Is that the world will end on December 21, 2012? This is the question that many people ask themselves with different level of seriousness.
An example taken from Wikipedia: "the mayanisme and other currents of the New Age, including the millenarian movement, predicted radical changes or even the end of the world for 2012 based on the Tzolk'in ', placing it generally specifically December 21 (and other authors, again, evoke a calculation error that would move the date)."
On the other hand, that date would be not accurate according to others. According to a Wikipedia article: "a discovery in March 2010 murals, hieroglyphs and the oldest Mayan lunar calendar (1200 years) on the site of Xultun (en), revealed in may 2012 by Science, came also contradict the date of 2012 as the end of a cycle, or of the world, the walls are covered with calculations beyond this date"some up to 7000 years.
So, according to you, is that the world will end December 21?
This is the question that you ask the SportsBet online betting site! You can bet your money on 2 avenues (Yes or no).
The gains are capped at $ 1 if the world ends not on 21 December and $ 501 if the world ends.
This bet is obviously wrong for several reasons. To mention that one, note only that people who win their bet and who have relied on "Yes, the world ends December 21, 2012" will have some difficulty to collect their winnings, not because the world no longer exists. We do not know if your winnings can be credited in bonus dollars Heaven (or hell, according to the life that you have conducted on Earth).
It would be surely interesting to see how many people have bet on this proposal.
Otherwise, for the others, I think it is wise to assert that it is a $1 freeroll for those who have chosen no, "the world will end not December 21". Still recall once due to bet $ 1 or $ 1000 on this proposal will not change your earning potential that will remain fixed at $ 1.
Among the other (wacky) paris, you can bet on the pregnancy of Princess Kate (who made the announcement recently). You can bet on the sex of the child at 1, 1.87 or on the number of children she will have during this pregnancy (only 1, twins at 9:1, triplets at 101:1 or from the quadriples or 501:1).
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