After a rollercoaster 2016, those who like a flutter may well think twice before trying to predict the key moments for the year ahead.
However, for those brave enough to give it a go, bookmakers Ladbrokes have released odds on a number of huge things that could happen in 2017.
While some of the predictions may appear far more likely than others – and have the odds to back them up – if 2016 is anything to go by, backing an outsider could be the way to go as we look ahead to the next twelve months.
So here are the pick of the bets for the year ahead…
Big moments
Prince Harry to announce engagement – Evens
Kate and William to announce they’re expecting baby no.3 – Evens
Queen to abdicate – 10/1
All time UK temperature record (38.1c) to be beaten – 4/1
London to see a White Christmas 6/1
Glasgow to see a White Christmas 3/1
Paul Gascoigne to be knighted 500/1
Paul Gascoigne to get married 33/1
Pope Francis I to step down 20/1
David and Victoria Beckham to announce they’re expecting baby no.5 33/1
Simon Cowell to be knighted 50/1
Miley Cyrus to retire from music 20/1
Justin Bieber to become a father 5/1
Ant and Dec to split up 33/1
Politics
Nicola Sturgeon to be replaced as First Minister 25/1
SNP to announce date for a further Scottish Independence Referendum 3/1
Jeremy Corbyn to be replaced as Labour Leader 7/4
2017
Kim Kardashian & Kane West divorce 5/1
Find alien life 500/1
Donald Trump turns White House gold 100/1
Hillary Clinton jailed 33/1
Leicester wins Premier League (again) 2000/1
Tiger Woods wins US Open 33/1
Andy Murray wins third Wimbledon 7/4
Jeremy Corbyn to become PM 16/1
Nigel Farage to get place in Donald Trump’s administration 25/1
5000/1 – Seeing Elvis alive in Tesco
5000/1 – The Queen to ride the winner of the Grand National
5000/1 – Katie Price winning the Nobel Prize for Literature
2000/1 – Piers Morgan to be next Arsenal manager
1000/1 – Sir Alex Ferguson winning Strictly Come Dancing
200/1 – Simon Cowell to be knighted in the summer honours list
100/1 – Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond get married
50/1 – Honey G to be an X Factor judge
10/1 – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to announce they are expecting their first child
Motor Racing
Lewis Hamilton to win 10 or more Grand Prix 5/1
Lewis Hamilton to win the Australian Grand Prix from Pole Position 3/1
Max Verstappen to win more Grand Prix than Lewis Hamilton 4/1
Jolyon Palmer to have a ‘top 3’ Grand Prix finish 5/1
McLaren to score more total Championship Points than Ferrari 3/1
Max Verstappen to win the BBC Overseas Sports Personality Award 10/1
MotoGP
Any British Rider to win a MotoGP race evens
Tennis
Andy Murray to win more Grand Slam Titles than Novak Djokovic 2/1
Kyle Edmund to win an ATP Main Tour Singles Event evens
Johanna Konta to reach a Grand Slam Singles Final 5/1
A Player to win their first Grand Slam Men’s Singles Title evens
ALL 8 Grand Slam Singles Titles to be won by different players 25/1
Great Britain to win the Davis Cup 8/1
Golf
A Brit to win The Open 4/1
Europe to win the Solheim Cup 2/1
An Englishman to win a major 2/1
Tiger Woods to win a major 5/1
Gymnastics
GB to win Men’s Team World Championship GOLD 16/1
Max Whitlock to win Individual All-Around World Championship GOLD 10/1
Rugby Union
England to go unbeaten in 2017 20/1
Football
World transfer record to be broken in 2017 7/4
Winter break introduced in Premier League in 2017 25/1
Competitive PL game abroad announced in 2017 10/1
Athletics
Mo Farah to win 5k/10k double at World Championships 6/4
Usian Bolt to break 100m world record at World Championships 5/1
NFL
Any team to go 0-16 in 2017 regular season 33/1
Any team to go 16-0 in 2017 regular season 25/1
The same team to win Super Bowl LI and Super Bowl LII 14/1
All 4 London NFL games to be won by 7 points or less 10/1
Boxing
Anthony Joshua to hold WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF belts on 31st Dec 2017 10/1
Floyd Mayweather to have a 50-0 record on 31st Dec 2017 (Currently 49-0) 6/4
