What is the Strangest Bet You Have Ever Had?

[CarnagexD]

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

Yeah we all have that childish bet but when I was a child, I thought that everything I did is a childish play. I used to bet in horse racings, find clues in newspapers and watch race tracks with some people in our town. I can't remeber that I won but I remember a huge stack of money in front if me from the winnings of other players. I realized it so late that those aren't for children. Kidding aside, I've always thought there is pattern in those races and believed that luck contributes the biggest in winning.

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

I think betting who wins in presidential election is actually fun. In our country, people took too much pride in their bets without checking the credibility of those. In the end, it's the citizen who suffer when the wrong candidate won.

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[inthelongrun]

The most strange bet I had was when I was 10 years old and I bet into a slot machine. I think it was illegal and I don't know why that store had 2 slot machines inside. It was a horse race in a slot machine so basically, it was pure luck. At first, I was cheering on the horse I bet which was consistent in the 2nd and 3rd place. But when my horse is nearly at par with the leading horse, I felt scared. All of a sudden I thought that if I win, my mother will punish me if she caught me having money and I can never tell her that I played in a slot machine. I was full of sweat at that time and was praying deep inside that my horse will lose. In the end, my horse only placed 3rd and I was so happy deep inside.

[goldkingcoiner]

The strangest bet that I have ever had was when I was a kid around 6th or 7th grade and it was about who in our friends group could get to kiss a random girl first. Anyway, long story short, I was cheated out of my few dollars and a Pokemon card (a japanese dark Charizard, if I remember correctly), because one of the kids who bet me broke the rules and planned to share the win beforehand with a girl he knew.

Anyway, a good life lesson not to trust anyone. Verifying is better.

 

[Kemarit]

I think me playing like baccarat when I was like 10 years old and against those street hustlers in our street. It's strange though because I'm not that tough kid or what, but that time, I'm really taking big bets from those individuals not just older or even that time adults already, but those guys are street hustlers and they can just say, "hey kid, are you cheating or something"? that's enough for them to get all the money that I won against them. Nevertheless, I just acted tough and was lucky that night, until someone whisper to me that my mom is already looking for me so we have to stop the game, LOL, what an experience growing up in the streets that time.

[Wexnident]

Not really that strange if you consider it, I and my friends bet on a night trip to a graveyard near us, we (or others not in the game) set up some stuff early on and whoever got it first had to pass it to the person standing guard outside. We did it in the middle of the night and boy was it dark, bloody place did not have lamp posts (or even if they did, it wasn't exactly on then). We bet around $30 each, it was kind of like the stuff we were supposed to get meant how much we would get each, I got around $70 iirc since there were quite a few of us.

[BobK71]

Nowadays gambling is not only considered as an economic dimension. In some cases winning the bet is the key. Whether it's the election Oscars or your Instant Noodles, there's a lot of fun as well as money. Although such betting is done through money, it seems strange to many. However, such incidents will be seen in the coming days more then previous. There was an incident in my life where I made a bet with friends to eat raw vegetables. Where I won a small amount of money.

[YOSHIE]

What is the strangest bet you have ever had?

Of course, you are not talking about online betting right, of course I often do some strange betting ideas in my life, of course all I do is just for fun with my friends and relatives I make those strange bets.

For example:
* Make a bet by doing five people and put some silly ideas in the box including money, so we'll shuffle the boxes, who is lucky he gets the money and instead they will get what is in the box, The strangest thing about the contents of the box is that they have to bathe in flour if they guess the city.
* Another strange bet is to pull a random collection of threads at the end of the thread there is writing, so whoever pulls the thread must accept the risk that what is written on the end is right on the paper, The threads must be the same color and the same size, the threads must be covered so that only the ends and initial pull can be seen, the middle cannot be seen, in my opinion the strangest bet I have ever made.

