What's the dumbest bet you've ever made?

[miajag81]

I bet one of my friends a dollar (like 1/10 of my net worth at the time) that the Broncos would beat the Redskins in the Super Bowl (they ended up losing like 49-10 or something). I was a degenerate gambler even in elementary school!

Two that I can think of.

One was a "fantasy golf" bet with three other guys. We picked four golfers in the 2002 US Open, and we combined total scores (golfers that didn't make the cut received 80's for the last two days.) Winner was lowest total score. Our golf addict friend picked four guys who finished in the top eight, winning easily. Two of my guys didn't make the cut.

Another bet: I bet $20 that the line in Rounders was "They even closed down his regular club, the Four Shea's. The place hadn't been open since 1908." Don't ask why.

ScottieK

[MikeSmith]

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Two that I can think of.

One was a "fantasy golf" bet with three other guys. We picked four golfers in the 2002 US Open, and we combined total scores (golfers that didn't make the cut received 80's for the last two days.) Winner was lowest total score. Our golf addict friend picked four guys who finished in the top eight, winning easily. Two of my guys didn't make the cut.

Another bet: I bet $20 that the line in Rounders was "They even closed down his regular club, the Four Shea's. The place hadn't been open since 1908." Don't ask why.

ScottieK

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1907

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Two that I can think of.

One was a "fantasy golf" bet with three other guys. We picked four golfers in the 2002 US Open, and we combined total scores (golfers that didn't make the cut received 80's for the last two days.) Winner was lowest total score. Our golf addict friend picked four guys who finished in the top eight, winning easily. Two of my guys didn't make the cut.

Another bet: I bet $20 that the line in Rounders was "They even closed down his regular club, the Four Shea's. The place hadn't been open since 1908." Don't ask why.

ScottieK

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1907

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See, I can't even get the year right. Dumbest $20 I ever lost. And in the fantasy golf thing, I was severely outmatched. My dad follows golf, and he said I should have consulted him before making my picks. As usual, he was right.

ScottieK

2 of them both this year both with the same friend

1. I bet the jets were going to have an 11-5 or over year he was under
2. I bet the Jets were going to beat New England Both games (tie at 1-1)

Thank god im a Giants fan!

[guller]

Every year I have an ongoing bet with my brother-in-law that the Detroit Lions make the playoffs.

However no money ever changes hands because of another ongoing bet on the Michigan / Michigan State football game.

So yea, dumb bet but at least I have an out.

[kyro]

I bet my friend 10:1 odds (I think 30 for 3) that the blind guy would end up winning on the fifth day of jeopardy. I had read a People magazing article that says he won it so I was basically screwing him over.

[NutzyClutz]

I bet on preseason Houston Oilers over Pittsburgh Steelers, circa 1977.

I bet that I could make it through Gamblers Anonymous.

[TheNoodleMan]

I work at a TV station and we were covering a city council meeting and I bet my co-worker that a specific councilman would use the the phrase "peak oil" during his opening remarks (even though there was nothing remotely related to it on the agenda), I won.

[phil_ivey_fan]

Betting $500 on Bush in the last election...
















...on the optimistic side, it was a win-win bet.