The Week in Dollar Bets: September 14 – September 20, 2026
64 markets featured across 7 days. Here's what stood out.
biggest longshot
Cardinals win the NFC Championship
$1 could have paid $250
like the Rockies winning a pennant, which happened, and nobody remembers
most respectable longshot
Bruno Mars clears 20 billion streams this year
$1 pays $12.50, dramatic but credible
every wedding playlist since 2010 pulling its weight
lowest payout on the board
Romania's next PM is a technocrat
$1 pays $1.70, barely worth bragging about
spreadsheet guy takes the palace, nobody cheers
All markets this week
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Karina hits Category 5$1 pays$100a one-in-a-hundred storm with a very nice name
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NASA puts a person on the Moon before 2028$1 pays$43.48Artemis slipping later than Half-Life 3
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Bruno Mars clears 20 billion streams this year$1 pays$12.50every wedding playlist since 2010 pulling its weight
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Trump drops new UFO files this year$1 pays$5.56three redacted pages and a blurry seagull
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SpaceX lands something on Mars before 2030$1 pays$4.17a crumpled Starship counts as landing if you squint
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Trump approval hits 35% in 2026$1 pays$3.51the floor has a floor, apparently
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White Sox and Guardians go over 4.5 runs$1 pays$3.17five runs between these two is a big ask
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Kristi Noem exits the Trump administration before 2027$1 pays$3.03cabinet turnover moves faster than a news cycle
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Petar Musa takes the MLS Golden Boot$1 pays$2.82Dallas finally has a striker worth the parking
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Japan gets an 8.0 earthquake before 2030$1 pays$2.63the tectonic plates keep their own calendar
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Solana hits $140 before $60$1 pays$2.25the chart has two moods and no middle
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Loranne Ausley wins Tallahassee mayor$1 pays$2.20local politics decided by 400 people and a church fan
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A humanoid robot walks on Mars before any human$1 pays$2Optimus gets the flag, we get the livestream
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Utah tops 6 million skier visits this season$1 pays$1.72the Greatest Snow on Earth does its one job