Duck racing.. a new variety?

[Yucky]

* Do you think it's a fair game for the gamblers and the organizers as well?

It's a festival charity event, that has been held for a decade already, and they don't have just ducks they have piglet racing too, it's a kid show, and obviously no gambling on it.
There are plenty of other, Dock Dogs, and rabbit shows.

As I said, nothing special for the US and parts of England/Ireland , the fair from which the video was taken is in Door county, over 100 years old festival with nearly the same stuff, just a little altered.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/497525892869004

It's fun but you'd see the animal welfare organizations will be dismayed by such races being organized.

There is no harm to the animals, they just make one quick turn and that's it, the fair has been going for 150 years, and it's just a kid show, they have a vet in place, it's mandatory by law on any farm fair or expo.

If you say it's for charity and it's even a children's activity and that no harm is brought to the animals and the vets and the animal regulatory bodies are all around in case an animal gets hurt, then I guess it's one event I'd consider attending to see how it works. But, I'm a bit curious to see the ducks run or walk because they walk slowly and in a funny manner. I'm not familiar with such racing.

If these animals are not being restricted from going to their natural habitat or treated poorly, then having such charity organizations once in a while for whatever reason, the organization may not be so bad. As long as the animals are being treated properly. Although, I'm still curious as to why it's an animal for charity, couldn't it have been something else?  All the same, thanks for enlightening us about the race and how animals are being taken care of.

[traderethereum]

I don't see any big deal using animals for sports games because if we humans can do sports then they can as well partake in sports activities. The only addition to it is that people do bet on them. But what is the fun of the game if we don't have our favorite side to win and other losing side. That is why it's called sports and gambling is involve in sports so that gamblers will have fun or profit out of it.

Animal competition does exist in a lot of countries. Even those countries that it was bound in, people still practice the gambling and animal sports secretly.

We see that this is not a big deal but not for other people especially if they are in the animal protection programs. They will tells to that people who use animal to gambling that is not ethics.
That makes them gambling using animal in a secret place without any interfere from people who don't like gambling using animal. Well, animal competition does exist but that depends on what people reaction to that.
People who gambling like that finds an exciting experience using animal such as dogs, chicken, or other animals.

[sompitonov]

We see that this is not a big deal but not for other people especially if they are in the animal protection programs. They will tells to that people who use animal to gambling that is not ethics.
That makes them gambling using animal in a secret place without any interfere from people who don't like gambling using animal. Well, animal competition does exist but that depends on what people reaction to that.
People who gambling like that finds an exciting experience using animal such as dogs, chicken, or other animals.

I like gambling, but to be honest I don't want to bet on anything involving animals. I prefer various sports in which athletes compete even without my bet to check who is stronger, faster or has better technique and experience than the opponent. In animal races or fights, of course, there is a factor of unpredictability, but for me it looks primitive. However, I know that for some people, for example, cockfights were part of the culture, their entertainment after hard and exhausting days of work in the fields, when they wanted to experience a little fun and excitement. But this was earlier, now bookmakers offer a huge number of sports and events for betting.

[bakasabo]

We see that this is not a big deal but not for other people especially if they are in the animal protection programs. They will tells to that people who use animal to gambling that is not ethics.
That makes them gambling using animal in a secret place without any interfere from people who don't like gambling using animal. Well, animal competition does exist but that depends on what people reaction to that.
People who gambling like that finds an exciting experience using animal such as dogs, chicken, or other animals.

I like gambling, but to be honest I don't want to bet on anything involving animals. I prefer various sports in which athletes compete even without my bet to check who is stronger, faster or has better technique and experience than the opponent. In animal races or fights, of course, there is a factor of unpredictability, but for me it looks primitive. However, I know that for some people, for example, cockfights were part of the culture, their entertainment after hard and exhausting days of work in the fields, when they wanted to experience a little fun and excitement. But this was earlier, now bookmakers offer a huge number of sports and events for betting.

Isnt duck racing a light version of a real competition. Compared to dog fights, you dont need to specially train your duck to make it angry; you need to keep it hungry so it would see opponent as food. Anger and hunger wont help in running. You need to beat your duck to make it run faster. Doubt that ducks can be even trained (like animals are beaten in circus to train tricks) to do something special. One thing a person can do is to run behind ducks, as if he is trying to catch them. That might stimulate them to run faster. Can this be considered as frightening them on purpose and it causes them stress and health problems?

