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Prime Minister Harper, President Obama place their bet for Canada vs. U.S.

Barack Obama, Stephen Harper

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper listens as President Barack Obama speaks to North American business, civil society and education leaders in Toluca, Mexico Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, before the seventh trilateral North American Leaders Summit Meeting. This year’s theme is “North American Competitiveness.” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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It’s not unusual for politicians to place a friendly wager on a major sporting event.

For example, when the Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings faced each other in the 2013 Western Conference finals, the Mayors of their respective cities put a lot of food on the line ranging from Italian beef sandwiches to Hollenbeck Burritos. For the Stanley Cup Final, the Governors of Massachusetts and Illinois decided that the losing state leader would work at a food bank.

When it comes to the Olympics though, the stakes are higher, so naturally U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper have set the terms ahead of the upcoming gold medal game between Canada and America in women’s hockey and semifinals contest on the men’s side.

So what are two of the most powerful men in the world laying on the line ahead of what’s sure to be a pair of classic games between their nations?

.@pmharper and I bet on the women’s and men’s US-Canada hockey games. Winner gets a case of beer for each game. #GoTeamUSA! -bo

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 20, 2014

Well...it’s definitely something.

They don’t specify what type of beer it is, so perhaps it’s rare beer brewed within deep underground lairs. Carefully constructed over the lives of several generations of scientists, father to son, mother to daughter. Beer that has never been exposed to the light of the sun. A new level of beverage that has yet to touch a human’s tongue.

Until now.

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