Are you aware people are betting on hydration break

[Stepstowealth]

Is it something that makes sense to you?

I think that if people are able to predict when they will be hydration break and they are good at predicting it it is alright for them to be able to make money off of it After all we all have an age I believe that some people are able to see games where there will be more goals and others games where there will be less goals and then bet accordingly while there are others who are good with predicting the general outcome of the game either deciding the winner or who loses and if you know your edge and the kind of betting that you are used to which somehow increases your chances of winning, I don't see any problem trying to focus on it. For people who are betting on hydration break it is probably what they like to bet on and if it's working for them then it's fine, they are still winning in betting.

[Awaklara]

Everything nowadays can be bet on. The position of a president, and now someone has even made a betting market for water break minutes. 
Even if my favorite betting site included that betting market, I wouldn't do it. I think other betting markets are more interesting to choose. Or maybe it's all just for fun among friends, anything is still possible.

[|MINER|]

Something like this happened before in 2014 where players were given cooling breaks. But speaking directly about the rules, in 2026, for the first time, these hydration breaks were selected as 100%, so it is natural that this issue will be new to all of us.

At the same time, this concept will be even more new that betting on hydration breaks. Even though it seems interesting to me, it is actually a bit more risky than betting on sports, like playing casino slot games, and that's why I have little interest in it for now.

[boltz]

No way , this is the first team I'm hearing about this and I never saw markets for this one. Where do you find them ? Polymarket ? But yea ...overall I'm not surprised but I was not aware we have such markets and I was not aware people are betting massively on this.

Some will say it's easy to catch this type of bet but in reality it's super random and I would stay away from it 

[michellee]

People can bet on anything even for small thing that happens on the field so I think that makes sense to them because people want to make money and they will do that (gamble on anything) with their friends if that is not available on the betting site. If the bet looks interesting to them, they will bet. Otherwise, they will leaves and focusing their bet and waiting for the result without thinks the bet that makes sense or not.

[SPIDERMAN008]

Whether this type of betting is logical or illogical is more important than that, people are experiencing something new. Gamblers have a lot of fun betting on all these new things, which is probably why they don't miss this betting opportunity. A few months ago I saw a thread in gambling discussion where someone posted that they were betting on how many cars would turn right or left after the road signal was turned on, watching real-time road traffic from a live camera. The point here is that people like to experience something new, which is probably why they don't want to miss out on all these new betting options. You must have seen that when casino sites launch a new casino game, many people bet on it just to see how it is. However, this type of betting cannot be popular or consistent for long.

[YOSHIE]

There are so many things to bet on in this FIFA World Cup and I have tried some but for some like the hydration break, it has come to my notice that some people are betting on the exert time the referee could blow for water break.

Yes, placing bets like that is not something strange, but betting on drinking breaks, such as the referee blowing the whistle, rest time or how many minutes the hydration break takes effect, of course we have to bet on the spot, for example we are watching a World Cup match.

But on gambling sites there are no such bets, betting as you say is indeed interesting to fill the gap during hydration breaks, it's good if someone wants to bet like that, I myself am happy if someone wants to bet like that.

[Agbe]

Those gamblers are from Polymarket Prediction website because they are the once betting on everything they see. The refreshing breaks has no specific time. There are times it stops at 22 minutes or 27 minutes and I think the referee is the one when to stop the resting break. Though I have not seen it in casino and I don't use prediction market to bet. And this is the first time I am hearing such betting.

[Nathrixxx]

I'm not aware of this kind of bets and I don't think I can take it when I'm not too inclined to playing such, I understand that some gamblers will play all manner of games and options when it comes to gambling especially in sportsbet, while hydration break is not something we can easily predict like that and I want to risk my chances of winning to playing this when I'm not sure of what me happen.

[yudi09]

Why not if the bookie provides hydration rest betting as long as there are gamblers who are willing to place bets there. If the bookie provides these bets, of course this is a unique thing that will only happen during the 2026 World Cup. I don't want to go there, but I can do with bets that have been available for a long time, such as 1x2 bets, corner football, over/under.

I see this hydration break as a form of concern for the physical condition of humans who play under hot weather for 90 minutes in normal time.

[CryptSafe]

Everything nowadays can be bet on. The position of a president, and now someone has even made a betting market for water break minutes. 
Even if my favorite betting site included that betting market, I wouldn't do it. I think other betting markets are more interesting to choose. Or maybe it's all just for fun among friends, anything is still possible.

It is just all for fun, but the truth remains the fact that casinos and also prediction sites would take advantage of it as long as it would generate revenue or profit for them, and mostly, if the community participates in such a prediction, and the traffic for that exact prediction is on the rise while being in demand. Even if you do not deem it fit to bet in or predict, there are many people out there who could also like it and want to try out such features and see their ability to guess functions of such nature if they could succeed in it.

[r_victory]

It doesn't make sense, but the betting market is enabling all sorts of things. This is certainly due to prediction markets, where people bet on the most absurd things imaginable. No opportunity goes unnoticed...

[Alonso_]

Hydration break is something that has been catching my attention about this World Cup, and after reading this topic it seems the logical consequence because, as you said, practically everything is already bet on. But precisely because there's so much to bet on, this wouldn't exactly be the most exciting thing, don't you agree?

I don’t really understand how someone would be betting on cooling break, like how would it be bet on, like what would be happening ? Do you say that there would be no cooling break on your bet ? Or you will bet that there would be a cooling break, in all of this I don’t really understand what to even be thinking about anymore.

