It’s commonly known that Vegas is the place where one can legally wager happening for the order of in financial credit to all, provided financial records meet the expense of the proposition bet(s). Gamblers love to put their maintenance on the subject of jarring wagers, especially on the subject of Super Bowl time. Now that the Supreme Court has overturned the ban nearly sports betting, we just might see more uncanny bets live thing offered in states that bid for sports books. Weird wagers are not unique to Vegas. The U.K moreover gets in in bank account to the feat.
Here’s a amassing of some of the most bizarre, weirdest, wackiest wagers ever made:
1979: The late Jackie Gaughn, owner of the El Cortez hotel in downtown Vegas, posted odds later the faltering U.S. satellite Skylab, was approximately to industrial accident to earth. The odds were put going on concerning where it would assume: 5/1 for one of the five oceans, 12/1 into the Soviet Union, 100/1 concerning California soil, 2,000/1 for a hit in tiny Rhode Island, and even 10,000/1 that it would mistake into the El Cortez! Turns out it landed in Australia at 30/1.
1980: From the popular TV undertaking Dallas: “Who shot JR?” Wagers were taken at the Castaways Hotel as soon as odds in report to the order of the order of every one one share of cast disquiet prior to the season ending cliff hanger episode, but the Gaming Control Board ordered a halt to every betting because someone had to have a script that knew the resolute idea.
1981: Amidst the ongoing controversy bearing in mind again the murder of President John F. Kennedy, the grave of alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was approximately to be exhumed to make known identity. The sports stamp album at the Union Plaza was fast to hop upon the proposition bandwagon upon whose body would action the coffin. Odds were posted for: a Soviet agent, Jack Ruby (Oswald’s assassin) or an blank coffin. Due to concerns practically the virtue of such a wager, the gaming commission put a lid upon it. Turns out it was Oswald after every.
In the UK, it was 500/1 that the FBI will assert that Elvis is still flesh and blood and option 500/1 that Michael and LaToya Jackson are one in the thesame.
UK bookmakers as well as offered 1,000/1 that Tiger Woods would become President of the US and 5,000/1 that Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky would marry.
A London resident named Matthew Drumbell placed a 1,000,000/1 wager that the world would halt by now the year 2000. Of course, who would be left to pay him if he survived? No pun expected upon the man’s statement.
During Super Bowl week in Vegas $ millions are tossed across the betting terminals to wager upon one’s favorite team, and some weird bets as dexterously. Here are some of Super Bowls’ adding prop bets:
Will singer Kelly Clarkston omit or mess going on one or more words in the National Anthem? How long will it admit her to sing it? Over/Under 1 minute, 34 seconds. Will her bare stomach be showing furthermore she sings it?
If Quarterback Tom Brady’s son is shown upon TV during the game, will he be wearing a Tom Brady Jersey?
How many times will Patriots owner Robert Kraft be shown upon TV during the game?
What will be the first touchdown celebration? A ball spike, a dance, lay upon the auditorium, a goalpost dunk, a Tim Tebow kneel, or kiss a cheerleader?
Do you know about JOKER GAMING?
What color Gatorade will be dumped upon the winning team’s head coach? Yellow, orangey, utter, red, green, blue? (Yellow was favorite.)
Who will the Super Bowl MVP thank first in his reveal-game interview? Teammates, God, Owner, Coach, Family, No one? (Teammates were the favorite.)
So, there you have it. I wonder what weird wagers await us for adjacent Super Bowl? I guess we’ll just Have to wait to locate out.
