Bet I Die
LONDON (Reuters) - A 91-year-old British man who staked a 500-pound bet that he would be dead by the end of the first week in December lost his stake by staying alive, a bookmaker said Saturday.
Ref. https://reuters.myway.com/article/20051212/...ODD-BET-DC.html
This is by far one of the sickest things that I have ever heard of someone putting a wager on. I understand the thinking behind it and I can't really say that it was a bad idea at all but... This is so completely original, how did he think of this? I understand that he was in the business however, investing in odds that if you die pays 6-1, I would have never thought of that.