you both lost

You lose, just as you wouldn't count a ball that bounces over the outfield wall (thereby a ground-rule double) to be a 'ball hit out of the park.'

^^
...in the exact words of "he will hit the pin" and "he will not hit the pin".
I'd say OP is solid but friend backing out of bet isn't a terrible beat either.

I'll rep both sides for $10/each

i would love to prop bet w/so many of you cute little posters..

If I say that "I bet a ball will go out of the park when Damon is up" and he hits a ground rule double I'll still be collecting that loot or call you a stiff.

Be careful how you words things in prop bets...it'll be a hard lesson to learn if not.

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pay him.

You won. But why the **** would you think the bowler would hit the ten pin. FFUUUUU ten pin. It's the most elusive gayest pin ever.

Was the 7 pin fwiw, other side

Very close between:

1:2:3
and
2:1:3

Basically the one on the right is 3 and it's not even close. As for the other two, it's quads and straight flush. You'd be happy with either.

You said in the OP you were watching league bowlers and betting on whether or not they'd "make their shots". Either you lose or you might be able to scrape a push because of unclear language. This is like betting a running back was going to fumble, then trying to collect when he lost the ball after the play was over (ruling on the field confirmed on challenge, btw).

Also FYP

Are you blind? The middle one is hands down the hottest then left then right.

LOL unless that ball's hit out of Fenway, into the streets, you lose. Be careful how you word thing's in prop bets, genius. Guess you're counting foul balls out of play as well? Maybe if the bet was "Good sir, I wager that the spheroid will depart the field of play in fair territory." you might be able to claim your gay ground rule double.

You lose. When you made the bet, you did so with the intention of the pin being hit according to the rules of bowling. Here are other examples that should not result in you winning the bet:

1. The ball nudges the pin on it's way by but does not knock it over. He technically "hit" the pin, but you should still lose.

2. The bowler becomes enraged that he missed the pin and proceeds to charge down the lane and kick it over. You still lose.

When you made the bet, I think it's fair to assume that you did so assuming it was taking the rules of the game into account. Pay your friend.

The bet was "will he hit the pin", not, "will he make the spare". OP wins IMO

OP, all depends on wording you used for the bet imo as other posters have stated.

What would you have done if the bowler crossed the foul line, but still his ball hit the pin? similar situation and i'd say both meant you lose the bet IF it wasnt just simply "the ball must hit the pin"

Yes, if you don't understand much about ball dynamics and can't get your ball into a roll at the right time then you will struggle with it. Always makes me lol watching noobs confused over leaving em.

I love how every time I've checked in on this thread the poll has been even.

u bet that the pin would fall. bowler bowled, had gutterball and binked pin on river, ship it!

I don't know: the one on the left looks a couple of orders of magnitude filthier than either of the other two, and that's adding at least half a point to her already-high score. With that taken into consideration I'm thinking 1:2:3 - but the moment the one on the left starts playing princess she can gtfo and I'll roll over to the one in the middle.

One on the right is definitely doing the washing up while the other two get busy.

2:3:1 AINEC

1 is developing a Stallone gut/sixpack ffs.

edit: YOU won the bet BTW.

Oh you rate girls that weird way amirite.

It's obv 3:1:2, the proper way.

Your avatar implies that pretty heavily.

The gutter is more like a magic muck than any other useful analogy.

If you and your friend were both ignorant of the rules when you bet on this, you can make a case for yourself, but I would just cancel the bet and clarify future bets.

Bowling ist eine aus den USA stammende Variante des Präzisionssports Kegeln. Dabei wird ein mit Bohrungen für die Finger versehener Ball auf eine Formation von zehn Pins geworfen.

Spielregeln
Die Pins sind als gleichseitiges Dreieck mit einer Kantenlänge von 36 in (91,44 cm) angeordnet; eine Spitze des Dreiecks zeigt zum Spieler.

Ein Spiel (Game) besteht aus zehn Durchgängen (Frames). Ziel ist es, in jedem Frame die maximale Anzahl an Pins, also alle zehn, umzuwerfen. Dazu hat ein Spieler pro Frame maximal zwei Würfe. Räumt ein Spieler beim ersten Wurf alle zehn Pins ab, so nennt man das Strike. Werden alle Pins erst mit Hilfe des zweiten Wurfes in einem Frame abgeräumt, so ist das ein Spare. Können auch mit dem zweiten Wurf nicht alle Pins abgeräumt werden, so spricht man von einem Open Frame (offener Durchgang).

Für die Punkte werden nun pro Frame die umgeworfenen Pins gezählt. Bei einem Spare werden zusätzlich zu den zehn Punkten (für zehn Pins) auch die Punkte des nächsten Wurfs gezählt, die höchste erreichbare Punktzahl ist hierfür also 20 (Spare, im nächsten Frame ein Strike). Beim Strike werden sogar die nächsten zwei Würfe mitgezählt, so dass sich die Höchstpunktzahl je Frame auf 30 erhöht (drei Strikes in Folge). Wird im letzten Frame des Spiels ein Spare erzielt, darf noch ein dritter Ball geworfen werden, um das Ergebnis zu ermitteln. Wird ein Strike geworfen, folgen noch zwei Extrawürfe. Das höchste zu erreichende Ergebnis ist damit 300 Pins (perfektes Spiel), das heißt zwölf Strikes in Folge in einem Spiel.