Betting on what the announcer will say?

[Makus]

That's an interesting option and it is no surprise that it can only be the poly market that would have such options. There's nothing wrong in betting on this but personally I don't find some options necessary because as much as gambling is hard and winning isn't real easy but there are some options that makes winning more difficult and I think this is one option that I cannot really put my money on. There's no Way you can know what the announcers will say unless you are hoping to get lucky and that's what I plan to achieve when betting, I don't rely on luck.

[nelson4lov]

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What do you think about this market? I think it makes sense to bet on certain words with odds around 50–60%.

That's one event you won't find me betting on for sure. I often see people betting on these kind of markets whenever Trump wants to make an announcement. But such markets have never interested me because I've seen that this kind of markets are the kind of markets that might have resolution issues. I just prefer plain old sports market so that once results are global, the markets will be settled cleanly.

[LastKiss]

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You can bet on how many times the commentator will say certain words during the Argentina vs. Spain match. For example, there’s an 82% chance he’ll say “VAR” and a 50% chance he’ll say “hat trick.” Since this is a market with relatively low volume, I thought maybe not everyone has noticed it yet. What do you think about this market? I think it makes sense to bet on certain words with odds around 50–60%.

I guess this is pure luck if I want to bet on something like this, there are much better markets to bet on so it's no wonder the volume isn't that big. There's also a very high chance a market like this could be manipulated if the announcers know. So personally, I'll skip betting on this market.

[Cantsay]

I think I have seen it before, but I have never really bothered to check those kinds of bets because they are subject to manipulation and those who are directly involved can make as much manipulation as they wish to do since there is nothing that restricts them.

I personally only go for what is related to the game itself, including the player's performance and avoid things like predicting what the commentators are going to say, although it gives that prediction market vibe and I really don't want to be involved in it.

[rachael9385]

I think there would be a lot of manipulation because the commentators or announcers can be told to say something that goes against what people placed their bet on. I might be wrong but I think this can happen because most of the sports book and leagues work together to manipulate the results of a particular game. I don't really bet on every option I come across, that's why I don't make use of the poly mar because i always stick to what I know. Even if you consider betting on any of these always remember to stake an amount you can afford to lose.

[Glen Hoddle]

While I was looking at bets on the World Cup match to be played tonight on a few different platforms, I came across this:

https://polymarket.com/event/what-will-the-announcers-say-during-argentina-vs-spain-world-cup-match-20260716154956883

You can bet on how many times the commentator will say certain words during the Argentina vs. Spain match. For example, there’s an 82% chance he’ll say “VAR” and a 50% chance he’ll say “hat trick.” Since this is a market with relatively low volume, I thought maybe not everyone has noticed it yet. What do you think about this market? I think it makes sense to bet on certain words with odds around 50–60%.

I never agree to bet on what Bhasyakar said, because I agree to bet on my specific research. It is very difficult to do what they say that time did not give the future, many people are betting on the predictions made by others which I do not like at all. Because I will bet, I will do research and if I lose I can console myself, but if I bet on the interpretation of others then I will never be able to adapt myself. Because I do not like what they say at all, I never want to bet on what they say.

[iv4n]

I think there would be a lot of manipulation because the commentators or announcers can be told to say something that goes against what people placed their bet on.

Well, at any moment, a commentator can say how some player scored a hat-trick in some previous games, World Cups, or anything... or he can simply share hat-trick stats for attacking players. So yes, it's easy to manipulate these markets, but even if we think there will be some manipulation, we can bet on Yes. That's why these markets are crazy... some people will lose for sure, and some will win.

You can bet on how many times the commentator will say certain words during the Argentina vs. Spain match. For example, there’s an 82% chance he’ll say “VAR” and a 50% chance he’ll say “hat trick.” Since this is a market with relatively low volume, I thought maybe not everyone has noticed it yet. What do you think about this market? I think it makes sense to bet on certain words with odds around 50–60%.

It's all gambling, so it makes sense to throw a few bucks (or more if you can afford to play with more) on some silly bets just for fun... after all, after placing a bet, the chances are 50-50. You can easily win or lose...

[impulse709]

This is very stupid, later they will be complaining that people are manipulating with insider information. These kind of bet should not exist at all because of the big manipulation that can come out of it.

I don’t know why people just want to place bet on whatsoever they see but to me it doesn’t make any sense, and the risk is just to high, because it’s obvious that it can easily be manipulated and people are just going to complain at the end. we have different events to place bet on, so why thinking about placing bets on the number of time the commentator is going to mention a particular word in a match. I feel bets like this are not suppose to be allowed because it can easily be manipulated, and I know that some craze people are just the ones that are going to place bet on things like this.

