Wagers Wagers In gambling, a bank Job is a term for putting all of your money on a particular betting option, for instance " Yankees to beat the Kansas City Royals is a Bank Job" ...more on Wikipedia about "Bank job"
In gambling, a proposition bet (also called a prop bet) is any bet made for a sum of money that involves a proposition. During ESPN's coverage of the 2004 World Series of Poker, they discussed several of the more prominent bets. An example is Howard "The Professor" Lederer, a vegetarian. He wagered $10,000 with a fellow gambler that he could eat a cheeseburger. He did it and won the money. Golf is a very common game for prop bets. ...more on Wikipedia about "Proposition bet"
A scientific wager is a wager whose outcome is settled by scientific method. They typically consist of an offer to pay a certain sum of money on the scientific proof or disproof of some currently uncertain statement. Some wagers have specific date restrictions for collection, but many are open. Wagers occasionally exert a powerful galvanizing effect on society and the scientific community. ...more on Wikipedia about "Scientific wager"
In 1997, the physics theorists Kip Thorne, Stephen Hawking and John Preskill made a public bet on the outcome of the black hole information paradox: ...more on Wikipedia about "Thorne Hawking Preskill bet"
"The face-off occurred in the pages of Social Science Quarterly, where Simon challenged Ehrlich to put his money where his mouth was. In response to Ehrlich's published claim that "If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000" - a proposition Simon regarded as too silly to bother with - Simon countered with "a public offer to stake US$10,000 ... on my belief that the cost of non-government-controlled raw materials (including grain and oil) will not rise in the long run. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wager between Julian Simon and Paul Ehrlich"
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia . Direct links to the original articles are in the text.
If you use exact copy or modified of this article you should preserve above paragraph and put also : It uses material from
the Shortopedia article about "Wagers".
| MAIN PAGE | MAIN INDEX | CONTACT US |