‘Will It Happen in 2025?’ You Can Bet on It …and More!
The UK’s leading betting sites have unwrapped their traditional ‘Will It Happen’ betting props for the year ahead.
Gareth Southgate is 3/1 to manage a Premier League team in 2025. © Getty Images
Key Facts:
- ‘Will It Happen in 2025?’ betting markets are open for business.
- 3/1 odds Gareth Southgate manages a Premier League team in 2025.
- F1 star Lando Norris fancied for World Championship and Sports Personality success.
- Will the country or economy overheat? You can bet on it!
This week, a host of ‘Will It Happen in 2025?’ betting markets appeared. The UK’s leading online sportsbooks list these prop-bets in the ‘specials’ and ‘novelty’ sections of their apps and websites. However, it is a serious business, and eagle-eyed punters regularly find betting value in them.
In January 2024, Nigel Farage could be backed on 5/1 odds to become a Member of Parliament anytime during the 52 weeks ahead. Likewise, Ivan Toney was quoted on 3/1 to feature in England’s Euro 2024 squad.
Another winning prop bet was Frankie Dettori landing a Grade 1 race in the USA in 2024. In hindsight, it was a gift, and his supporters were paid out on 5/4 odds about the outcome nine weeks into the year after he won the Santa Anita Handicap aboard Newgate.
Be On the Ball for an Early Winner
Many ‘prop bets’, such as Sports Personality of the Year, will remain open and mature as the year progresses. Others, such as the 15/8 offered about Rory McIlroy winning any of golf’s four Major Championships in 2025, could be settled as a winner by the spring.
A search through the top online bookmaking sites shows ‘Will It Happen in 2025?’ betting markets feature something for everyone. Liverpool fans will be hopeful that the 9/4 available on Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Mo Salah still being at Liverpool on December 31, 2025, proves to be a winner.
Football fans could be tempted by the 3/1 offered on Gareth Southgate managing a Premier League team in 2025. Even more likely, according to the odds, is any English team winning the UEFA Champions League in 2025. It is an 11/10 proposition.
A Knockout Bet to Hit the Bullseye
Anthony Joshua has only been in a boxing ring seven times during the past four years – and he has been beaten three times! Will 2025 be a redemptive year for the 35-year-old? If so, 5/4 is available for him to win the WBA, WBC, WBO or IBF Heavyweight title in 2025.
A better bet could be the 2/1 about Bakhodir Jalolov claiming any of the same four titles in any weight division. The Uzbek fighter has won gold at the last two Olympics and is 14-from-14 in the professional ring.
Darts fans could be tempted by the 5/2 offered on a Belgian player winning a PDC Premier Event in 2025 or 8/1 about a German taking a title. Notably, Ricardo Pietreczko enjoyed a late run in the World Darts Championship, and fellow German countryman Gabriel Clemens is currently ranked within the world’s top 32.
Will a British F1 Driver Come Out on Top?
With Lewis Hamilton moving to Ferrari and four teams taking the final five races of 2024, 2025’s Formula 1 season could be a crackerjack. But will it be the year of Lando Norris? The sportsbook at William Hill Casino quotes the prospect of World Championship victory for the Brit on odds of 2/1.
In the Sports Personality of the Year betting, Norris’s price ranges between 3/1 and 5/1, meaning he vies for favouritism with Luke Littler. Lewis Hamilton is 16/1 to collect the BBC award for a third time. To do so, he will likely need to win his eighth World Championship in 2025 – a 6/1 proposition.
Max Verstappen fans are sure to support their hero in the market on the number of race wins the Dutchman will have in 2025. The line has been set at 6.5, and the odds are 5/6 for both the under and over of the mark. The Red Bull star has won 9, 19, 15 and 10 races in the past four seasons.
Betting on the Economy and Environment
Prices in the UK went up by 2.6% in the 12 months to November, the highest level for eight months. The annual average inflation rate in 2023 was 6.3%, and the figure was 7.8% in 2022. What will 2025 bring?
5/1 is available on inflation rising above five percent in the coming year, and 16/1 on a ten percent rise. It could attract some bets, albeit the Bank of England predicts the inflation rate will rise to 2.8% by the third quarter of 2025 before easing.
It is not only the economy that could overheat in 2025. The UK averaging its warmest year on record in 2025 is a 2/1 ‘prop’ while the UK record temperature of 40.3c being broken in 2025 is an 8/1 shot.
The odds compilers at the Ladbrokes Casino sportsbook have taken a different approach. The famous high street bookmaker quotes 3/1 on 2025 being the wettest year on record in the UK. The current hightide is the 1,337.3 millimetres that fell on the country on average in 2000.
The Social Side of Novelty Betting
Of course, there are several genuine novelty betting markets on bizarre happenings and outcomes in 2025. NFL star Travis Kelce proposing to Taylor Swift during the year is given a 2/1 quote. Closer to home, Giovanni Pernice is 4/1 to return to Strictly Come Dancing in 2025.
In 2024, a law was passed that would lead to the banning of TikTok in the US unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sold it by January 19, 2025. The US Supreme Court has since heard arguments that it unlawfully threatens to restrict Americans from accessing foreign media in violation of the First Amendment of the US Constitution.
With a change of President imminent, there is no clear indication if the social media platform will be turned off for Americans in 2025. If you want to take a guess, it is 9/4 that TikTok will be banned in the US during the year ahead.
