You Can Bet on the Oscars and More Events With These Sports Betting Sites

If you are an NFL bettor, the NFL playoffs being around the corner is bittersweet because the season is almost over. No more weekly NFL games to bet on once the Super Bowl is over. Although many sports bettors are betting to fatten their wallets a little more, there are also a ton of people who place bets for fun.

Betting is not only about winning money. For many it is a hobby. Whether you and some friends are putting money together to make bets or competing to see who has better sports knowledge, betting is not always about making money. With that in mind, you may be relieved to know that some sportsbooks allow their users to place bets on more than just sports leagues and tournaments. There are a ton of options other than sports, but you need to know where to find them. Check out the list below for some great options to consider as the end of the NFL season approaches fast. 

Movie lovers can place bets on the Oscars with multiple sportsbooks

The Oscars is one of the biggest events in the world. Actors, actresses, directors, film teams, and more receive awards for creating the best movies of the year and for their contributions to those films. The event will happen on March 10, so there is a lot of time to make bets. A ton of different categories are available to bet on. Right now on BetMGM, you can bet on the best picture award, best director, best actor, and best actress.

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Everything Everywhere All at Once won the best picture award in 2023. The film has a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, 7.8/10 on IMDB, and 81 metascore on Metacritic. Sports betting sites have Oppenheimer as the betting favourite to take home the award this year by a huge margin at the moment. Oppenheimer has -182 odds to win the best picture award on BetMGM. The movie that will forever be tied with Oppenheimer is Barbie, with lead actress Margot Robbie. Barbie is tied for seventh best odds to win best picture. The film has +1400 odds on BetMGM. Robbie also has the seventh best odds at +800 to take home the best actress award. Emma Stone from Poor Things is the betting favourite at -125. Some other notable movies on the best picture list include Ferrari at +2500 and Wonka at +6600. If you are not a fan of BetMGM, you can also make bets on the Oscars with BetRivers, and Sports Interaction. 

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Betting details for the Emmy Awards are available

You can bet on the Emmy Awards with the right sportsbook. “The Emmy Awards recognize excellence within various areas of television and emerging media,” if you are not familiar with the event. The Emmy Awards will be held on January 15. You can place bets on a lot of betting markets for the event on BetRivers and Sports Interaction: outstanding comedy series, outstanding drama series, outstanding lead actor and actress in a drama series, and outstanding actor and actress in a comedy series.

At -1250, Succession is the heavy betting favourite to win outstanding drama series on Sports Interaction. The Last of Us has the next best odds at +800. Better Call Saul is fourth with +2000 odds and House of Dragon is right behind at +2500. Ted Lasso is the slight betting favourite for outstanding comedy series with -200 odds. Next is The Bear at +150 and Abbott Elementary at +1000. 

How to Bet on Politics, the US Presidential Election

The US election is one of the most debated and talked about events whenever an election year pops up. Whether you are a Canadian who has family in the United States, someone who keeps up with politics throughout the world, or not the biggest fan of politics, you are probably interested in the US election results. So you might want to bet on it. You can bet on this year’s election on a few sports betting sites. According to USA Today, the general presidential election begins on November 5. 

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Former President Donald Trump is the current betting favourite to win the election on BetMGM. Trump has +130 odds to win the election. President Joe Biden has the second best odds. President Biden has +225 odds. Some of the more interesting candidates on the list include Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Michelle Obama, Bill Gates, Kanye West, and Bernie Sanders. Johnson has the 10th best odds at +6600. Obama has the fifth best odds with +2000. Gates, West, and Sanders are all heavy underdogs and have the same odds at +9900. You can also place bets on politics with Sports Interaction, Bodog, and BetVictor. There are a few more betting markets to choose from. You can bet on the winning party, US Senate elections, and more.