Gaming rules and answers

Unusual bets and prop wagers

Rule wording, novelty markets and settlement scenarios. These answers focus on the actual question, with source references and conditions where applicable.

1. What's the best bet on whether aliens will land before Christmas?
2. Can I bet on a dinosaur being discovered in my garden?
3. What's the best dinosaur to use as a fictional bookmaker mascot?
4. What would be the best sports bet if matches could end in a time loop?
5. Can I bet on the next celebrity to name a pet after a vegetable?
6. What is the strangest possible football own-goal bet?
7. What's the best way to tell whether a novelty bet is a joke?
8. Can a bet on a royal baby name be cancelled after the name leaks?
9. How can a bookmaker settle a bet on the first snowflake of the year?
10. What's the best 'what if' gambling question for a pub quiz?
11. Can a goldfish predict football winners better than chance?
12. What's the best animal to pick in a made-up sports prediction competition?
13. What happens if two political betting candidates share exactly the same name?
14. What is the best way to explain a weird bet on the first corner of a wedding livestream?
15. Can you place a legitimate bet on whether a ghost appears on camera?
16. What's the best novelty event for a probability classroom exercise?
17. Can a bet on 'the first person to say wow' be settled from subtitles?
18. What's the best way to compare a silly long-shot bet and a lottery ticket?
19. Does a coin landing on its edge make heads-or-tails bets void?
20. Can a four-sided coin have fair odds?
21. What is the best way to invent a casino game without losing money?
22. Can a dog learn to pick the winning lottery numbers?
23. What's the best football bet for someone who hates football?
24. What is the most absurd 100-to-1 bet?