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The Best Makeup category for this year's Oscars was priced at -1000 for Frankenstein. The probability of winning is close to 100 percent, however, the risk vs. reward is steep. One would have to bet $100 to win $10. You get your $100 refunded but there is the slightest of chances Frankenstein won't win, in which can you end up losing that $100 initial stake.
Best Makeup 2026 Oscar Odds
Frankenstein
-1000
Sinners
+850
The Ugly Step Sister
+1900
Kokuho
+2200
The Smashing Machine
+2200
Best Short Oscar 2026 Odds
Oscar betting aficionados usually know how to uncover value by digging into more obscure categories such as the short film options.
Three of the shorts have competitive odds.
Two People Exchanging Saliva for Best Action Short pays $12.50 (+125) for every $10 bet while The Singers would pay out close to $20 odds (+195) on a $10 bet.
Inquiring minds want to know what this Two People Exchanging Saliva is all about.
From Wikipedia:
"In a dystopian world, kissing is considered disgustingtly inappropriate and a crime that is punishable by death, people avoid brushing their teeth and consume garlic to deter intimate interest, and payment is made in the form of accepting slaps on the face in proportion to equivalent price. Malaise is a young woman newly hired to an upscale department store, and earns the interest of a wealthy housewife, Angine, to the chagrin and jealousy of her manager Pétulante, who has been Angine's usual sales associate.
"Over the course of the next nine days, Malaise and Angine grow close, with Malaise successfully getting bigger purchases out of Angine as an intrigued Angine finds herself becoming attracted to the young woman and enjoying her slaps. Malaise reciprocates her feelings, secretly purchasing a toothbrush and toothpaste from the black market in order to further seduce Angine despite the danger. In the bathroom, however, Pétulante hears Malaise brushing her teeth, an activity considered highly suspicious and taboo."
Best Action Short
Two People Exchanging Saliva
+125
The Singers
+195
A Friend of Dorothy
+360
Butcher's Stain
+1100
Jane Austen's Period Drama
+1100
Best Animated Short
Butterfly
-135
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
+230
Retirement Plan
+500
Forevergreen
+650
The Three Sisters
+1500
Best Documentary Short
All the Empty Rooms
-190
Armer Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
+300
The Devil is Busy
+750
Perfectly a Strangeness
+750
Children No More: Were and Are Gone
+1600
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