Unique Sporting Events

I’ve seen sports books offering to take bets on a wide range of sports besides the big money stuff like NFL or Premier League. Things like badminton or lacrosse. But I’m wondering if there are places where you can bet on the really weird niche stuff like snail racing or Fat Bear Week.

If there was an unusual thing I would guess you could bet on someplace (and I would bet on it myself!) it's hobbyhorse equestrianism. They do that in Finland and it has been catching on in other places.



It's pretty cool. It's like you're riding a horse, but you're also the horse, but you still have a horse. And you do the horse things with the horse, but you're doing them and not the horse. But you still have a horse.

Does that make any sense?

No. But neither did curling the first dozen times I watched it. For that matter, my wife still, after 47 years in the US, still can’t believe football has any rules that make sense.

I can't think of any sport that changes its rules as much/frequently as football.

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I can't think of any sport that changes its rules as much/frequently as football.
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I assume you mean American football, as opposed to soccer - and, in fact, it is the only NCAA sport where its rules committee has to meet every year, as opposed to every other year.

In fact, the CFL has just announced a number of rules changes to be implemented over the next two years, to make it more like American football while still keeping it unique (it will still have 12 players on the field per team, a 65-yard-wide field, and 3 downs instead of 4 to get 10 yards).

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I can't think of any sport that changes its rules as much/frequently as football.
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I don't know this to be true so my assumption would be most revolve around safety and
conduct due to the amount of players on the field and the violent nature of the game.

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I can't think of any sport that changes its rules as much/frequently as football.
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I don't know this to be true so my assumption would be most revolve around safety and
conduct due to the amount of players on the field and the violent nature of the game.
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Since 1960: the length of the season has gone from 12 games to 14 to 16 to 17
The rules for pass interference have changed multiple times to help the passing game.
The rules for a kickoff have greatly changed multiple times.
The rules for personal foul against a quarterback have changed greatly to protect the quarterback
The rules for an onside kick have just changed greatly, dependent upon the amount of time left in the game.
Targeting has become a new foul involving suspension.
The 10 second run-off after an offensive foul in the last two minutes of the game has been created.
Celebrating by players is now allowed, as long as it is not excessive or taunting.
Time outs can now be declared to be only 30 seconds by the referees dependent on . . . what?

I imagine there are more rule changes; these are just the ones off the top of my head.

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Time outs can now be declared to be only 30 seconds by the referees dependent on . . . what?
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I always thought each team could designate a timeout as 30 seconds, but I looked it up in the rules; a timeout is 30 seconds if it is not also a "TV timeout." There is nothing in the rules that indicate how many TV timeouts per quarter there are; that may be up to an agreement between the league and whoever is broadcasting the game.

I’m surprised there are none of the major sites that cover PBA bowling.

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I’m surprised there are none of the major sites that cover PBA bowling.
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I think it’s occasionally on Fox Sports? The top 20 earners on the PBA tour last year earned less combined than the 250th highest paid NBA player. (The 174th highest paid NBA player makes $10,000,000)

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I’m surprised there are none of the major sites that cover PBA bowling.
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I think it’s occasionally on Fox Sports? The top 20 earners on the PBA tour last year earned less combined than the 250th highest paid NBA player. (The 174th highest paid NBA player makes $10,000,000)
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There is a lot of money bet on the PBA but it seems more internal. When the Garden City Bowl had a stop on the pro tours, there were big money games set up alongside the official tournament.