Everyone knows about sports betting on Football, basketball, MMA, Motorsports, etc. All the best bookmakers and best betting agents in the world cover these markets after all. But there are many other unusual sports people can bet on, like chess or curling.
What about you? Wanna try your luck betting on some bizarre sports? Check out bellow some of the most unusual options you have available!
World Beard and Moustache Championships
This is an annual competition for who has the most awesome facial hair. The contest has been organized since 1990, with only men competing until 1999, when women were allowed to participate. It is held every year during the Oktoberfest in Germany and you can bet on which manly man (or woman) will win the most prizes.
Competitive Rock Paper Scissors
Yes, you did not read wrong. It is possible to bet on rock, paper, scissors. Two players play and the spectators bet on who will win. The prizes are also nothing to scoff at, In 2006 Bud Light sponsored a tournament with a $50,000 dollar prize!
Competitive Tic Tac Toe
Most people think t5hat tic-tac-toe is just a pencil and paper game, but its professional version, gomuku, is played on a wooden board with black and white glass or plastic stones.
One player plays the white stones, the other plays the black stones. The object of the game, as the name suggests — go-moku in Japanese means five stones — is to place five stones of the same color consecutively either in the same row, or in the same column, or diagonally across the board.
Professional Chess
Chess is one of the oldest games in the world. It has been played for many years and there are people who bet their money on the top chess players’ moves! It may not be so bizarre because this is a skill-based game, and if you dive into it, you can become familiar with the players and their skills.
And there is also good money to be made for the best of the best professional players; in 2014 for example, in the match between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand, The winner received $750,000, and the loser $500,000. Not bad right?
Goat Racing
Many countries have strange sports that involve animals – one of them is Tobago with their traditional goat racing which has become synonymous with Easter on the island.
Each year, jockeys race their goats several hundred meters to the finish line, competing for the coveted title of Champion, and, of course, manny people partake on the fun by betting on their favorite racers.
Cheese-Rolling
I am sure that you have heard of the Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake where hundreds of people chase the block of cheese down the hill. They are rolling in a really chaotic way, and there are always few ambulances present, because the race often ends with a few broken arms or legs, rips, cuts and bruises. But what can we do if the task is to get the cheese.
Quidditch
The favorite game of Harry Potter fans. Quiditch is a game played on broomsticks that involves two teams of seven players, each trying to pass the ball through one of three hoops at each end of the field. The player in possession must either throw the ball from his side and take it to score points, or try to prevent them with the other team intercepting the ball. The game is played in three different sets of seven-minute rounds, and the team with the most points at the end wins. The ball can be passed between players as long as one hand is on it, you cannot kick or carry an opponent’s broom, interfere with another player around a hoop while he is trying to score.
Conclusion
There are many bizarre sports around the world, and in many of them, you can place your bets. From children’s games, through strange variations on common games, to chasing cheese down the hill. Some people bet on these sports because they are difficult to predict. Others just want a little adrenaline rush, and that is the thrill of betting! So if you are looking for a new challenge with your money – try one of these games and stay tuned to our news section for more interesting tidbits from the world of sports!