What is the Strangest Bet You Have Ever Had?

[Hydrogen]

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This attempt at arbitrage, was an oddity.

8x winnings on one side if Demetrious Johnson won.

38x winnings on the other if Henry Cejudo came out the winner.

(It also needed TJ Dillashaw and Pedro Munhoz to be a true arbitrage play. You can see from official results of the event that both were victorious.)

I think this was around the time I began attempting accumulator / parlay arbitrage gambles back in 2018.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Lol, Op just took my mind far back,
To talk of the strangest bet I've ever gotten involved in, i think its one I did with friend of mine, where he said that he could lift a 50kg bag of cement with his teeth and walk around our compound with it for 3 minutes, I told him he couldn't, but he insisted he could, we ended up betting about $50 dollar each, there was another friend there who decided to act as escrow, we gave him to money to hold, there was already a bag of cement on ground, so i asked him to lift it with his teeth and walk round the compound  for 3 minutes, he tried and tried but couldn't, at the end, he said I should give him back his money that he was only joking, I refused, he pleaded and pleaded, at the end, I decided he is not having his money back and I am also not having my own money back, we went to a nearby hotel with other few friends, there, we ate and drank with the money, in the end, me, him, everybody was happy.

[irhact]

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?

In my opinion I think betting is getting limited as lots of regulation are coming in. We can basically bet on anything therefore it shouldn't be having a limitation. Elections, award etc can all be gambled on with bets with your closed friends or general public. I have many bets that can fit into this categories of strange best but I'll have to go with the I won huge.

I once was bet huge some of money to ask out ten girls in my day at college, and they all should accept to go out with me. It was around $375 that was the prize and I was dare to begin. I successfully won the bet although it came at a cost of something more valued as I lost my girlfriend that week after should found out I asked those girls out.

[romero121]

This thread reminds of past memories. Going through the OP's fun gambling experience I remember similar event of eating competition where I was offered mere 5$ and finally I won and my friend didn't paid me. During Christmas Carol we were offered food at the end. That particular day we were offered Rice cake, I'm not sure whether you people are familiar with. The bet was to eat 25, I finished it and he increased the number to 50. That too completed and the bet remains unpaid  Those are really fun filled days.

[harizen]

This might be not the strangest bet to consider for others. This a bet that something had a low chance to win but I was able to nail it. That makes it strange as only a few bettors might be able to risk decent money for it as it is almost impossible to happen.

Back in the 2016 NBA Finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers were against the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors are having the best season of that year finishing a big record in the history of the league with a 72-9 standing. They were 3-1 in the Finals and now need 1 win to be the champion. Imagine, a team with a record-breaking achievement in that season, Cavaliers need to beat them 3 times in a row, that seems impossible.

Guess what, a sudden turn of event happened as the Cavaliers did the impossible and become a champion that year. The big risks I faced paid off betting a place for the Cavaliers under being down by 1-3 really paid off.

[danherbias07]

Yeah, the Oscar betting and the US presidential betting are kind of strange ones but I never really bet on those regularly, only if there's a movie that I cannot get out of my head or an artist who really did well with his acting skills.
If I ever had one strange bet I don't recall it anymore.
But I had mistakes that are kind of strange to me. Betting for over the total score but picked the under instead and then I was happy after the game because I know to myself that I took the "over" and then surprisingly looked at the results that I lost my bet. The feeling is kind of sad and shocking. The whole day I went thru silence just trying to remember if I really did a big mistake. Up until now, I don't remember it, I just tried to move on.

[ralle14]

The Eurovision is probably one of the strangest bets that i've placed back then I can't remember specifically if it hit or not as it was only a small bet though so I barely paid attention.

Next to my Eurovision bet is the presidential election, i'm the type of person that barely followed the election but somehow I ended up betting on it due to the hype and trend that it accumulated at the time. I had a bigger bet though so I still recall that bet winning and some of the users were spamming the chat nonstop about their bets on Trump.

[xSkylarx]

Just a childish bets before when i was in elementary like I'll bet you he cant reach it or I'll bet whether who has higher score gotten in exam. I cant remember when i was old enough betting on strange things but my friends always betting when there are local elections on us and it has variety on it like who will won a mayor even it you plus 100 votes on him something like that which makes us voters feels nervous when they start counting the votes

[Hispo]

I think the weirdest one was when I was in school, I think I was around 16 years old.
Some friends and I liked an specific show on TV and we decided to bet on what would happen in the future episodes, I remember we not only bet some money but also food in that occasion.

I lost and I had to buy a sandwich for one on them.

