Online gambling has grown in recent years to a level unseen. One might think that betting revolves principally around sports, casinos, and racing – and they’d be right.

However, bettors are branching out into territory unknown, or at least unexpected, and betting on anything from the bizarre to baffling. Further, with unrestricted platforms becoming more popular, wagering and betting have never been more open-ended, and players can now avoid some dull limitations to bet on a whole world of new options (and potential new worlds, so to speak).

Forget about the Premier League or the World Cup. How about… wagering on the name of the next royal baby? Have you considered whether or not aliens will make contact, and maybe abductions? Many might feel they don’t exist, but novelty betting is the staple on a surprising number of betting sites. After all, why cry about our existential dread when we can laugh (and maybe make some money)?

Reality TV and Royal Babies: A Match Made in Betting Heaven

While betting on various sports can have its thrills, it’s nothing compared to reality television. Placing wagers for who will be voted off people’s favourite reality television shows is actually a real thing, and so is betting on who will have an absolute meltdown next. It’s crazy, entertaining, and best of all…bettable.

If that’s not enough, the Royal Family brings all sorts of opportunities to the attentive bettor. Wagering on a variety of things, from the gender of royal babies to the name that they will have, is possible and even popular.

Weather Wagers and Space Invaders

If we zoom out further, we’ll see that this goes beyond television and royal babies. If you have a strong supposition that it will snow in June, you could make a wager. Yes, betting on the weather is another popular pastime for many. Will it be hot on Christmas? When will it rain next, and how much? You could put the ache in your joints to good use and make a few pounds.

While these bets might potentially seem outlandish, they are tame compared to wagering on when the US government will announce the existence of aliens (of the intergalactic sort). Or, perhaps, if Elvis will be found alive and well in a small town in Iowa. Big risks…but potentially big rewards. Besides, winning a bet like this also comes with considerable bragging rights.

Politics and Popes

For those who feel that politics is positively dreary comes the possibility to spice things up by betting on who’ll be the next Prime Minister, or who will resign next, or if a country will leave the EU before the year’s end.

For the more devout (and also entrepreneurial), it was possible even to bet on the new pope, or the name that he would take.

Don’t Wage War – Wager Weird

For those who have become tired of betting on standard fare, there is a whole new world of weird and wonderful wagers, and it appears to be on the uprise. The world could be your oyster – or aliens could come and enslave us all.

Just…keep out of trouble. Bizarre bets may be boundless, but your wallet is not.