I can see why the novelty bets would seem superfluous. The result of a match can be influenced much more easily than, for example, the amount of time the word 'home' appears in a radio script. Even if the broadcaster isn't intentionally involved, there are too many variables that make these markets questionable. Betting should be based on events that are not easy to be manipulated and have objective clear result. Sportsbooks should be quite cautious about wagering on something besides the sport itself, but novelty markets can also be fun.

[Somto9Light]

Sorry I didn’t get the time to click on the link, but this market, is it that the player can choose any random word of his choice and they place a certain odd on that word, or have they already chosen or picked out some few words that people can bet on and already placed an odd on the word and/how many times it’s repeated? The market sure does sound interesting but just like every other market, it’s actually very risky because you can’t be too sure what the commentator is going to say or how many times he’s gonna say it.

[rbynxx]

While I was looking at bets on the World Cup match to be played tonight on a few different platforms, I came across this:

https://polymarket.com/event/what-will-the-announcers-say-during-argentina-vs-spain-world-cup-match-20260716154956883

You can bet on how many times the commentator will say certain words during the Argentina vs. Spain match. For example, there’s an 82% chance he’ll say “VAR” and a 50% chance he’ll say “hat trick.” Since this is a market with relatively low volume, I thought maybe not everyone has noticed it yet. What do you think about this market? I think it makes sense to bet on certain words with odds around 50–60%.

I think it's an exciting thing if you're betting in it but I'd be a fool to do it considering we may never know if the announcer itself is involve, there's a high chance these prediction markets are just adding what they think will make bettors excited about but you know, it's all just business. Have you ever got that craze with Giannis to be traded then announced the Bucks will do it in the off-season and later on after that he announced his partnership or investment with Kalshi? That was the most rigged trade deadline ever.

[Nrcewker]

This is very stupid, later they will be complaining that people are manipulating with insider information. These kind of bet should not exist at all because of the big manipulation that can come out of it.

That’s why the volume in these markets is low. People are very smart now, they know these markets can be easily manipulated or that there may be insider trading. The commentators’ and announcers’ job is to share information and keep the match entertaining. Betting based on their words can be a very high risk move.

It’s still possible and can be profitable for the average audience, as long as the commentators or announcers don’t know that the things they are talking about also have betting markets.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

While I was looking at bets on the World Cup match to be played tonight on a few different platforms, I came across this:

https://polymarket.com/event/what-will-the-announcers-say-during-argentina-vs-spain-world-cup-match-20260716154956883

You can bet on how many times the commentator will say certain words during the Argentina vs. Spain match. For example, there’s an 82% chance he’ll say “VAR” and a 50% chance he’ll say “hat trick.” Since this is a market with relatively low volume, I thought maybe not everyone has noticed it yet. What do you think about this market? I think it makes sense to bet on certain words with odds around 50–60%.

Well, thanks for sharing this because without this thread, I wouldn't even have known that such betting market exists on polymarket.
But to be very honest, I don't see any reason why polymarket should be allowing betting market like this because it clearly opens the door to manipulation, the match commentators are human being like every one of us, and imagine i was the commentator on that match and came across this betting market on polymarket..

To be on the safe side, what I will do is tell a friend or someone I know I sell his house, his cars, everything that has some good value, and use all the money to bet on what I will say and how many times I will say it, and once I go in there, I will make sure I strategically say that word the number of times that friend of mine bet I would say it, and boom, the bet is won and when the match is all over, I will reach him to share part of the money with me, something we must have agreed on before the game starts.

Polymarket should please ban all this type of bets where humans can have 100 percent influence on the out come of the bet, bets like this can be easily manipulated.

[Dunamisx]

You can bet on how many times the commentator will say certain words during the Argentina vs. Spain match. For example, there’s an 82% chance he’ll say “VAR” and a 50% chance he’ll say “hat trick.” Since this is a market with relatively low volume,

Playing prediction market is not a good for me so I will not accept this or go for it by any way, instead I will prefer using the casino to gamble and play accordingly with the expectation I'm having towards the world cup final, there are some gambling or risk we are not expected to take on prediction markets and just because the conditions and the entire atmosphere may just be unsweetened for our achievements.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

It's no surprise as this kind of platform as open for this kind of betting, and as much as it really sounds silly. But they are going to accept if because they know that there could be bettors who are going to put their money on the line despite pathetic it is.

And if there are gamblers on it, then they will not stop it. But if you are a smart bettors, you should know that this is pure manipulation. And who knows, maybe this announcer will put a huge bet on it. So I won't be shock by it. Recently we have reports that even Trump's teleprompter won huge money from insider information.

That's the point, this is something that the announcer and his co-friends can take advantage of and it can be manipulated to work in their favour. I don't like betting in any other market option except just on the outcome of the match,  I guess every bettor has what they find fun to stake on, so probably those markets will have a lot of bettors too staking on them.