[maydna]

A bet that I often made in the past was betting on sports when the World Cup started. Each of our bets for his favorite team, and the bet amount varies depending on the mutual agreement. I didn't win many bets because I didn't know which team to choose and just randomly picked and saw if the team was from a big country like Brazil, Argentina, Italy, and others. And if one of the big countries is going to compete with another big country, I will choose a team from my favorite big country.

Well, that's probably the real bet we've made in the past few years. And now we are far apart and rarely get together again. We miss those days and want to return, but it's impossible.

[Cantsay]

I once bet on my school friend 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 a friend I'm pretty handsome, lol
I had to treat my school friend for a month and we still remember that to this day.  

What a strange bet you had there. LoL

I sure would have lost that bet if I was the one that placed it, first of all, my looks would have discouraged me and also placed me in a bad position, and then secondly my shy nature would have been a disadvantage for me. That idea of approaching a lady head-on scares the hell out of me and that's the reason.
I'm sure it must have been a great experience for you and your friend   

[348Judah]

Strangest bet could come in many dimensional ways to every gambler, one may comes in making a lifetime surprising win over an unexpected bet, it may comes in form of a huge amount of losses over time or at once, while it may also comes in as series of bets one has experienced staking with different outcome and the new betting strategies coming into the gambling world whereby people are developing new ideas and approachs on, once a gambler experiences something nee from the usual in gambling, it becomes as a strange occurrence to the gambler.

[molsewid]

Not really that strange if you consider it, I and my friends bet on a night trip to a graveyard near us, we (or others not in the game) set up some stuff early on and whoever got it first had to pass it to the person standing guard outside. We did it in the middle of the night and boy was it dark, bloody place did not have lamp posts (or even if they did, it wasn't exactly on then). We bet around $30 each, it was kind of like the stuff we were supposed to get meant how much we would get each, I got around $70 iirc since there were quite a few of us.

That's cool and fun too. I remember last year me and my friends bet on which player will go to the grand finals of a mobile game, the prize will only be food because that time we don't have enough money and we are still studying but during that day we don't have a food to eat after the game so the one who will win the bet will not need to contribute to our food. Playing with friends using money or some other things is fun and never to forget moments.

[Lorence.xD]

My strangest bet is when I was a kid. We were playing "pogs" which is a circular thin cardboard used to play where you can throw it and slam it when you win, you will get the enemy's pogs. So everyday we were playings pogs it even reach to the point that my fellow friends their pogs run out so I have to go to the other neighbor just to play with them. However, I have like $10 dollars and my enemy almost run out of pogs and then he said "I'll pay $10 dollars if you win". So as a kid with $10 who play for fun agreed then I throwed the pogs at the air its like head and tail situation which is mine is head. So when the pogs dropped it shows head and he paid me $10. That time I was amused like I can gain money by just playing? So the next time I play I always ask them to bet their money than the pogs itself. And a lot agreed since I am good with this game, my $10 went to $100. That time I haven't realized yet that simple games of kid became gambling, of course I don't always win that time so I only got $100 dollars. This experience was stranger for me since I have no idea that I am already gambling with that age which I found fun.

[dimonstration]

Strangest bet could come in many dimensional ways to every gambler, one may comes in making a lifetime surprising win over an unexpected bet, it may comes in form of a huge amount of losses over time or at once, while it may also comes in as series of bets one has experienced staking with different outcome and the new betting strategies coming into the gambling world whereby people are developing new ideas and approachs on, once a gambler experiences something nee from the usual in gambling, it becomes as a strange occurrence to the gambler.

This is not strange but rather a phenomenal bet because it focus on same gambling game that people usually use. It just vary on the possibility of the outcome therefore you can still categorized as normal bets. I believe strange bets are those bet that you didn’t even know it exist due to its unique conditions to determine the winner such as the OP example.

My personal strange be is when me and my friend bet on whoever who will make a certain girl become girlfriend. We bet our special items on our games that is very valuable for us. At the end, the result is tie because we are both don’t get a chance to be the boyfriend of the girl. 

