What Is The Strangest Bet You Have Ever Had?
The world of gambling has thrown up some weird and wonderful bets over the years from fathers betting that their sons will play football for England (Chris Kirkland’s father is rumoured to have collected on a bet that his son would play for England) to confirmation that there is life on the moon. There are many bookmakers who will take a gamble on just about anything, but what is the strangest bet you have made?
We thought it might be interesting to hear about those betting slips you have hidden away in the back of your wallet, the ones which everyone said would never happen, the ones they laughed at when you went to place them.
Also, what is the strangest bet which you have ever won with, was it man landing on the moon, was it all four winners of the English Football League or was it the time when reserve participants Demark own the European Championships after Yugoslavia were thrown out?
To give you a flavour of some of the great gambles which have come in check the story below :-
The 2001 Grand National was mired in controversy as the rain sodden course would normally have been deemed dangerous, but this was the National with hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide - they could not afford to call it off. As the rain continued to fall a number of savvy punters hooked up with Red Marauder, an 11 year old which would normally have no chance - its record was terrible but the rumour was that it liked rain.
On the morning of the event Blue Square were caught short offering odds of 66/1 on the horse to win, odds which had crashed to 33/1 just before the off. As the weather took its toll on the race there were only two horses left standing at the end and guess who came in to win the biggest horse racing prize of all - yes, Red Marauder, another piece of Grand National history.
Let us hear about gambling bets you have running and bets which you won with…
