The Real Plot Hole in Terminator: Why Didn’t the Resistance Make Sports Bets?

We’ve all watched Terminator. The machines rise, humanity fights back, time travel gets messy, Arnold shows up naked in an alley demanding someone’s clothes. Classic cinema.

But here’s the thing nobody talks about: if John Connor’s ragtag human resistance actually had the ability to send people back in time… why did they just send Kyle Reese to hook up with Linda Hamilton?

Don’t get me wrong — Linda Hamilton rules, bangs out pull-ups like it’s breakfast, and probably was worth saving humanity for. But in between “save the future” and “romance subplot,” you’d think someone would’ve handed Reese a parlay slip.

Imagine the Possibilities

• Kyle Reese walks into a Vegas sportsbook in 1984. “Yeah, put $100 on the Chicago Bears to win Super Bowl XX.” Boom. Multi-millionaire by 1986. Resistance is now funded. Skynet doesn’t stand a chance.

• Or how about, “Take the Patriots to win six Super Bowls with a sixth-round draft pick named Tom Brady.” The bookies would have laughed him out of the building, but the payout? Legendary.

• Forget saving Sarah Connor. Reese could’ve walked into the Mirage, dropped $50 on the ’04 Red Sox to come back from 0–3 against the Yankees, and funded the Resistance until Judgment Day.

The Missed Layup

Instead, what did we get? One traumatized soldier from the future whose main accomplishment was sweating a lot, firing one shotgun, and… yeah, okay, fathering John Connor. Again, important. But come on. You’re telling me no one in the bunker thought, “Hey, while you’re back there, put some money on the 2007 Giants beating the 18-0 Patriots.”

Sports Betting: The True Weapon Against the Machines

Picture it: Skynet’s drones swarm overhead, but the Resistance is chilling in underground bunkers lit by the glow of a hundred Bovada accounts. With every winning bet, they fund new weapons, secure supplies, and maybe even buy Arnold some pants so he doesn’t have to keep mugging bikers.

And if the future warriors had partnered with Safe Online Gaming, they wouldn’t even need to sneak into smoky Vegas casinos. Just a secure Wi-Fi connection and boom: bankroll for the apocalypse.

Final Thought

Yes, Sarah Connor’s survival was crucial. Yes, sending Reese back was part of the plan. But let’s be real: if the Resistance had any brains, they’d have been running time-traveler parlays on every major sports upset of the past 40 years.

Because when the machines rise, the only thing more powerful than love… is the payout on the Bengals winning a Super Bowl this year at 5,000 to 1. So head on over to Bovada and do what Reese didn't have the brains to do.