There’s another set of stakes to this year’s World Series: a friendly wager between California Governor Gavin Newsom and Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

If the Dodgers win, Newsom will ship a bottle of California’s “championship-worthy” wine, and if the Blue Jays win, Ford will send Newsom a tin can of Ontario’s “finest” maple syrup.

With the Blue Jays heading to the World Series against the LA Dodgers, @CAgovernor Newsom and I have a friendly wager going. Win or lose, we’re thrilled to celebrate great baseball, good neighbours and a friendship between Ontario and California! pic.twitter.com/88iH7pTifu

— Doug Ford (@fordnation) October 24, 2025

“Here’s to great baseball and some friendly bragging rights,” Newsom posted on social media on Friday.

“It’s a win-win,” Ford said on social media. “Great neighbors, great friends, and a little cross-border competition.”

But the bets did not stop there.

Mayor Karen Bass challenged Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow on Thursday over the outcome of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The two cities’ police chiefs decided to make a wager of their own.

Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell and Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw bet that the loser has to post a photo of themselves wearing the opposing team’s jersey.

“I hear Toronto’s feeling bold, and I respect that,” McDonnell said on social media on Friday. “But when it comes to October baseball, the Dodgers don’t mess around. When our Dodgers win the World Series, you’ll be the one wearing a Dodgers jersey.”

“I want to see you post a photo online celebrating our win here in Toronto,” Demkiw said on social media.

Bass’s wager with Chow has the losing team’s mayor biking the distance of the number of winning runs in the final game, in the other team’s jersey.

“Can’t wait to see you in Dodger blue,” Bass posted on social media, tagging Chow.

“I am so confident that I said to her, ‘She can do it in kilometers and I’ll do it in miles,’” Chow said, according to the Toronto Star.

The gambling challenges over the World Series don’t stop there, either. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wants in on the action.

He called on U.S. President Donald Trump to accept a friendly wager on Thursday, a challenge Trump has not yet responded to.

“I think he’s afraid to make a bet,” Carney said, according to The Associated Press. “He doesn’t like to lose.”

Bass made a similar wager with New York City Mayor Eric Adams during last year’s World Series, where the losing team’s mayor had to wear the other team’s uniform around their city hall.

The first two World Series games are in Toronto.