I started a subreddit called /r/CharitableBets a while ago.

The idea is that a bet is made (pitting the glory of your team against that of another, calling how many points a game will be won by, who will progress to the finals or anything else you can think of - and I've been informed you guys will bet on anything!) between two redditors and the loser pays out a pre-determined amount to a pre-determined charity.

It's fun, you get to gloat afterwards and the losers don't really lose - the charities you pick definitely win.

Personally, I'd keep the monetary values low, but higher value bets are acceptable!

My subreddit had little interest until /r/NBA blew it up, now we have over $500 in confirmed donations. I'd love to see the /r/NFL posters take that a step further.

I'll throw out an opening bet (to be accepted by one person only!) for $5 that the NY Giants will beat the Indianapolis Colts in their game in 6 days. I don't know if that's a clever bet or not, but supporting the Knicks is a good reason to bet on the Giants, right? Haha.

If there's enough interest, I'll make some other bets too!

^{btw, I checked with the mods that it was ok to post this} (^{upvotes for visibility would be great - it's only a self-post} )