عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ "
لاَ سَبَقَ إِلاَّ فِي نَصْلٍ أَوْ خُفٍّ أَوْ حَافِرٍ "
Narrated Abu Huraira: That the Prophet (saws) said: "No stake is
acceptable except in archery, racing a camel, and racing a horse."
[Jami` at-Tirmidhi ]
This hadeeth indicates that it is permissible to make money only in a competition horse,racing a camel,and archery whether it is money from one or both racers, or from an external party such as the State, for example.
This is not to enter the stakes on who wins the people of racers in the remaining games, this is gambling forbidden.
as God said:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ
وَالْأَنصَابُ وَالْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ
فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
المائدة:90
O believers, this wine and gambling, these idols, and these arrows you
use for divination, are all acts of Satan; so keep away from them. You
may haply prosper. [Al-Ma'ida:90]