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Architecture competitions are big business; offices like Malcolm Reading Consultants play huge roles in determining who gets to build what. Look no further than Norways Kistefos Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Londons British Museum and Sainsbury Wing, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, or Helsinkis New Museum of Architecture and Designinternational competitions often become guessing games over who will win, and so often its the usual suspects who take home the big fish. Online gambling has been legal in the U.S. since 2018, and its since grown into a $6.5 billion industry, so why shouldnt architecture get into the action? Amid March Madness, The Architects Newspaper announces its own new online gambling platform, AN BETS, which allows the risk-inclined to speculate on the worlds biggest architecture projects. Architecture, after all, is a public art, so why shouldnt the public have a say in who gets to break ground? We should always be learning from Las Vegas, after all.AN BETS is a platform for betting. Want to bet on who will be the next SCI-Arc dean? AN BETS has you covered. You can also now win big on guessing wholl win the next Pritzker Prizeif the jury decides to go with a crowd favorite instead of a deep cut. Go ahead, take a gamble. You can now go all in on who will win the next big architecture competition overseas, or put all your chips on a two-way parlay on lawsuits between architects and clients.I always bet on Bjarke cuz he has rizz, and I really admire his grindset. Plus, he even dresses like me, a 24-year-old financial analyst told AN.He has a go big or go home mentality me and my boys can really relate to.Inspired by recent success at DraftKings, ESPN BETS, and Polymarket, AN BETS will disrupt the industry. Im new to architecture but I feel like its always the same people who win these competitions, its getting kind of boring, one accounting intern said. I think its time to mix it up.To get $125 in free credits, download the AN BETS app and enter promo code: ANBETS125.AN BETS abides by rules set by the National Council on Problem Gambling. All architecture gamblers must be over the age of 21.If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help call 1-800-GAMBLER.
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