Oscars Betting 2020

The Oscars, also known as the Academy Awards, are the pinnacle of recognition for anyone in the film industry. On Sunday, February 9, 2020, glitz and glamour will ooze from every angle, as the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood is adorned by the creme de la creme of movie greatness, hoping to win one of the 24 titles at the 92nd Oscars.

You might not be winning any Oscars, but with Gambling.com's Oscars betting guide, you could win on Oscars' night. It's right now that Oscars betting odds start to get interesting, so read through our tips to learn everything you need to know before betting on the Oscars with one of our reviewed, and recommended Oscars betting sites.

Recommended Oscars Betting Sites

Secure Trusted Verified

1. 1
   

   Deposit NZ$50, Get a NZ$50 Free Bet

   Read Review
   Bet Now
   18+. T&C Apply
2. 2
   

   Deposit NZ$10, Get NZ$30 in Free Bets Promo Code: 30FB

   Read Review
   Bet Now
   18+. T&C Apply
3. 3
   

   Deposit NZ$10, Get a NZ$15 Free Bet

   Read Review
   Bet Now
   18+. T&C Apply

Advertiser Disclosure

Every online gambler deserves a safe and fair place to play. Our mission at Gambling.com is to create a safe online environment for players through free, impartial and independent reviews of New Zealand's best online gambling companies so that you can play with confidence and security. All ratings and reviews are made independently of the operator by our team of gaming experts and with every company being fully licensed to operate in the US they can be trusted to offer fair play. We accept compensation from the companies advertised on this page and this may affect the brand positioning. We endeavour to continuously update this list so we can bring you the most current sites and the best available offers but we cannot review every site in the market.

Advertiser Disclosure

Every online gambler deserves a safe and fair place to play. Our mission at Gambling.com is to create a safe online environment for players through free, impartial and independent reviews of New Zealand's best online gambling companies so that you can play with confidence and security. All ratings and reviews are made independently of the operator by our team of gaming experts and with every company being fully licensed to operate in the US they can be trusted to offer fair play. We accept compensation from the companies advertised on this page and this may affect the brand positioning. We endeavour to continuously update this list so we can bring you the most current sites and the best available offers but we cannot review every site in the market.

All Sites

Oscars 2020 Betting Odds

Here are the best odds available in the Oscars 2020 betting for the main event: Best Picture. Be aware that betting on Best Picture is an ever-changing landscape, with current affairs and preceding awards causing big betting stirs.

Oscars 2020 Best Picture Betting (As of 06/02/2020)

Best Oscars Markets to Bet on

Right behind Best Picture betting, comes the Oscars Best Actor betting, and the odds on Best Actress. These are the three most important titles, and Oscars betting markets, but there are plenty of others. Here are the six key betting markets that you can bet on ahead of the Oscars:

• Best Picture - Betting on which film will land the biggest Oscar of them all is the biggest betting event at the Academy Awards. This market can swing any which way and the last three titles have been won by the second favourite on the night, Moonlight, The Shape Of Water and Green Book.
• Best Actor - This award goes to an actor who played a leading role, with the Best Actor odds showing a strong preference for actors who played a real person, rather than a fictional character. Last year Rami Malek (Freddie Mercury) became the seventh actor in 10 years to win an Oscar for that kind of role.
• Best Actress - Like Best Actor, Best Actress is for a leading role, and the betting often becomes clearest after the Screen Actor's Guild Awards. In the past 10 years, eight of the actresses who won top prize there, also won the Oscar. They and the Golden Globes boast 70% strike rates in the last 20 years.
• Best Director - There are few surprises in this Oscars betting market, with favourites winning often, and at odds-on, like Alfonso Cuaron for Roma in 2019. It used to be common for the movie that won Best Director to also win Best Picture, but in 2019 Green Book's director wasn't even nominated.
• Best Original Song - Odds on this Academy Award are popular because so many well-known music artists are in the betting. Recently the likes of Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Sam Smith and Adele have been among the winners.

You can actually bet on almost any Academy Award, odds opening on more and more titles as the big night approaches - and, you will also be able to bet on things like, 'Who will give the longest acceptance speech?' and 'Will the same film win Best Picture and Best Director?'.

Oscars Betting Tips

Betting on the Oscars is tricky. It's not like betting on sports when nobody knows the outcome.However, our top Oscars betting tip is to follow the three preceding major awards that fall in January. In the past 20 years:

• The Critic's Choice Awards have proven most predictable, their winners of Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Picture going on to win the Oscar 59% of the time.
• The Golden Globes have the worst record, just 58% of their winners taking an Oscar.
• Best Actor at the Screen Actor's Guild Awards has won 80% of the corresponding Oscars since 1999, with 9/10 Best Actors from those awards, and from the Golden Globes, also landing the Oscar.
• Best Actresses from the Screen Actors Guild's score best at the Oscars too, with an 80% strike-rate since 2009.
• It's worth noting that only one Best Actor in the last 20 years had not won at least one of the big three first (Adrien Brody), and that only two actresses emulated him (Olivia Colman and Marion Cotillard).

That is not a foolproof Oscars betting system, but it does narrow the field of odds. The next tip to consider when betting on the Academy Awards is to follow social issues, and other Oscars trends. For example:

1. Real People - 12 of the last 17 Best Actors won for playing real people, like 2017 winner Gary Oldman (Winston Churchill), including the last two. This used to be a good system for betting on all of the acting roles, but for women that had changed, until Olivia Colman (Queen Anne) sprung a surprise in 2019. She was the second Best Actress this decade to win for playing a real person.
2. Moonlight - #Oscarssowhite, or Oscars Whitewash, was a movement protesting against the lack of color in the Oscars nominations in 2016. The Academy stressed it would address this, so there were non-white nominations for 2017 - and it could be argued, there had to be a major winner. Moonlight, an independently-made film about a young black man, won Best Picture.
3. MeToo - Female empowerment dominated Hollywood, and the world, in 2017, and was like many major social issues, reflected in the Oscars. Golden Globe Best Actor winner James Franco, a short price in the Oscars odds, was not nominated after being accused of sexually-exploitative behaviour. Best Picture was won by a film with a dominant female lead for the first time since 2004 - The Shape Of Water scoring.

When are the other movie awards?

The biggest mover of the Oscars betting odds are the three other major awards, which will all take place in January 2020: the Golden Globes coming on January 5, the Critic's Choice on January 12, and the Screen Actors Guild's on January 19.

With the Oscars not announcing nominations until January 13, 2020, if there is going to be any early moves in the Oscars betting odds, they are likely to relate to December nominations:

• 77th Golden Globes - Nominations Announced December 9, 2019
• 25th Critic's Choice Awards - Nominations Announced December 10, 2019
• 26th Screen Actors Guild’s Awards - Nominations Announced December 11,2019

Frequently Asked Questions

Oscars History

February 2020 will see the 92nd Oscars being presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, each winner walking away with one of the famous golden statuettes that give the Academy Awards their name.

Since that first dinner on May 16, 1929, where a 15-minute ceremony handed out 15 statuettes, it has grown into a 3.5 hour production, televised live to 225 countries. A total of 3,096 Oscars have been awarded, here are the most recent big winners at the Academy Awards.

Recent Best Picture Winners

Recent Best Actor Winners

Recent Best Actress Winners

Related Betting Guides

• Great British Bake Off Betting Guide
• I’m A Celebrity Betting Guide