{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "How legally actionable is a \u201cwanna bet?!\u201d challenge in a silly bar argument about like a random bit of trivia? \nLike you say...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/620518972378562560/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/cop-disliker69/620516531507478528\" target=\"_blank\">cop-disliker69</a>:</p><blockquote><p>How legally actionable is a \u201cwanna bet?!\u201d challenge in a silly bar argument about like a random bit of trivia? </p><p>Like you say Bangladesh is east of India and your friend corrects you and says \u201cyou mean west?\u201d</p><p>\u201cNo, it\u2019s east?\u201d</p><p>\u201cNo it\u2019s west, my dude lol\u201d</p><p>\u201cNo im <i>pretty</i> sure it\u2019s east\u201d</p><p>\u201cThat\u2019s not true, dude\u201d</p><p>\u201cWanna <i>bet</i>, dude?\u201d  </p><p>\u201cYes, dude, how much?\u201d </p><p>\u201c<b><i>Fifty dollars</i></b>\u201d you say, hoping to intimidate him into backing down before agreeing to certain loss.</p><p>\u201cAbsolutely.\u201d he says</p><p>\u201cShake on it.\u201d You offer your hand up eagerly without hesitation, hoping again to intimidate him into backing down before he agrees to absolutely hand you that much money.</p><p>He shakes on it.</p><p>He pulls out his phone and checks it, finding within seconds how wrong he was.</p><p>If he\u2019s salty and refuses to pay, is that breach of oral contract?</p></blockquote>\n<p>Gambling debts aren\u2019t legally actionable at all.</p>"}