Entertainment Betting Options Explained

Most of us associate wagers with sports, with betting on this pastime being one of the oldest hobbies known to man. And when you think about it, there is a strong connection between sport and entertainment even though we think of these two things as being vastly different.

These days all the best online bookmakers online offer you markets nearer to what we traditionally view as entertainment. That means you can put some money down on award shows, films, television grammes, and even reality tv.

Award Show Betting

Most of us have pretty strong opinions about who should take home the Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture awards at the Grammys and the Oscars. So it makes perfect sense to make a wager on who will end up winning!

You can bet on these outcomes along with many others. The Academy Awards, for example, usually run long, so you can find Over/Under bets in this category. You could also wager on how many Oscars a specific film will win, whether or not Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston will kiss, or what gender the first person to go on stage will be. These kinds of Prop bets are fun and random and will certainly spice things up.

You will find a host of them available for all the major awards shows, including the Academy Awards, the BAFTAs, the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Grammys, and the VMAs. Not all Prop bets are based on pure chance, either. A certain amount of research and knowledge will see you far more likely to make the right choice in terms of artists’ performances, for example.

Movies and Scripted TV Programmes

 Game of Thrones is a great example of what markets have been made available for scripted television shows. Fans were putting money down on who they thought would rule Westeros at the end of the show long before the final episode, which character would be the next one killed off, and whether or not Sansa Stark would wed.

And film fanatics will have a great time with the many markets available for movies thanks to Prop wagers. These bets vary from site to site and movie to movie and are always a hoot. Popular examples have been which main character would be the first to fall in Avengers: Endgame before it was released. Moviegoers bet on Black Panther, Captain America, Iron Man, Spiderman, and Thanos to die first. Casting decisions are sometimes available too, like who the next actor to play James Bond will be.

Reality TV

 Whatever your personal view may be on the subject, it is a simple fact that Reality television has become a standard of modern-day popular culture. It’s been with us for over 50 years now! The most popular shows have become well-known commodities in the entertainment industry and bookmakers thus include them in their offerings.

You’ll be able to wager on outcomes and more in shows like American Idol, The Bachelor, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, The Real World, and Survivor.