How does an online Foodbetting site sound?

[Gyfts]

If you want to bet on it for the novelty as a gimmick, I suppose. How you begin to calculate mathematical odds for something like this is beyond me. Cheating could potentially be rampant in individualized "sports" like this as well. In team outcome games, rigging becomes a whole lot more difficult. How do you verify fairness in something like this?

Eating is like the opposite of a sport.
Who's going to watch people eat for fun?

Believe it or not, competitive eating is a thing. And where there is competition, presumably there is someone out there willing to bet on it.

[Mauser]

Would you try it out if you had the chance and resources to?

What are your thoughts on the concept and initiative behind this idea.? Is it worth investing time and resources in?

Can we classify this betting on food eaters on who eats more or less within a time frame, as a sport?

Looking at this Instagram post it seems like these are normal woman that are tying to win the money, for professional eaters this would be no problem to eat such a huge meal in less than 5 minutes. YouTube is full of videos from professional eaters that can eat huge amounts in short time. The funny thing is that most of these athletes are normal looking, not overweight and usually very fit. When I was younger, I always thought that the heavy guy would win these challenges and was surprised to see the small Asian guy destroy the others. Now my money would always be on the skinny fit person. The idea is funny and if there is enough demand for it, I think that people would start betting on it. From the number of views on the YouTube videos I know that there are definitely millions of people watching such type of sport. The question would be now if there will be bookmakers willing to accept bets on it. As from the Instagram video I am not sure if people would be willing to bet money on ordinary people competing in it, because the chances of winning against a professional are so small. The odds should reflect who has experience in it and who competed in such challenges in the past and won. Then there would also be some kind of oversight to make sure everything is fair and each contestant gets the same size meal.

[piebeyb]

I don't think this is a sport. We know that sport, apart from being a place for gambling and betting, of course it involves health for athletes too, whereas betting on eating a lot like that is like torturing yourself and looking for disease, it's no different from cockfighting which for us betting requires someone to get sick and die, so I don't think this can be considered gambling.

Even if there was this kind of gambling in the future I would probably never be interested in betting on an event like this, let alone involving someone who is strong enough to eat a lot, it can also be manipulated so it is not suitable for betting events in casinos or gambling sites, but maybe it would be appropriate if the bet it is held at local gambling venues and not online. that obviously wouldn't be interesting 

[knowngunman]

Eating is like the opposite of a sport.
Who's going to watch people eat for fun?

Lol! It's actually interesting. During the school carnival, event like that are being organized and price given to best participant but placing bet on it sound weird to me. Salivating while someone enjoys the food and you possibly lose your money when your favorite fumble will be very a bad experience for me honestly. Aside the health challenges associated with it, it's not kind of us to turn everything to gambling. Very soon we'll have to place bet on how people walk since we already have that of sprinting. Some few months back, I stumble upon a post on Twitter where Nigerian lady was given award by Guinness world record for the longest cooking in the world  I realized that we are heading to somewhere else than expected.

[macson]

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What other funny and real betting exist like this you know of?

Would you try it out if you had the chance and resources to?

What are your thoughts on the concept and initiative behind this idea.? Is it worth investing time and resources in?

This is the first time i've heard of this idea but i wouldn't dare to bet in this type of game because i'm never interested in seeing people competing to eat or drink something, it looks like torture.  

Can we classify this betting on food eaters on who eats more or less within a time frame, as a sport?

Everything can be done, it depends on the policy of the event creator, but up to now there is not a single organizer who is interested in making an event or sport like this ^{(maybe what Oshosondy wrote is true, that there is a big possibility that when an event like this is held, manipulation will occur)}

[Oasisman]

Customers joining the site to bet on their favorite foodie are expected to register as a member, just as is required in a normal bet site. They would place their bets on contestants who are expected to eat more or eat less quantity of various prepared food within a timed period/duration.