There are actually so many things that could be bet on, so you will not immediately agree with me that when you’re betting on corners, throwing, and red cards and yellow cards, well I haven’t seen any option as such that have been mentioned.

[qwertyup23]

There are so many things to bet on in this FIFA World Cup and I have tried some but for some like the hydration break, it has come to my notice that some people are betting on the exert time the referee could blow for water break.

There are two hydration breaks in the match this is to allow players refresh against the hot weather, they drink water and get a cool towel bath a quick one though because the break is usually short, this breaks happens in both half and it’s usually within 22 minutes atleast when the ball goes out and in the second half it is around 67th minutes same as the first till when the ball goes out and. So because the ball has to be out of the pitch before the hydration break people are betting on it. Is it something that makes sense to you?

People would actually bet on anything that revolves the sun! Hahahaha the funny thing is, these kinds of bets are totally normal. I remember there was a time in our country where the subject of the bet was the number of fouls called by the referee. Additionally, there was also a moment where the subject matter of the bet was the number of timeouts called by the coach in "xxx" amount of time.

At the end of the day, anything could be the subject of a bet for as long as it is not contrary to law or morals. I remember there was a time where a gambling platform that made bets on the ongoing war in the world.

It doesn't make sense, but the betting market is enabling all sorts of things. This is certainly due to prediction markets, where people bet on the most absurd things imaginable. No opportunity goes unnoticed...

This is true! Anything can be the subject matter of the bet nowadays which may seem crazy at first but beginning to set the norm for all. As long as the subject of the bet is acceptable and fun, then I see no reason for it not to be pursued by us bettors!

[Accardo]

It is just all for fun, but the truth remains the fact that casinos and also prediction sites would take advantage of it as long as it would generate revenue or profit for them, and mostly, if the community participates in such a prediction, and the traffic for that exact prediction is on the rise while being in demand. Even if you do not deem it fit to bet in or predict, there are many people out there who could also like it and want to try out such features and see their ability to guess functions of such nature if they could succeed in it.

Competitors tweak options to drag in bettors, adding features now and then, helps to expand betting opportunities, players always want to try new things. However, the hydration break made football matches slow and less intriguing, they shouldn't have brought in the rule. Soon Fifa will start to add extra minutes to the hydration break, like they do to half times and full time, then football play time will expand unconditionally.

[impulse709]

Everything nowadays can be bet on. The position of a president, and now someone has even made a betting market for water break minutes. 
Even if my favorite betting site included that betting market, I wouldn't do it. I think other betting markets are more interesting to choose. Or maybe it's all just for fun among friends, anything is still possible.

It is just all for fun, but the truth remains the fact that casinos and also prediction sites would take advantage of it as long as it would generate revenue or profit for them, and mostly, if the community participates in such a prediction, and the traffic for that exact prediction is on the rise while being in demand. Even if you do not deem it fit to bet in or predict, there are many people out there who could also like it and want to try out such features and see their ability to guess functions of such nature if they could succeed in it.

As long as there's demand for betting markets, I believe that's going to continue growing. The bookmaker's point of view is that a hydration break market is a niche prop bet. However if it is found to have sufficient interest and can be easily. Proven then it will be another opportunity to create. The volume of bets I just don't like the markets around these sports over traditional sports betting as they are too random and not as easy to analyze as more traditional sports wagers, but some betters enjoy the novelty and entertainment factor. Some people may find this odd, but others may find this a tempting challenge for them, and that's why sportsbooks keep rolling out more bizarre wager types.

[Wakate]

Everything nowadays can be bet on. The position of a president, and now someone has even made a betting market for water break minutes. 
Even if my favorite betting site included that betting market, I wouldn't do it. I think other betting markets are more interesting to choose. Or maybe it's all just for fun among friends, anything is still possible.

All those predictions that are rare on the gambling and prediction market need to be regulated.
We don't know the reason why these companies choose to be bringing odd options and making them available to gamblers to bet there money on that. It is better to choose your bet and know how you can improve yourself with time than trying to gamble on random bets.

[fullhdpixel]

Stuff like Polymarket made everything a possibility, we have seen "how many cars will pass between two red lights on this street" as a bet, that was the silliest bet I have ever heard of in my entire life, and yet it existed, and some even tried to corrupt it by driving around and getting a win, literally governments had to intervene about it.

However, when you think of stupid bets like that, this one doesn't feel that stupid, yes it is silly, but in a world where you bet on car numbers between two red lights, I would say this one makes sense a lot more.

[Floxynice]

Yeah, I know that people can bet on anything, but I never thought that people could consider betting on a hydration break.

Honestly speaking, I have been following a few football games and had never heard of or seen anything like a hydration break until just recently during a FIFA World Cup match. It still surprises me the extent to which gamblers and bookmakers can go to exploit any event in order to make money from it. It goes to show that there are lots of opportunities in the gambling market; you just have to search well and settle for the one you are comfortable with.

[rachael9385]

Everything nowadays can be bet on. The position of a president, and now someone has even made a betting market for water break minutes. 
Even if my favorite betting site included that betting market, I wouldn't do it. I think other betting markets are more interesting to choose. Or maybe it's all just for fun among friends, anything is still possible.

That's true, but I think most of these abstract options to bet on are mainly on the polymarket and not everyone is a fan of that. Personally I prefer to stick to the ones that are common and easy to bet on. An option like this hydration break is moderate compared to some that I have heard of that seem quite ridiculous to bet on but it's all part of the entertainment of gambling.