What is the Strangest Bet You Have Ever Had?

[Davidvictorson]

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?

[swogerino]

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?

Luckily I have not done any strange bets as I don't seem to remember having done such bet.I am a conservative in almost everything that I do and as such mostly I play sport bets or slot machines but luckily I don't feel anymore the urge to keep playing slot machines anymore as there is no point,you can't become rich with them while I think with sport betting if done consistently and not with obsession you can make a nice decent amount of extra money every month,this is only my theory though which in practice has not come true  .

Some people have bet that they will eat sh*t of someone else if they lost what they called a sure bet,but that is clearly disgusting and I don't think I can call these species human beings,humanity has done a lot of stupid things unfortunately.

[bangjoe]

It seems I have some strange bets in my experience, maybe you don't think it's weird but I myself feel weird about the bets I make, one of which is I bet with my classmate that seven days from that day it will rain or not and the correct answer is will get $ 100 from each person who bets, Second, I bet on who can not sleep within 24 hours and everyone who is lose must pay $ 135 to the winner, at that time there were 5 people who took part in the bet, I think that is the strangest bet I made and it is beyond the ordinary people's minds to place a bet.

[Jody.Drummer]

After remembering that I had one bet that I thought was weird and that I did with my own friend. In short, my friend and I are betting to get 1 woman, or competing to date the same 1 woman. Yes, at that time my friend and I made a bet on who could get it first, then the first date, all costs were borne by the loser. Maybe many people experience this kind of experience, but for me personally this kind of thing seems quite taboo and I consider it a strange bet that I make.
Honestly I'm sorry, my regret is because I feel it played on the woman's feelings.

[len01]

this question made me remember the time when I was really addicted to gambling until I made a bet with 3 of my friends about the sound of the lizard sounding how many times. and that's not all I also once bet with my friend about whether it is raining or not today and if I am right I will get $ 20 if I lose I will give $ 20 to my friend.

this is a ridiculous bet that I have ever felt in the past. well, even if it's just for fun, but for me it's really fun to bet with my friends about bets that never exist in casinos.

[o48o]

When i was young i made a stupid bet with a girl. She told me that if i can keep a 20€ in my fist and she can open it just by talking she could get the 20, if i managed to keep my fist closed she would give me 20. So that was a no brainer, i won't just open my hand and get free 20. And i guess i was drunk because immediately she told me that this won't count, i need to have my thumb outside the fist, and i opened my fist to take it out and she took the 20.

I felt like a moron so i guess i deserved it.

[GideonGono]

My siblings and I often bet on commercial ads on TV when we were young.
It could be more time on playing PS1 or which channel to watch next.
LOL it was the very first form of bet or gambling that I've done and I could remember.

[wheelz1200]

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 can't remember any really crazy bets but my buddy would bet the strangest things.  We bet him $10 if he would eat a dorito we lit on fire.  And even worse $50 if we can take a staple gun to his arm a couple times.  I don't know if those 2lwere bets or we just paid him to do some wierd shit.  Either way looking forward to some of the answers here lol.

[Zackgeno96]

I can't speak for myself but I can speak for a few people I've read/heard stories about. There are people who have put money on the European championship in 2004, that Greece would win it. Greece was then seen as one of the weakest teams in the European Championship, but in the end they won the tournament. Someone sold his house and bet everything on Greece winning. He probably bought the whole street with his money afterwards. But that was a success story, there are also people who have experienced the downside with betting on odds of 1.01 who went completely wrong and placed a bet of $100,000 or more. That's how it can go.

[passwordnow]

I've been with those type of bets when I was younger, yeah, a kid that do gambles with his friends about nonsense stuff and I think that's quite normal. Like if who's gonna win with your friend's sparring. I've got crazy experiences about it and I just realized that it was strange since the adults that has been with us have tolerated everything and it was a different norm way back then when we were younger. But now, as an adult, I wouldn't teach kids to gamble for physical fights even if it's for fun since kids shouldn't hurt each other whether it's made with prizes or giveaways.

[coin-investor]

I only bet on sports and on casinos I still don't remember betting that can be considered strange,  the closest that I can think of was the time that the ferry in our location will arrive because it never arrive on time, sometimes I win and sometimes I lose and I still wonder why that ferry cannot arrive in the time that it should, given that there's no traffic in the sea and the speed is always the same.
If you're a gambler you will bet on almost every circumstance, some gamblers do this to sharpen their analysis and to earn extra bucks, one of the popular jokes on this is

I am not going to gamble anymore so do you want to bet if I will really not 

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

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?