Uhmm nope, I don't find it amusing or interesting. Though we've seen several contest regarding eating something like 10 pounds of patty or a foot long, but that's it, we enjoy watching those but betting? Nah, at least for me and some other people.
Sports are still far more amusing and exciting to place a bet on in a lot more ways than a just 1 team winning. You can bet who will score first, how much/less would be the lead, and etc.
Casinos won't add games that's least interesting in their website though, as there might not have enough bettors to generate an amount for the winners.

[btc_angela]

Might be better if the OP put up a poll and so we will see the votes. But I will assume that majority here are not going to be interested on foodbetting or even consider it as a sports to be put our money with.

It might be fun and interesting to see and watch this, when do people wants to out do each other thru eating. Maybe there will be some that loves to gamble on everything they can get their hands with. But not me, I will skip this kind of betting and just simply watch it for fun.

[maydna]

This is the first time I know that food betting exists. And I don't think using food as a betting material is funny like other bets. I've never tried it, and I don't think I will because it will make my stomach churn. But maybe other people besides those on Instagram will bet on food betting, and that's up to them because perhaps some see it as interesting entertainment.

But I once watched a show that ate the most burgers, and many people were watching that show too. But after that, I never saw anything like that again.

[Bananington]

It is always fun to watch a live food show, but online foodbetting site? I am yet to wrap my head around this thought.
One fun of online gambling is that it can be done from anywhere and in almost any mental state, so long as the sight is clear, there's balance in the wallet and some matches or games to bet on at any time. Would food betting offer a 24hrs bet option at all time everyday? How will the odds be calculated?

The concept might sound nice, but if questions as these aren't answered thoughtfully, it is good as a building a castle in the air.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Just watch some part of the foodbet video on Instagram, looks really interesting though, but it's a no no for me, eating can never be considered as a sports because its not, sports is supposed to burn calories in the body, burn body fats and not add to it, so clearly, eating can never be considered as sports, even if one day, the entire world wake up and made eating a sports, I will be that one person to keep standing on the fact that eating is not sports.

And besides, eating too much causes obesity...

Obesity according to google is
 A disorder involving excessive body fat that increases the risk of health problems.
Obesity often results from taking in more calories than are burned by exercise and normal daily activities.

So putting the above definition into real context, can eating such foods as we see them eating in the video be considered sports?, No and never .

[bittraffic]

There use to be hotdog contest before or burger contest, the ones who ate the most wins. There were fast food restaurants who runs this kind of contest before, but it seem on the best promo of these days. A contest on who ever eats more within 5 minutes is nothing sort of different, it just need on to be hungry as a dog and he'll east faster than piranhas.

Its not a sport but a contest. Its easy to know who would win in such contest since its usually the big belly guys who wins an eating contest.

I'm a bit surprise OP didn't warn us that its from 1xbet.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Those kinds of bets can easily be open-street bets, but it would really not be easy to introduce them to the real casino, although they can include them if they want, but again, it's not a popular game. These are just some kinds of games that are carried out by some individuals in their locality, just as wiwo mentioned.

[Wiwo]

Those kinds of bets can easily be open-street bets, but it would really not be easy to introduce them to the real casino, although they can include them if they want, but again, it's not a popular game. These are just some kinds of games that are carried out by some individuals in their locality, just as wiwo mentioned.

The ultimate question is,  how marketable are those games?

This is one of the reasons why casinos will not implement such games into their casinos,  because casinos are out for business and will only feature games that their know will generate enough revenue to run the business,  that is why their store so hard to only develop and implement more exciting games.

Food betting won't be an attractive game to many since not everyone have such background of getting into the competition just for a bowl of food.

[Cryptomultiplier]

I'm a bit surprise OP didn't warn us that its from 1xbet.

I didn't really put 1xbet in mind when making this post. So it doesn't seem like am doing a campaign on their behalf.
I did well though to check out the 1xbet site to see if they had any betting feature for food betting. I learnt however that the foodbetting 1xbet was making a reference to was a new promo or reward options for its customers.
It is totally different from this post intention, even if it is gambling related.

[TimeTeller]

I'm a bit surprise OP didn't warn us that its from 1xbet.

