Behind the Bet: 17 Interesting Tidbits About Wagering

11Ulysses Baxter

Ulysses Baxter

A Texas man named Ulysses Baxter once spent 22 days using only his nose to push a peanut all the way up Pikes Peak for a $50 bet.


12Stu Ungar

Stu Ungar

In 1977, a Las Vegas casino magnate once bet Stu Ungar (future three-time World Series of Poker main event champion) $100,000 that he could not count down a six-deck blackjack shoe and correctly guess the last card. Ungar won the bet.


13Chevalier d'Eon

Chevalier d'Eon

Le Chevalier d'Eon was a French diplomat who lived alternatively as male or female. There was a betting pool over his real gender (male) that closed only after his autopsy.


14Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman and Michelle Pfeiffer both bet George Clooney $10,000 that he would have kids by the age of 40. Staying childless they sent him the money which he returned, replying double or nothing by the age of 50.


15Pete Conrad

Pete Conrad

Pete Conrad's first words on the Moon were said in order to win a $500 bet proving that astronauts are not given a script of what to say when stepping off the ladder.


16Sergey Tuganov

Sergey Tuganov

A Russian named Sergey Tuganov died after winning a £3,000 bet that he could have sex with two women continuously for 12 hours. He used an entire bottle of Viagra and died from a heart attack.


17Ashley Revell

Ashley Revell

A man named Ashley Revell sold all his possessions including his clothes, went to Las Vegas and bet the whole lot of $136,000 on a single game of roulette with 50/50 odds, and won.

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