\nHow legally actionable is a \u201cwanna bet?!\u201d challenge in a silly bar argument about like a random bit of trivia?
Like you say Bangladesh is east of India and your friend corrects you and says \u201cyou mean west?\u201d
\u201cNo, it\u2019s east?\u201d
\u201cNo it\u2019s west, my dude lol\u201d
\u201cNo im pretty sure it\u2019s east\u201d
\u201cThat\u2019s not true, dude\u201d
\u201cWanna bet, dude?\u201d
\u201cYes, dude, how much?\u201d
\u201cFifty dollars\u201d you say, hoping to intimidate him into backing down before agreeing to certain loss.
\u201cAbsolutely.\u201d he says
\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.
He shakes on it.
He pulls out his phone and checks it, finding within seconds how wrong he was.
If he\u2019s salty and refuses to pay, is that breach of oral contract?
Gambling debts aren\u2019t legally actionable at all.
This is why Mafia gambling incl. early Vegas was based on goons beating up debtors, modern Vegas is based on basically its own credit ratings system for gamblers, and they won\u2019t let you buy lottery tickets with a credit card.
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