Think your toddler’s going to be an Olympian? Bet on it

Have a precocious little gaffer in your midst?

Your little daughter set a new personal best in sprinting across your backyard? Did your two-year-old son just power lift a potted plant off an end table?

I know what you're thinking, what with Olympic fever being in full swing and all.

Your little nine-year-oldd wonder, who whacks a tennis ball off a garage like no one's business is going to win gold in 2024 in, oh I don't know, let's say Toronto.

[Photos: Youngest Olympians of 2012]

Wanna bet? You can. If you don't find any action on it in your hometown, make a long distance call to a British bookmaker. They're notorious for taking action on almost anything. Including whether your little tyke will one day be best in the world in a springboard pike.

Oddsmaker William Hill is a world famous booking house, partly because of its propensity to have a little skin in oddball games.

In fact, they have a department that's all about weird and wonderful bets, starting back in 1964 when a bloke walked in and bet that there would be a man on the moon by 1970. He bet 10 pounds and scored at 1000 to 1 odds on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong placed a boot on the lunar surface.

According to a story in the New York Times, William Hill is willing to take a little action on whether your wee one can reach great heights.

The story's author, Sam Borden, reports that William Hill's handicappers will ask a number of questions about your miracle child, in order to come up with appropriate odds.

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They'll need to know your own history. You know, did you ever score four touchdowns in a single game at Polk High? Did your spouse set a public school record in flexed arm hang in the Canada Fitness Test?

Then, perhaps most importantly, the age of your meal tick-- I mean, dear child.

The younger the kid, the higher the odds, so a few bucks bet on your bundle of joy right now could net you another bundle of joy, 20 or so years down the road.

Borden was offered 2,500 to 1 odds that his two-year-old daughter would ever appear in an Olympics, 5,000 to 1 odds of hitting the podium. 10,000 to 1 of snagging gold.

Imagine if you got those odds on your infant. A hundred bucks could parlay into a million and when they wave to you from the podium, you won't need to tell them that those tears of joy you're crying are really flowing because of the cascading loonies you're imagining you'll bathe in.

[Photos: Camera tricks of London 2012]

So, make the call. Make the bet.

Then encourage little Donny to whip his bottle with all his might, anytime he feels like it. That might translate into shot put or javelin gold. Let little Annie splash all the water out of the tub. Shows a desire to move water and that could later be channelled in the Olympic pool.

Most importantly, remember to let your kid jump on the bed all they want. That could mean they're a little Rosie MacLennan in the making.

Higher. Faster. Stronger. Richer.

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