The Most Bizarre Prop Bets That People Actually Made

Prop bets seem to get stranger and stranger every year. Just when you think you can’t be surprised about the bets that get odds on gambling sites, people start betting on whether or not a popular coach will be doused in barbecue sauce instead of Gatorade.

Here are the five most bizarre prop bets of the past few years.

1. How Long Will Kendrick Lamar Sing “Not Like Us?”

Super Bowl prop bets are massively popular (so much so that most of the bizarrest prop bets revolve around this one sporting event).

Probably not the weirdest prop bet on this list is how long Kendrick Lamar would sing “Not Like Us” at Super Bowl LIX. Lamar’s biggest hit (and a huge reason behind his feud with Drake) was sure to be sung during his Super Bowl performance – but no one knew how much of the song he’d sing (including some of the more salacious bits).

The song lasted only 1 minute and 43 seconds. Since the full-length version of the song lasts 4 minutes and 33 seconds, this couldn’t have been an easy prop bet to accurately predict.

2. Will Travis Kelce Propose to Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl?

Travis Kelce’s talent as a tight end has been widely eclipsed by his relationship with Taylor Swift in the past few years. Even though fans still talk about Kelce’s acumen on the field, all the general public wants to talk about is his girlfriend.

This is why a lot of prop bets have surfaced surrounding Swift instead of Kelce on game days.

One prop bet that made its way into the zeitgeist last year was whether Kelce would propose to Swift at the Super Bowl.

Spoiler alert: it hasn’t happened yet. But that doesn’t mean we won’t see Kelce get down on one knee at his next Super Bowl appearance.

3. Will Andy Reid Be Doused in BBQ Sauce?

Back in 2024, a bizarre prop bet surfaced that was focused on Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid. Fans and bookmakers started wondering if Reid would be doused in barbecue sauce instead of Gatorade (the latter is tradition) if the Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII.

Sadly, Reid was not doused with barbecue sauce but instead orange Gatorade, so fans who placed bets on Reid’s favorite condiment lost out. This one will probably surface every time the Chiefs head back to the Super Bowl.

4. Will Bono Be the Next Pope?

The one non-sports-related bizarre prop bet to make this list is so weird we just had to include it.

When the conclave convened in Rome in April 2025, gambling sites started posting odds for who would be the next pope. The strangest celebrity to get odds? Lead singer of U2, Bono.

Unfortunately for Bono, the odds were not in his favor (they were posted at 1,000-1). Bono didn’t become the next pope, so any gambler who took those odds lost out.

5. Will a Player or Coach Cry During the National Anthem?

During Super Bowl LVII, not one – but two – players on the field cried during the national anthem, including Nick Sirianni and Jason Kelce.

Since, gambling sites have been accepting prop bets on whether players or coaches will be moved to tears (some even take bets on specific players).