[uneng]

I don't bet on bizarre things or on banal events. I think I could talk only about unlikely bets, that is to bet against the favorite one as the strangest bet I've ever made. It was during the world cup of 2010, a match between North Korea and Brazil. Brazil was the favorite without any doubts, but I predicted the game would end in a draw by 1x1, because a seer told that on the television one or two days ago. However, the game finished with 2x1 score for Brazil...

[Maxre]

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 know that there is difference between the speculations and also betting and I think that Just blind guess is called betting and on the other hands if you have more probability like more than 50% of your winnings than it is called speculations and you should take risks.
By the way and also luckily I have done these kind of strangest betting because it could addict me to do these such things and in this way future could be in danger too. So be alert and sty safe.

[seoincorporation]

I remember one time that i decide to hit an x9999 on Plinko, so, I made a 0.1BTC depo on the old casino called Luckybit and start placing bets like crazy... after betting all day I lost almost all my balance so I give up that day. But here comes the magic, on the next day there was an event at the casino, so I decide to place a bet to verify the engine was working fine, and there it was, the first bet of the day and x9999... I get back the 0.1BTC with that shot. It was weird as hell because the day before that I placed like 10k bets.

And another strangest bet was when I decide to hit an x300,000... and if you want to read that story here is the thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5406456.0

[irhact]

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.

As I'm reading through the thread as well I'm recalling other strange bets I have had, it's always exciting when you win those bet. Even though you don't get paid like in your case, the excitement that comes from winning the bet is worth it and if we still have this bets thses day I won't hesitate to participate. It feels like now we're getting too old to bet.

I had so many strange bet even with my parents, one time they get me to pass my grade with excellent since I wasn't the most brilliant. I did study hard that session but they didn't reward me when I came out with flying colours instead they told me that was what I was meant to be scoring. I didn't take this to heart because it did benefit me to this day

[Frankolala]

This one isn't a strange bet from my side but it was what I experienced so that is why I want to share it here. I was walking down the street on a sunny day getting to my bus stop,I saw some group of area boys gathering and arguing, I decided to pork my nose into what is happening. Getting there I saw a guy saying that he could drink a bottle of dry gin named Chelsea at a stretch and people were telling him he can't. A man came out of the with $20 amount in my local currency to challenge him on a bet that he can't.

This was how the bet took place,they bought the big bottle of Chelsea and handed it over to the guy,he opened it and started drinking without resting. He finished the drink and collected the money but after that he could hardly work few steps away from his standing point before he started vomiting blood and slowly he died. Everybody ran away. Since that day, I decided not to bet on strange things. This should be a lesson for everyone not be bet in challenge of something that is very risky to our health.

[Lida93]

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?

Growing up I have experienced different awkward but funny bets in my childhood among friends.  One of such bet was more like a challenge bet. It happened that I had to let him know about my interest towards a certain lady in same street we living and he was like, no way, I can't get her and I felt it was like challenge to me and I told him in four days time I was gonna get her to my side and so we had to bet $20 each. To be frank Caroline was like a rock I couldn't crack through despite all tricks I used, and four days went by I never got a chance that was how I lost that bet challenge. 

[rahmad2nd]

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?

IMO, in any country, there is at least a slightly unusual diversity of stakes. I mean, traditional gambling which involves several groups or players versus players. whatever it is, everything can be a gambling medium for people who like it. without exception, in my country there are many traditional bets which are quite strange to me which are carried out by players versus players. however, I've never gotten involved in anything that doesn't appeal to me personally.

Including as you said in this thread for example, betting on the 2024 United States election, or betting on the Oscar winner. maybe, for some people this bet is not strange. but for me personally, a little bit funny indeed. to be honest, I can't see the essence of the gamble. I mean, the fun I can have. probably, for most people it is very attractive and therefore it seems that many gamblers are interested in it. but whatever it is, talking about the strangest gambling seems to be difficult for us to find at online casinos.