Bettor
81odds — The sportsbook s or bookmaker s view of the chance of a competitor winning (adjusted to include a profit). The figure or fraction by which a bookmaker or totalisator offers to multiply a bettor s stake, which the bettor is entitled to receive… …
82odds-against — Where the odds are greater than evens (e.g. 5 to 2). When the bookmaker s or totalisator s stake is greater than the bettor s stake. For example, a horse that is quoted at 4:1 would be odds against, because if it wins a race, the bookmaker or… …
83odds — n. allowance designed to equalize a bettor s chances 1) to give, lay odds 2) to accept, take odds 3) to buck ( oppose ) the odds disadvantages 4) to beat the odds 5) considerable, formidable, great, heavy, hopeless, long. overwhelming odds 6)… …
84gambler — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gamester, player, speculator, bettor, plunger, backer, layer, sharper, cardsharp*, player for stakes, dicer, crapshooter, hazarder, adventurer, risk taker, operator, bookmaker, croupier, banker, numbers runner, sport*,… …
85odds — [ädz] pl.n. [sometimes, esp. formerly, with sing. v.] 1. Archaic inequalities 2. Now Rare difference or amount of difference 3. difference in favor of one side over the other; advantage 4. an equalizing advantage given or received in betting,… …
86wagerer — noun someone who bets • Syn: ↑bettor, ↑better, ↑punter • Derivationally related forms: ↑punt (for: ↑punter), ↑wager, ↑bet ( …
87ex|ac|ta — «ehg ZAK tuh», noun. U.S. and Canada. a form of betting on a horse or dog race in which the bettor must pick the winners of the first and second place in their exact order; perfecta: »Since exacta wagering calls for the bettor to pick the precise …
88daily double — noun Date: 1932 a system of betting (as on horse races) in which the bettor must pick the winners of two stipulated races in order to win …
89perfecta — noun Etymology: American Spanish quiniela perfecta perfect quiniela Date: 1967 a bet in which the bettor picks the first and second place finishers in order compare quiniela, trifecta …
90quiniela — or quinella noun Etymology: American Spanish quiniela, a game of chance resembling a lottery Date: 1905 a bet in which the bettor picks the first and second place finishers but need not designate their order of finish in order to win compare… …