No doubt, the gambling industry is not static, and as such adapts to new threads & innovations that has great investment potential and a very good source of fun/entertainment.
So in regards to the question you just ask about what is the strangest bet I have ever had? I will likely say that for now, I just can't remember any, but their was ones I manage to see few weeks ago about a content creator on the street asking people if only they can finish a full 75cl of bottle water in 6 seconds, he will give the person #10,000 naira (local currency) equivalent to $15, and until I left nobody was able to finish the water within that short period of time, just as shown in the picture below which I got from google.



Photo credit: Google.com

[blockman]

Here in our country, this still happens to this date. If you've heard or been aware of the spider fight? That's what of the strangest bet I guess that someone from other countries will hear from us.
Just like cock fighting, this is what most of our fellow gambler countrymen are busy with and it has become a trend and I think it is still right now.
Bets could be more than a thousand bucks and I did it a long time ago I was like a noob betting on spiders that I don't even know if they've been into fights before.

[crzy]

I remember some funny bet with my friend as well, a bet if I can pass the exam or not since it was not my favorite subject during that time and I’m really struggling but i guess this bet push me to study, since If I failed I have to give $50 bucks, and that’s a huge money already for a student like me. Fortunately, i passed the exam not that high but at least, i won a bet and they will not see me the same thing anymore. 

[dothebeats]

Hotdog eating contest in Nitrogensports.

I'm not exactly sure why I bet on that event. All I know is that I was an extreme degenerate back then and I wanted to bet on literally almost everything and get some profits. Before I did the bet, I made some search, but man the only one they know on this contest is the defending champions, and the rest are first timers. I still put out the bet anyway, and the man I placed my bet to lost on 2nd round quite easily lol.

[Raflesia]

As long as i do gambling I have never done strange things like this fortunately
I don't know if it's because I'm really boring because I don't want to try anything else or I can be said that I'm not really a brave gambler but indeed for betting from the beginning I was in gambling only about football and basketball which I followed and nothing else.
The reason is simple, because I rarely watch other sports like cricket or maybe MMA so I prefer to bet on what I watch.

[serjent05]

I have seen several gambling offers but I do not dare to bet to those I see strange.  Since I do not have any idea about the game, I feel that there is a huge chance that I will lose the money I bet to it.  Most of my bet are from regular games.  I am really not attracted to the type of game that is not ordinary or of regular mode.

Here in our country, this still happens to this date. If you've heard or been aware of the spider fight? That's what of the strangest bet I guess that someone from other countries will hear from us.

I do not see spider fights or insect battles as strange because I often see them in my place.  I even sponsored one of my neighbors to buy a good one and raise it to pit against others but sadly my neighbor do poorly. LOL

[Baofeng]

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?

One that I can think of, and I don't know if you guys have heard it, is what we call "ending game" here, you can read the explanation from one of our own, @goaldigger Let me introduce "Ending Game".

And then when I was a little, me and my friends will have some kind of money, we are going to guess the last digit of the plate number that will come. So it's a winner take all kind of betting, hehehehe. Just bring back my childhood memories.

And another as what @blockman said, Do you have experience betting in a spider fight? or In my town there are ants that only appear once a year and it is common for children to capture one and start a fight against others ants. Or this kind of game maybe as the OP says it's a pre WWII game, Historical Street Gambling Game.

[blockman]

Here in our country, this still happens to this date. If you've heard or been aware of the spider fight? That's what of the strangest bet I guess that someone from other countries will hear from us.

I do not see spider fights or insect battles as strange because I often see them in my place.  I even sponsored one of my neighbors to buy a good one and raise it to pit against others but sadly my neighbor do poorly. LOL

Yeah, it's not strange for us but in other countries that probably have heard this for the first or second time, it's totally outrageous and strange for them.

And another as what @blockman said, Do you have experience betting in a spider fight? or In my town there are ants that only appear once a year and it is common for children to capture one and start a fight against others ants. Or this kind of game maybe as the OP says it's a pre WWII game, Historical Street Gambling Game.

I remember also the battle of beetles. Where we put bubble gum on each other's back while both of them lays equally and whoever flips the other end wins.

This thread has made me remember not just all of those strange bets but also what a colorful childhood I've got.

[robelneo]

The strangest bet I've had and only did it once because it's really very strange is when I went against my neighbor because he has an uncle who always has a drink almost every night, I bet against him triple the amount he bet if will bet against my bet and it seems he and his uncle are conniving because when I bet that he will drink on a given day he will not, and when I bet that he will not drink on that he will drink, I was so foolish not to find out that they are conniving. 
I never bet on strange bets again after that, I prefer to bet on boxing and on other sports where people usually bet.