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The rarest bets in the world
From betting on a cockroach race, to doing it in the order in which the characters will die in some famous saga, many bookmakers have options that will surprise you.
No one has a historical record of the first bet, but judging from the variety of options provided by the houses that sponsor and coordinate this activity, it is possible that it is thousands of years older than we think.
After all, to bet you only need different options and people willing to play money for it, that's why we now show the rare bets that we can find in bookmakers all over the world.
Cockroach racing
It may seem like something new (and something disgusting), but cockroach racing has existed for decades, in large countries like Brazil or Australia with "tracks", annual special events and of course, bookmakers where you can "invest" money.
Of course, not all races have online bookmakers, but those interested always have the option of approaching the race, where improvised bookmakers operate, which allows them to play the amount they want to their favorite among the flattened runners.
Betta fish fights
It is one of the most beautiful animals. Betta fish usually have a large tail, which stands out in males but also has a territorial behavior, something that translates into fighting, especially if they belong to a line of several generations used for this purpose.
In Thailand there is a market established for this purpose. Being one of the spaces where the species naturally occurs, it is normal that they have better-trained specimens and more pure genetics.
Fighting betta fish are often dark, but fighting (and betting) are occasionally seen, where the specimens have the beautiful hues that have made this fish a pet favorite.
Marble race
If you imagine something sophisticated, we are sorry. It is about rolling marbles, with a little help from gravity (which should not benefit some over others) the marbles and the bets are rolled out.
If you are interested in betting on the particular race, you can find one of the most popular "formulas" under the name of Marbula One.
Incidents at a soccer game
Rooney is not only one of the best football players in England, he is also one of the toughest, that's why the PaddyPower house has seen bets more than 100 to 1, which are defined whether the burly player kicks in genitalia to another player.
Reindeer competing in a race
These races may be a bit remote for you geographically.
In Scandinavia an annual league is known where locals place their bets on these races, something that evidently boosts the local market with memorabilia and other memorabilia about the races.
Deaths in Game of Thrones
During the seasons of the series, we saw many memes on social networks about the number of deaths in each season, they were so many that some houses received bets from their members, always selecting either the next to die or the last to remain standing of all the houses.
As a curious fact, the main bookmakers (including some in Las Vegas), presented more bets for the survival of Bran Stark to sit on the iron throne. No comment.
A bet on the future of his grandson as a professional footballer
The William Hill house is a legend when it comes to rare bets. The reason is that this company accepts almost anything you want to bet, it measures the odds and the harder your choice, the more money you can win.
Harry Wilson is known as a professional footballer at Liverpool. But when he was 3 years old, his grandfather went to William Hill and bet his grandson would go professional, even make the national team.
They accepted the bet and with the statistics against, the man won 150,000 euros.
William Hill is not the only bookmaker where people bet on anything, but it is the best known and most respected in the world.
