Topic: What is the Strangest Bet You Have Ever Had? - page 3. (Read 635 times)

it means you are not a confident person, I still remember that bet and I can't forget it maybe because of my high level of confidence at that time and thought that that woman would prefer me over my friend but it turned out to be far from what I imagined, lol

really disappointing but at least I have the courage to ask her out even though in the end I was rejected and ended up sad 

This takes me back to my teenage years. I don't really think it's strange since it's normal among young adults but it's not something you see on any betting platform. I dared a friend if he could get a girl that we're not close with. The bet was to make her the "girlfriend" within a month if I remember the time limit correctly and I'll treat him to a drink if he could. I spent quite a lot of money on that but we did enjoy the night out hehe.

There had been different options for us to chose from and I like the way many casinos had been giving us different option to select from even at an early stage. The bet on the United States election is quite surprising to me when I first saw it because the time interval this bet is going to be a win or lose is many months coming and I know that there would have been some gamblers that would have bet on the election outcome which is very surprising. I know with time, there will be option events and competitions that woul be added to the number of option we will be seeing on casinos.

Personally, the strangest bet I've ever made was between me and my siblings. I guess most of us who have siblings has done this before. Way back, my siblings and I would bet on who will predict the next advertisement on TV. The one who gets the right answer of course, will take the money each has bet on. Most of the time, it was our youngest sister who would guess the correct advertisement, which made her earn enough to buy several sets of cheap toys being sold around the market near our area.

It was a fun experience and we were having a good time way back not really knowing that the thing we are doing was already considered gambling at some sort. We still do this kind of bets until now, but mostly it's related to lifestyle and decision making bets which I suppose is still harmless because we only bet what we can afford to lose.

I guess that's not necessarily true either because if someone were brought up in a strict family environment and were very strict about caring for their children until they grew up, they would not even dabble in gambling, even if it was with their friends. They will not break the rules set by their parents because if they play gambling, somehow their parents will find out. I have friends who are like this and until now, they have never touched gambling or thought about gambling. So maybe it depends on how parents can educate their children.

But on the other hand, I also have friends who often gamble with peers and sometimes the bets are simple things that can become bets for us. For example, maybe we once bet on the presence of a teacher at our school during high school so we would bet on whether the teacher will teach a class on time or whether he will be late or even not teach at all. And we might make many other simple bets when we are young.

As far as I can remember the strangest bet I ever had was on a game "cockfight", it is common here in my country and though local games are illegal there are also some that are held on a coliseum in which it is considered legal. I had remember one time I went into a coliseum with one of my relatives  who is an avid gambler of that game, and me personally, I don't even gamble on this kind of games and he kept teasing me to try and gamble coz maybe I'll be struck by luck ( he means beginners luck ), but I kept refusing him coz I am not really a fan of this gamble. So he made a bet on me that if I chose one of the chickens and win he will $2,000 of cash, but the catch is he will still be the one to give me money as capital since that time I didn't bring even a penny with me. So I did the wager since it's all free either I win or lose I'm not the one losing. The fun part is that I didn't choose either of the 2 chickens, I wagered on "DRAW" that means nobody is the winner. He was so angry when he learned that I wagered on that and he does have a reason coz it was somewhat big amount of money. He kept grumbling coz I was wasting my money, but I was there on the side just laughing so much that my stomach is already hurting. Also the thing is I was the only one betting on that side coz when it comes to cockfight only the last one standing will win, which one died first will be the loser and there is almost zero percent that you'll won by draw like you are flipping a coin.

The funniest part is that I actually won, I don't know how it happen coz I don't really understand the mechanics of that game aside from someone winning or losing. To be honest up until now I still find it funny why I won on that gamble, but in the end he still gave me the promised amount.


Fact: This game is illegal in some countries due to that being animal cruelty, and I am saying this coz I don't really liked the game due to it that is why I didn't bet on it intentionally.

Like seriously, it was really fun growing up in the 90s with lots of arguments, bets and playing so many games. I do feel that children of nowadays are missing those excitement of olden days. Technology has taken over everything. I remember during my kids days arguing with my fellow kids that God loves me more and that's why he allows moon to be following me everywhere I go 
That's how we started the argument until the elders intervened and settled the case. Yes, we had no money to bet but what we normally did was to knock the person who failed. Very weird thou.

I;m not sure if this is truly strange but of course we all have our "Fun Bets" from the past meaning yes I still have those memories .

when i was young , we even use the road for betting and you know how it does?


We stand in an Over Pass in which bellow us passing the cars and yes , we Put a bet for the first color of a certain car we choose and the one who can guess ? will take the pot.

sometimes we put 2 bucks (since we are young and has small allowances)

Betting on a spider fight.

Kind of weird I must say, but that's the only weird and maybe strange bet that I did. Back when I was a kid, there was some elders out here in our place where they will hunt some spiders in the forest. After that, they will meet-up on a particular place where they will put their spiders that they caught into a fight. The winner will spun a web against the loser, and will eat for days. We kids are betting on who will be the winner, and I think it's kind of weird and strange for me because that isn't happening for most parts of the world right? .

Anyway, maybe there's more strange bets that I did in the past, but that's what I remember and I consider it a strange and a weird bet.

it's either you didn't grow up with your siblings or you where too serious with life and you guys didn't relate much because, I do not think there's any adult who didn't bet for fun while growing up, at one point or the other, we have all placed a bet even when we don't seem to have the money to redeem ourselves if we fail, we bet either with our friends or siblings.

Well, I believe everyone must have had a lot of strange bets in their lives when they were younger or maybe kids. We often bet on things when we are kids where we just feel that something will happen but someone else keeps saying no it wouldn't, and so out of anger or whatever someone may call it, we call a bet on it and challenge them to see if who would win it.

I remember when I was a kid, I was with my cousin's friends and we were going somewhere on foot. On the way there, we saw two dogs fighting, and as expected, we took a lot of interest in it and even started betting with each other, lol . One of the dogs was pretty healthier and looked stronger, so one of my cousins said who will have a bet that the stronger one will win the fight? I took the chance and the risk and said that no, the one that looks a bit weaker will win in the end, and believe it or not, I won the bet .

Betting makes routine events fun. So I think it's a good idea to make them fun by betting on things that are starting to get boring... When I was a kid, we went on a boring tent camping holiday as a family. My brother and I had a bet when we were doing a stone skipping race on the sea. The person with the lowest score carried water for the dishes that night. Damn it was a bad try and I carried water for the dishes because he was better at it than me. Looking back now, I see this incident as one of the weirdest allegations and memories I've ever made in my life. It wasn't something that involved money, but we managed to turn a routine event into fun. I think that's what matters.

When it comes to some odd bets then it was particularly on a swimming race on how far we do able to reach out.Of course since we are submerged on water then payment would be done later on.
We've been betting around $100 on whose the farthest and pooling all of those funds and the winner takes it all. Yes, its true that we do make out bets according on specific events which would
really turns out on making bets to make things a bit spicy or more interesting with having some involvement of money or bets.
This is why it is really that applicable for whatever things you would be encountering.

Ever since I realized that playing too many clubs increases risk, have been so careful with my money. I hardly bet. I only do so when I'm very confident about the teams involved and it always works for me. I take two or 3 games and give it a good staking Power,  and every time I do so,  I seldom lose more than a ticket if I play up to 3 or 4. But I have never been this disappointed at this new strategy until I involved Leipzig and Baryern in my ticket which they both lose to Bochum and Leverkusen respectively. This is the strangest best result I have met.

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.

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. 

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.

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

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://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/chasing-a-x330000-update-i-hit-it-5406456

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.