I didn't really put 1xbet in mind when making this post. So it doesn't seem like am doing a campaign on their behalf.
I did well though to check out the 1xbet site to see if they had any betting feature for food betting. I learnt however that the foodbetting 1xbet was making a reference to was a new promo or reward options for its customers.
It is totally different from this post intention, even if it is gambling related.

Many users here are avoiding 1xbet because of its reputation, however, on the note of this kind of betting, it is quite new to most.
Maybe this bookie saw the potential of this betting game because if there are no people placing bets, of course, they won't offer it.
So it is the demand that they are looking at this betting game. We will know if it won't be a hit if they will remove it from their list.
If the event is quite popular, sure, there will be many players on this kind of game. But if not, I don't think they can get bettors on this.

[sunsilk]

What other funny and real betting exist like this you know of?

Not funny but odd things like betting about slap competition.

Would you try it out if you had the chance and resources to?

I probably would as I do watch people that likes to it but it might be a different setup if it's about food eating competition.

What are your thoughts on the concept and initiative behind this idea.? Is it worth investing time and resources in?

Maybe for entertainment, yes. But if you do not enjoy watching this and you're just new to it, you can check yourself if you're into it.

Can we classify this betting on food eaters on who eats more or less within a time frame, as a sport?

It's subjective to each who sees it. But most of the competitions that are on this eating challenges are more with who's quick to eat within a give period of time.

[dothebeats]

Eating is like the opposite of a sport.
Who's going to watch people eat for fun?

Believe it or not, competitive eating is a thing. And where there is competition, presumably there is someone out there willing to bet on it.

I remember Nitrogensports.eu having those lines before. Hotdog eating contest and that chicken wings eating contest IIRC. Surprisingly, it got even discussed in the trollbox every so often, and people were kinda interested in betting on those just for fun. I'm sure no one in their sane mind would bet on such event to make money. People are there to have fun and kill time.

[AmoreJaz]

Eating is like the opposite of a sport.
Who's going to watch people eat for fun?

Believe it or not, competitive eating is a thing. And where there is competition, presumably there is someone out there willing to bet on it.

I remember Nitrogensports.eu having those lines before. Hotdog eating contest and that chicken wings eating contest IIRC. Surprisingly, it got even discussed in the trollbox every so often, and people were kinda interested in betting on those just for fun. I'm sure no one in their sane mind would bet on such event to make money. People are there to have fun and kill time.

as you said, this is more on the entertaining side of things. but would be more fun betting if you are familiar with the participants. at least, you can cheer them while betting a lil bit. and if the event is so popular, maybe, that's when these bookies will list this kind of betting event.
with how things are going these days, we have seen a lot of challenges (i.e. tiktok challenge etc) that are going viral. so these bookies are seeing the demand of these hyped-up challenges.

[alegotardo]

Would you try it out if you had the chance and resources to?

What are your thoughts on the concept and initiative behind this idea.? Is it worth investing time and resources in?

Can we classify this betting on food eaters on who eats more or less within a time frame, as a sport?

I would cite at least two very reasonable reasons not to bet on this:

1. Food waste... and even though food is not necessarily wasted, there are so many people going hungry in the world that using it in gambling is at least very disrespectful.

2. Health issue.... there are several foods that are included in these games, from fruits to fast food, but any excessive consumption of food is harmful to health.

Finally, I think this is a type of bet that could easily be rigged, because how will the bet actually know if the person stopped eating because they are truly "full"? It is different from other sports where it is possible to have "signs" that the person lost on purpose.

[ethereumhunter]

What other funny and real betting exist like this you know of?

I do not know if other funny and real betting exists.

Would you try it out if you had the chance and resources to?

I don't want to try betting on food betting because it's the same as playing with the food we eat every day.

What are your thoughts on the concept and initiative behind this idea.? Is it worth investing time and resources in?

Isn't there any other bet so that you have to use food as a bet? I don't think it's worth investing the time and resources but maybe someone will.

Can we classify this betting on food eaters on who eats more or less within a time frame, as a sport?

I don't think it's a sport but maybe it has something to do with ethics. Maybe for other people, this is an interesting bet, especially since many people like it. But I think this is not a show for children because they can make bets like this with their friends.