 1860, two men named Abraham Lincoln and William Fogg bet on the outcome of the presidential election. Lincoln bet that he would win, and Fogg bet that he would lose. As the stakes, Fogg bet his beard against Lincoln's entire campaign chest. Lincoln won the election, and Fogg shaved off his beard.

The Titanic Bet - In 1912, a man named Joseph Dawson bet that the Titanic would sink on its maiden voyage. He placed a £5 bet at a local bookmaker, and when the ship did sink, he collected £10,000 in winnings.

The Million Dollar Bet - In 2002, a wealthy businessman named Robert Kraft made a bet with a casino owner that his New England Patriots would win the Super Bowl within the next five years. The casino owner accepted the bet and agreed to pay Kraft $3 million if the Patriots won. The Patriots went on to win the Super Bowl three times within the next five years, and Kraft collected his $3 million each time.

The Rat Bet - In 2003, two men in England bet on whether one of them could live with 40 rats for a month. The man who accepted the bet lived with the rats in a sealed room for 30 days and collected his winnings of £20,000.

These bets may seem bizarre, but they demonstrate the lengths that people will go to for the thrill of a gamble.

EDIT:
asked the same question again and it returned me a different result

I didn't verify it but it's fun anyways

There have been many strange bets throughout history, but here are a few that stand out:

The first recorded bet on the weather was made in 1690 when a man named Elias Ashmole bet 20 guineas that a particular day would be rainy. The bet was won, and Ashmole donated the money to charity.

In 1851, two men bet £20,000 on which of two raindrops would reach the bottom of a windowpane first.

In 1880, a group of men bet on which of them could swallow the most goldfish. One man reportedly swallowed 199 fish.

In 1964, a man named David Threlfall bet that he could drive a motorcycle around the world in less than 100 days. He completed the trip in 92 days, winning the bet.

In 1979, a gambler named William Lee Bergstrom walked into the Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas and bet $777,000 (equivalent to about $2.7 million today) on a single roll of the dice. He won the bet and walked away with $1.5 million.

In 1980, a man named Brian Zembic bet $100,000 that he would get breast implants and keep them for a year. He won the bet and kept the implants for more than a year.

In 2002, a man named Ashley Revell sold everything he owned, including his clothes, and bet his entire net worth of $135,300 on a single spin of a roulette wheel in a Las Vegas casino. He bet on red and won, doubling his money.

In 2012, a man named Rory McIlroy bet his father and two friends that he could hit a golf ball into a washing machine that was situated 150 yards away. He hit the shot and won the bet.

These bets are just a few examples of the many strange bets that have been made throughout history.

[Dickiy]

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What is the strangest bet you have ever had?

It was a good experience and quite strange in gambling, I think I have done it too but with different foods like pizza and fried chicken, when my younger sister challenged me to whoever eats more wins and whoever loses he will paying for the entire food bill I find it pretty weird and fun, and I also had other weird gambling experiences back in my school days like guessing the grades of a subject at a $30 bet and one more weird thing is who can make a deaf person smiles with a serious expression of defiance taking $300 from the loser.

[jostorres]

Honestly I wouldn't call it as strange bet for eating 1kg of instant noodles for less than 5 minutes because the challenge is still able to beat, someone who have fast eating habit and can eat a lot can pass this easily. I think the strange bet should be like a bet where it's almost impossible to happen, like a parlay bet where you guessing the goal result of many football matches, that's really hard to do and strange if your bet are correct.

I do not know about you but for me it is really strange. I know it's common to see someone who does like that due to that mukbang videos but I never saw someone who use it as betting. Eating 5 packs of noodles within 5 minutes does look hard too for someone who is not used to it like the OP. I can't even finished one pack within 5 minutes lol, so I probably won't accept this challenge.

Strange bet does not mean that it was almost impossible to do but strange bet is the ones that we don't often see in the casino. On some Asian countries they even bet in two spiders who are fighting in the stick. This can be another example of strange betting.

[madnessteat]

Oh,we systematically bet with friends and the prize is most often beer.Our bet is as idiotic as possible and I'm afraid to write about them here)) We also bet on various world events and events that take place in my country.One of the strangest I had was this: if I don’t pass the entrance exams, I will have to run naked around the house.But the victory was mine and I received money as a reward.

Haha. Your story reminds me of a funny bet made by two of my comrades. The subject of their bet was a soccer match of our country's national team in one of the international tournaments. Our team had once again lost and one of the comrades, who is a particularly ardent supporter of our team, was forced to get from the car to his home naked. And he did. I remember laughing until I cried.

[DiMarxist]

Mine is running for like 1000 kilometers. There two bettors one will run while the other will eat madiga (local cake) bake in a local oven. When the runner returned and the madiga has finished then the eater had won but of the madiga has not finished then the runner had won and the worst part of that game is that you wouldn't drink water when eat. So it was very difficult for the eater to win the game.

Strange Games that are not common in the society

[lizarder]

I think we do it for fun, as a form of socializing. While thinking about it today, I wondered what the strangest bet I had ever had was. I remembered having a bet with my brother that he would give me $80 if I could eat 5 packs of 200g of instant noodles in less than 5 minutes, and if I couldn't, I would give him $90. What is the strangest bet you have ever had?

Personally, I don't play gambling as an addiction but rather as a hobby, for example the game of poker that people play so commonly. Nowadays gambling has developed rapidly, there are so many types of gambling that we can access on online casino sites and elsewhere.

Of the many existing gambling sites, we had a strange experience in a bet that was made while still in college. Everyone who loses playing playing cards must rotate the campus building 5 times, tie rubber on the ear and pay for food and drink in the cafeteria for the winner, this is the most ridiculous bet I did when I was in college with friends.

[Merit.s]

The strangest bet that I had ever had,was when I was given five wraps of pounded yam to eat on a sit without drinking water. Actually I don't drink much water when eating,so I thought I will be able to win the bet but I was wrong because after eating the third wrap,I couldn't eat anymore and this was how I gave up my bet. It was quite funny after so much bragging in the presence of my friends but I just had fun on that day. I don't do strange bet anymore because it doesn't look matured. I lost $30 in that bet.