[satscraper]

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Hm, ducks, and what about  cockroach racing which is very popular in Australia and involves a bunch of local bets on its outcomes. Different nations invented a variety of betting events like those hoarse/duck/cockroach/you-name-it racing to make either money or fun (^{or both)} because ^{(as I suspect)} there is some kind of gene in human genome which makes the betting to be a part of people existence.

[madnessteat]

The betting and prediction market has been growing so fast recently that I'm not at all surprised that someone is having a duck race. I recently looked at what bets can be placed on Polymarket and was very surprised at the wide variety of bets. So don't be too surprised if you see an offer to bet on a tiger, bear or kangaroo race next year. I am sure that if someone launches such races, there will be interested bettors.

[shanz]

This is good news for ducks—the luckiest ones won’t be eaten anymore . Well, personally I’ve never seen this before, but when it comes to the gambling industry, I suppose anything is possible. Ducks, chickens, anything that moves. I guess speed isn’t as important as the entertainment it provides to gamblers...Just seeing a duck walking makes me laugh, so imagine we bet on them.. what a funny idea

[TheUltraElite]

Hilarious to see how much humans are willing to do just to get an excuse to place a bet and watch the game unfold.

I have seen monkey fights and cock fights, horse racing and human (duh) racing.

Locate any chance based event and it can be the new place to bet on, like how many building are going to get broken in a hurricane and so on. All these exemplify the need for the human mind for the dopamine rush from gambling.

[ultrloa]

Hilarious to see how much humans are willing to do just to get an excuse to place a bet and watch the game unfold.

I have seen monkey fights and cock fights, horse racing and human (duh) racing.

Locate any chance based event and it can be the new place to bet on, like how many building are going to get broken in a hurricane and so on. All these exemplify the need for the human mind for the dopamine rush from gambling.

When reading this thread it really made me curious to know more about the details since its really hilarious to know that there's something betting option like this exist.

I don't see this happening in my country and here are some gamblers think about new way to spend their money with. Those things you mentioned is pretty common but Duck racing its really rare. Imagine who the hell would ever think that its really possible to bet on duck race.

Maybe the coordinator of that game if they call it like that got inspired on horse racing and they think about other think just to make it unique and new to their eyes.

[Coin_trader]

I remember watching a pig race and other animal race but never watch a duck race. I remember also that there’s a start up project before that involves rat race that let you bet live on rat that enter through the tunnel and meet the finish line with the food. The project didn’t last long but the concept is odd same as this kind of race.

Regardless, human is always gullible when it comes to animal racing but so far horse racing is always the best to watch live.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Everyone who organizes any kind of race has a big imagination. We have seen many races; it is quite exciting, as long as it does not violate someone's rights and freedom. In order not to create a separate topic on the diversity of races, I will also add a race that has become very popular in the world recently. It is called the "crawling baby race."
A really cute spectacle, but I would like these entertainments not to turn into some kind of business for making money.

https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/toddler-crawling-race-goes-viral-597526.html

[stompix]

It's a festival charity event, that has been held for a decade already, and they don't have just ducks they have piglet racing too, it's a kid show, and obviously no gambling on it.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/497525892869004

If you say it's for charity and it's even a children's activity and that no harm is brought to the animals and the vets and the animal regulatory bodies are all around in case an animal gets hurt, then I guess it's one event I'd consider attending to see how it works. But, I'm a bit curious to see the ducks run or walk because they walk slowly and in a funny manner. I'm not familiar with such racing.

I left a link there on what those races are, the video is actually from where the screenshot was taken.
Here is another one:
https://www.tiktok.com/@vincent_zs/video/7283072654435765506

The UK is full of those events, it's just a small gated track probably less than 50 meters with or without small obstacles and the ducks are let loose from their cages with somebody walking behind them to encourage them to go on, there are no whips or other things, it's farms animals and they are used to being guided by humans to either food or their shelter so they just go and follow the track.
There are plenty of other activities at those rural fairs, I'm quite amazed by people being amazed at their existence, they've been around for ages, one of the funniest but also boring happening around her is the carrot finding competition where some rabbits are released in a pen and the first one getting to a hidden carrot is the winner.

Although, I'm still curious as to why it's an animal for charity, couldn't it have been something else? 

It doesn't always have to be for a charity but most are, the way it works is that everyone gets a ticket for $x and the "winner" gets a toy or plushie, I don't recall a single event like this nor in my town or somewhere else when it was real betting with odds and stuff like this, first you would need a gambling license for it and nobody would go through all that trouble.