betting

verb

present participle of bet
as in wagering
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event foolishly bet a week's salary on the World Series

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Recent Examples of betting The Eagles are betting that alignment can help a rebuilt receiving corps backfill Brown’s production. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Sapien is betting that AI can do more of the investigative work traditionally handled by finance and operating teams. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 FanDuel is the exclusive sports betting partner of The Ringer. — Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026 Kalshi is an online betting market that facilitates wagers on thousands of different events and potential events in politics, sports, and the economy, among other things. — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Whether sports-betting litigation follows a trajectory similar to social-media litigation remains to be seen. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Those tweets pushed up the odds on Santos attending to close to 75%, meaning anyone betting against him making an appearance stood to make more money. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026 Soon after that, betting odds had Watson the likeliest first QB to be benched. — Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for betting
  1. wagering
  2. putting
  3. gambling
Verb
  • The actor and musician plays a prominent role in what is expected to be a significant and long-running campaign for sports-wagering giant DraftKings.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Laurie Buckhout, a Republican Congressional candidate in North Carolina, was issued a fine and suspended from the site for three years after wagering on her own race.
    — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of wagering
Verb
  • But if not, there’s nothing wrong with playing an experienced guy such as Fowler and not putting Lindstein in a position to fail.
    — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The ratios offer a little more room for expenses by putting a little less toward savings than the longstanding gold standard, the 50/30/20 budget.
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of putting
Verb
  • States and tribal regulators disagree, insisting that contracts tied to sports and entertainment are gambling by another name—a fight that is now headed toward the Supreme Court as Kalshi tries to defend the industry’s legal footing.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Presumably some of those people are chasing the same financial reward that drives gambling.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of gambling

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“Betting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betting. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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