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Heighten the Excitement - Bet on World Events

From the Nobel Peace prize to Miss World to who will be the next Pope, novelty bets are for those who get a buzz from punting on world events.

It makes you a participant - instantly. Now you're involved, making the event much more exciting to watch, follow and talk about. It's pure entertainment!

People bet to win of course, but sometimes people like to bet just for the fun of it. Often nothing to do with sport, novel bets are readily appreciated by all - at tea breaks during work and in the pub after.

Novel bets offered by dialabet include the following:

	Academy Awards
	Miss World
	Miss Universe
	Australian Idol
	Elections
	Scientific Breakthroughs

Having caught the Oscar bug, the entertainment community and film fans everywhere reach fever pitch by the time of the global telecast is beamed into the households of hundreds of millions of cinema lovers. Adding to the fervour is a crescendo of betting activity, not just by the squillions of entertainment industry players and film fans, but also hundreds of millions of punters worldwide who just can't resist the opportunity for placing novelty bets on who will win The Oscars. The annual Academy Awards presentation has been held since 1929. Voting for the various Oscars is conducted by a secret ballot. The voters are 5,000 or so of those who reside at the top of the various categories of the craft of film-making. Their votes are tabulated by the international auditing firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. The utmost secrecy is maintained until the results are revealed on stage to the live television audience as well as the assembled glitterati.

Typically, betting odds are available for wagering on the Oscars to be awarded to Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role. You too can place novelty bets on Hollywood's biggest night. Just use your knowledge of the movies to predict the winners and cash in like the Oscar winners during the Academy Awards celebration. This year, make the Academy Awards even more exciting with the very competitive betting odds available from dialabet. Create Your Account

Surprised us to be told that Miss World competition ranks second to only World Cup soccer as live global TV's biggest event. To borrow a bit of horse race lingo, over 100 of the planet's finest fillies go on parade during the Miss World jamboree. Novelty bets on the winner of the pageant has become a tradition since its beginning in 1951. Just like in sports, awards and competitions, you can place novelty bets on the next Miss World with the very competitive betting odds available from dialabet. Create Your Account

Australia's Jennifer Hawkins ended her reign as Miss Universe in 2005.

Will you bet on the next few Miss Australia's so soon after or place your novelty bets on other likely lasses?

Whatever you decide, you can enjoy the very competitive betting odds available from dialabet. Create Your Account

Australian Idol

Australian Idol voters typically spend more than $25 million on telephone calls and SMS. Millions of dollars place novelty bets on the outcome, apparently more than any other 'reality' TV program. The euphoria grips all demographics because of the positive voting system where contestants are voted in, not out. Incredible numbers have an opinion on who will win. Squillions vote by phone or

SMS. A huge number go a step further and get a real buzz from placing novelty bets on the outcomes.

So if are into Idol, you too can go that next fun step with the very competitive betting odds available from dialabet. Create Your Account

Elections

Get a bet as well as a vote by betting on political elections - local, state and national. We have also offered bets on the US Election, the NZ election and even the Papacy! Given the level of vested interest, pundits have claimed some Australian Federal Elections as the single biggest betting event in that year - bigger than either the ARL or NRL grand finals. Typically, betting odds are more accurate than public opinion polls. Wisdom has it that this is because, with a dinner time pollster at the end of the line, folks will often say whatever they need to get rid of the irritant. On the other hand, betting agencies have the advantage of "polling" punters who are putting their money where their mouth is, and their brains in gear.

So will you punt as well as vote and intensify the election experience with the very competitive betting odds available from dialabet? Create Your Account

Bet on Scientific Breakthroughs
Huge scientific discovery programs attracting the interest of scientifically inclined punters include such novelty bets as:

	The chance of the latest probe to Saturn's moon Titan finding life, given it's ranking by scientists as being among the most likely worlds in the solar system to support single celled organisms.
	Confirming the existence of gravitational waves by 2010. Predicted by Einstein, gravitational waves - tiny ripples in the fabric of space-time caused by colliding black holes and massive imploding stars - are the focus of attention of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and collaborating institutions.
	The hunt for the missing Higgs boson which particle physicists believe is responsible for giving everything in the subatomic world its mass.
	Cracking the conundrum of the origin of cosmic rays - high-energy particles from outer space which continuously bombard Earth. Just where do they come from or what gives them energies 10 million times greater than the most powerful man-made particle accelerator?
	The chance of nuclear fusion becoming a commercial reality by 2010.