[Ronsbit]

I do not think I will be comfortable for such because such bet could easily be manipulated and you would not know anything about it  Anyone who puts up such bet options should be investigated because many bettors would be on the loss if the organiser decides to act otherwise while the process is going on. I myself would not waste my time and resources on such bet and I will not advise anybody to do so.

It's best to avoid predictions like that. I guess that all of us have a way to discern if the bet is quite good and will be fair or not. If it's unfair, then it's best to just let it go and let all of the gamblers take their share into it. Because if you're one of those who bet for this kind, and it's manipulated that you've figured out later. That's going to give you a bad taste and will make you frustrated. We felt betrayed and emotional when that one very bet that we're confident to bet for turns out that it's manipulated.

If a market as such is manipulated, discernment can not work in that way.  What we have to do is a thorough research before getting involved in such betting because some  prediction can easily be twisted and make's it looks like it is fine but it is not really what we envisage it to be. The secret alterations have already taken place at the detriment of the player's or bettors involved in the market. This is why bets of this nature as stated by OP is not encouraged to get into because it could be influenced so easily and there is nothing anybody can do about it except for the law to take its courses on the perpetrators but by then the money used in the bet are all gone.

[Antotena]

While I was looking at bets on the World Cup match to be played tonight on a few different platforms, I came across this:

https://polymarket.com/event/what-will-the-announcers-say-during-argentina-vs-spain-world-cup-match-20260716154956883

You can bet on how many times the commentator will say certain words during the Argentina vs. Spain match. For example, there’s an 82% chance he’ll say “VAR” and a 50% chance he’ll say “hat trick.” Since this is a market with relatively low volume, I thought maybe not everyone has noticed it yet. What do you think about this market? I think it makes sense to bet on certain words with odds around 50–60%.

Polymarket is becoming toxic with bet and I don't want bad mouth their market. They are trying to make people feel like you can gamble on anything that you want which to me I don't see it as bad thing but it's going overboard, they are setting the bar high that they don't even know what they are listing as prediction again and the worst thing about this is that even if Polymarket listed that they should bet on who is going to sneeze, they will do it.

It's left for the extremist gamblers, there should be limitations to how you gamble as person. You know what's funny about this kind of market prediction, you stand no chance of winning. Perhaps for people that are used to how commentators do there job. If you are the kind of person that gamble and follow regular field predictions, you absolutely have no business predicting this thing, it's not useful to you.

[ralle14]

Regardless of how tempting the odds look, i'd rather not put my money on that unless they're offering a specific promotion that makes you not want to miss out.

Maybe it's profitable for some bettors, but to me there are just better options out there than those types of prop bets. Yesterday's final match had a lot of promotions going, and one of them would even let you bet risk-free.

[Awaklara]

You can bet on how many times the commentator will say certain words during the Argentina vs. Spain match. For example, there’s an 82% chance he’ll say “VAR” and a 50% chance he’ll say “hat trick.” Since this is a market with relatively low volume, I thought maybe not everyone has noticed it yet. What do you think about this market? I think it makes sense to bet on certain words with odds around 50–60%.

If compared to that market, I would prefer the player markets that receive yellow cards or corner kicks. 
The bet you mean actually has nothing to do with the match. I mean, it's something outside the game. Are there also markets for how many times the referee will blow the whistle or give strict warnings to players/coaches throughout the match? 
I'm not sure about the odds offered, but betting markets like that are really just for fun.

[Accardo]

I think there would be a lot of manipulation because the commentators or announcers can be told to say something that goes against what people placed their bet on. I might be wrong but I think this can happen because most of the sports book and leagues work together to manipulate the results of a particular game. I don't really bet on every option I come across, that's why I don't make use of the poly mar because i always stick to what I know. Even if you consider betting on any of these always remember to stake an amount you can afford to lose.

What worries me about this kind of prediction is that the predictor wouldn't know whose commentary the market is tracking or uses for the final results. Different TV stations deploy different commentators, Super sports, and Sporty TV, for instance, have unique commentaries on a football match.

[Judith87403]

That's an interesting option and it is no surprise that it can only be the poly market that would have such options. There's nothing wrong in betting on this but personally I don't find some options necessary because as much as gambling is hard and winning isn't real easy but there are some options that makes winning more difficult and I think this is one option that I cannot really put my money on. There's no Way you can know what the announcers will say unless you are hoping to get lucky and that's what I plan to achieve when betting, I don't rely on luck.

There is difference if one bet on luck and if one bet with a plan, as that determine if one will bet with a clear mindset and have fun in it or not. So, people should bet with the idea that luck play a vital role for one to win, that way one can have fun while playing and be in control of their emotions, so that it won't affect their decision making as they will just gamble the right way they need to play the game because thinking to get anything useful from gambling its not possible except luck speaks for them.