[Wiwo]

Political betting is as old as traditional betting just that few casinos offer them, so there are unpopular but existed, we are more familiar with the sport and other games betting but the truth is that one can stake a bet in whatever events that are contested on, be it sport, politics, and other prize events as long as there will be contestants one can bet on them.

-The world is changing, and unpopular events are becoming popular people are diving into other sectors outside what they used to know, and this has opened up a lot of things in the betting world since we now have varieties of events to choose to bet on.

[ethereumhunter]

Maybe I've never made a weird bet like you or I forgot about it because it might have been too long. But maybe it's not too weird, but I don't know. When the five of us were on the street, we met three girls and the five of us made a bet on who could get the number first out of the three girls, he would get $50 because we bet $10 each.

In the end, we all tried it and only one of my friends got the phone number of a girl whose name we knew was Cindy. I don't know if it is a bet but I think it is a bet because there is money that is a prize for getting that phone number.

[Fundamentals Of]

I used to gamble on Futuur. There is a unique experience there. The platform is offering odds on things that I consider strange. Of course we have heard of crypto bookies releasing odds on the US elections and the Oscars, but no other crypto betting platform offers what Futuur is offering.

I just checked the platform and betting odds are still provided on things like business, entertainment, science, politics, etc. So you can bet on strange questions like "Will the birth of a cloned human baby be announced by the end of 2025?" or "Will Brazil implement universal basic income by the end of 2024?"

I've made bets on these strange topics.

[Strongkored]

What is the strangest bet you have ever had?

The strangest thing is betting on the American presidential election a few years ago, this is a common bet actually because it became an event that was also highlighted by a lot of media so it was quite viral at that time, but it was not a presidential election in my country where for sure only American citizens could see chances are who will be elected and also because of some things the results take a long time to be known there are bookmakers who immediately finish this betting market but there are also those who prefer to wait and for that it is quite a strange bet because I interested in betting on the presidential elections of other countries

[Cantsay]

Hmm, I'm not really sure if this would count as strange but I believe back then after my mum was done with her cooking me and my siblings would go back and add more spice to our food and then make a bet on who is going to finish his or her own first. My elder siblings always came out victorious after giving me some headstart and allowing me to have hope that there was a chance for me to win.
I guess that's the only one I would call strange because betting on who is going to come out victorious in an election or competition isn't strange and I do that a lot with my work colleagues.

[Oasisman]

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?

A lot of people are doing this, but I always find it strange and fun at the same time. Me and my friends used to play this when we're still in college and getting drunk along the highway late at night. We place small bets about how many cars will pass by in 10mins sometimes 30 mins. The closest count wins. That was really fun coz we were like literally screaming like hell when a car passes by, people even think we're crazy laughing at every car that passes by, until someone approached us and asks what's up with all the noise every time a car passed, then we told him about the bet and you know what he said? "Well, that's fun and more better than doing drugs!" LOL.

[piebeyb]

I once bet on my school friends with a bet on who succeeded in dating our upperclassmen at school, then for a month she would be treated to snacks and meals at school, at that time I happened to lose because I was not handsome and stupid again I bet with friend I'm pretty handsome, lol
I had to treat my school friend for a month and we still remember that to this day.  

[Don Pedro Dinero]

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 don't think I've been involved in very strange bets. I do remember in the past, when internet use was not widespread and even less so on mobile phones, that bets were made that are no longer made today because the facts are checked by looking at the mobile phone in a few seconds. I remember betting shots, drinks or a meal on factual discussions.

[Mauser]

What is the strangest bet you have ever had?

Getting tricked into eating wierd stuff for money was pretty common in my highschool time. I remember that one time a friend of mine bet me 20 USD that I couldn't eat a whole garlic in less than 3 minutes. Unfortunately I took the bet and swallowed all the small garlics as whole without a problem and felt good about the money. In the end I smelled like a garlic myself for a whole week and every time I started sweating I was almost throwing up. Until today I hate the taste of garlic. The craziest bet I ever heard about was like the guy that sold his house to put everything he owned on roulette. No idea how you could put your whole life on one single bet. The funny thing was that he got filmed doing it and it's on youtube, I watched that clip so many times with my friend. 

[Plaguedeath]

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.

[Cookdata]

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?

Nothing defines gambling more than this; we began betting as children and found it so enjoyable that we continued to do so without even realizing it. The one I had was with my course mate, there is this particular course that people find difficult to get a distinction and not because it is too difficult to pass, anyone can get a distinction under normal conditions, but due to time constraints, students don't have enough time to finish the exam but I bet it that I will have a distinction in the course, I prepare myself and practice multiple times and when the result came, I had a distinction and I won the bet. How did I win? I was fortunate; the preceding year's questions were repeated again, and the outcome was favorable, I think this is luck favoring my gambling.