Those are called spot bets and spot betting has long been popular and possible. The downside is that it led to a form of match fixing in cricket. Not fixing th

Those are called spot bets and spot betting has long been popular and possible. The downside is that it led to a form of match fixing in cricket. Not fixing the whole match because that would take a lot of conspiracy but a bowler throwing a no-ball at a particular time was easy to do and only required the bowler(s) to be in on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_cricket_spot-fixing_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_cricket_spot-fixing_s...