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2012’s Weirdest Sporting Bets

Posted on February 23, 2012 by gambling guru

Weird Madonna Bet2012 is set to be a seriously healthy year for the sports betting industry, with the London 2012 Olympic Games and the UEFA European Football Championships still to play for. Online sports betting and online casino review sites like Bellerockentertainment.com will be will be hoping that all this sporting excitement will translate into increased traffic and a boost to revenues for the industry. Belle Rock Casino UK recently reported that online sports betting is on the increase at online casinos, with these major 2012 sporting events predicted to contribute to growth of the online betting sector.

While you’d think that punters and pundits would be knee deep in statistics and sports papers, trying to figure out the odds for the competitions ahead this year, bookmakers seem to have been just as busy setting odds for some of the weirdest sporting wagers we’ve seen in a while.

With the Super Bowl just passed, sports fans in the US were just as wrapped up in Madonna’s half time show spectacular as they were in the game’s results. Sports bettors in the US placed wagers on what colour Madonna’s hair would be, whether or not she would wear fishnet tights, and whether or not she would wear a hat. The results? Blonde, at odds of 1/4, no tights, at odds of 1/1, and yes, she did indeed wear a hat, with bookies paying out at 3/2 . So it seems that US bookmakers have an uncanny predicting ability when it comes to the Queen of Pop.

As well as frenzied Madonna-betting, the Super Bowl saw bets placed on everything from the colour of the Gatorade that would be dumped on the head of the winning team’s coach, how long it would take Kelly Clarkson to sing the national anthem, and how many times New England Patriots star Tom Brady’s supermodel girlfriend Gisele would appear on TV during the game .

As London prepares itself for the Olympic Games set to take place in July, sporting fans now have the chance to bet on more than just gold medal winners. If you think a clumsy accident could lead to the dropping of the Olympic torch along its tour of the UK, you can now take a punt on it, with odds at 4/11 . And if you think the Olympic games selection isn’t quite as varied as it should be, you can now place bets on the next sport to be added to the Olympics by 2020. Current favourites are bog snorkelling at 66/1 and cheese rolling at 80/1. But if you have your heart set on being the first person in history to be awarded an Olympic gold for extreme ironing, your odds aren’t looking good at 500/1 .


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