It’s commonly known that Sin city is the place where one can legally guess on almost everything, provided the books offer the task bet(s). Bettors adore to put their money on odd bets, especially around Super Bowl time. Now that the Better Court has overturned the ban on sports bets, we might just see more uncanny table bets on offer in states that bid for sports books. Odd bets are not unique to Sin city. The You. Okay also gets in on the action.
Here’s an accumulation probably the most peculiar, weirdest, wackiest bets ever made:
1979: The late Jackie Gaughn, owner of the El Cortez hotel in town center Sin city, posted chances when the declining You. S. satellite Skylab, was about to crash to earth. The odds were put up on where it would crash: 5/1 for one of the five seas, 12/1 into the บาคาร่าออนไลน์ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ Soviet Union, 100/1 on California soil, 2, 000/1 for a hit in tiny Rhode Island, and even 10, 000/1 that it would crash into the El Cortez! Similar it landed in Australia at 30/1.
1980: From the popular Tv show Dallas: “Who shot JUNIOR? inch Bets were taken at the Castaways Hotel with chances on every cast member prior to the season ending steep ledge hanger episode, but the Gaming Control Board ordered a cease to everyone bets because someone needed a screenplay that knew the answer.
1981: Despite the ongoing controversy over the hard of Us president John F. Kennedy, the grave of supposed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was about to be exhumed to confirm identity. The sports book at the Union Plaza was quick to join the task bandwagon on whoever body would be in the coffin. Chances were posted for: a Soviet agent, Jack Ruby (Oswald’s assassin) or an empty coffin. Due to concerns about the virtue of such a guess, the gaming commission put a motorcycle on it. Similar it was Oswald after all.
In the uk, it was 500/1 that the FBI will say Elvis is still alive and another 500/1 that Michael and LaToya Fitzgibbons are one in the same.
UK bookmakers also offered 1, 000/1 that Tiger woods would become Us president of the US and 5, 000/1 that Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky would get married to.
A London kama’aina ( named Matthew Drumbell placed a 1, 000, 000/1 guess that the world would end before the year 2000. Of course, who would be left to pay him if he made it through? No pun intended on the guy’s name.
During Super Bowl week in Sin city buck millions are tossed across the bets terminals to guess on one’s favorite team, and some odd table bets as well. Here are some of Super Bowls’ past prop table bets:
· Will singer Kelly Clarkston leave out or wreck more than one words in the National Anthem? How long could it take her to sing out it? Over/Under 1 minute, 34 seconds. Will her bare belly be showing when she sings it?
· If Quarterback He Brady’s son is shown on TV during the game, will he be wearing a He Brady Shirt?
· How many times will Patriots owner Robert Kraft be shown on TV during the game?
· What will be the first touchdown celebration? A ball joblessness, a dance, lay on the floor, a goalpost dunk, a Bob Tebow kneel, or kiss and lick a cheerleader?
· What color Gatorade will be broke up with on the winning team’s head coach? Yellow, orange, clear, red, green, blue? (Yellow was favorite. )
· That will the Super Bowl MVP thank first in his post-game interview? Teammates, God, Owner, Coach, Family, No one? (Teammates were the favorite. )
So, there you have it. I wonder what odd bets await us for next Super Bowl? I guess we’ll must wait to find out.