As gambling becomes legal and legitimized in more and more states, the types of bets you can make continue to grow outside of the world of sports, particularly in entertainment.
Whether it’s betting on who will rule the Iron Throne in Westeros at the end of Game Of Thrones or who will come out victorious on season 172 of The Bachelor, entertainment bets are becoming a bigger and bigger staple in the gambling industry.
And now that growth has reached the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as you can now place bets on the Oscars, most notably, the Best Picture category.
Heading into the big night, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, which first aired on Netflix, is the heavy favorite to take home the award for Best Picture. However, like myself, you may be more of an underdog guy and got a gut feeling that A Star Is Born is gonna pull off the upset.
That said, if Roma does come away with the dub, it will arguably be an industry shifting victory, as it will mark the first major motion picture to debut on a streaming service (in this case, Netflix) to win Best Picture. It will also
So, which are you: a front-runner or an underdog lover? Check out the odds below and decide for yourself.
The Oscars 2019 Best Picture Betting Odds
At the time of this writing, the odds to win Best Picture are the 2019 Oscars are:
Roma: -500
Green Book: +350
A Star Is Born: +1500
The Favourite: +1500
Black Panther: +2100
Bohemian Rhapsody: +2200
BlacKKKlansman: +3200
Vice: +9500
Make sure to check out all the nominees at the 91st Academy Awards below.
2019 Academy Award Nominees
BEST PICTURE
BlacKkKlansman
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuaron for Roma
Spike Lee for BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay for Vice
Pawe Pawlikowski for Cold War
Yorgos Lanthimos for The Favourite
BEST ACTRESS
Yalitza Aparicio in Roma
Glenn Close in The Wife
Olivia Colman in The Favourite
Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale in Vice
Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe in At Eternity’s Gate
Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen in Green Book
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali in Green Book
Adam Driver in BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott in A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell in Vice
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams in Vice
Marina de Tavira in Roma
Regina King in If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone in The Favourite
Rachel Weisz in The Favourite
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born
BEST SONG
“All the Stars” from Black Panther
“I’ll Fight” from RBG
“Shallow” from A Star is Born
“The Place Where the Lost Things Go” from Mary Poppins Returns
“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
BEST SCORE
BlacKkKlansman
Black Panther
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cold War
The Favourite
Never Look Away
Roma
A Star Is Born
BEST FILM EDITING
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR
Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice
BEST SOUND EDITING
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Capernaum (Lebanon)
Cold War (Poland)
Never Look Away (Germany)
Roma (Mexico)
Shoplifters (Japan)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Animal Behaviour
Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
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