Thesaurus results for BETTING

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 After acquiring Garrett and two-time All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie in high-profile offseason trades, the Rams have emerged as the betting favorites to win Super Bowl LXI. —

Jeff Howe, New York Times, 16 June 2026 Wagering has jumped to the forefront of college football as Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby won a court order early last week that restored his eligibility and set aside a ban by the NCAA for betting on pro and college sports. —

ABC News, 15 June 2026 Radical Numerics is instead betting that the bottleneck in drug development is about failing to understand an entire biological system. —

Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 15 June 2026 For now, though, investors are betting this one won't — at least until the next twist in the tale. —

Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 15 June 2026 The Big 12’s overarching thesis is that Texas Tech shouldn’t be able to play an athlete who has admitted to betting on his own team and who, the conference asserts, has placed thousands of bets on college and pro sports either directly or through an intermediary from 2022 to 2026. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 June 2026 But the tentative deal between the United States and Iran means traders are now betting on only a 58% chance of a hike this year, down from 71% a week ago, according to data from CME Group. —

Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 As luxury brands search for new ways to engage top clients, Ermenegildo Zegna Group is betting on hospitality and immersive experiences. —

Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 8 June 2026 Yet Colin Angle, the cofounder of iRobot and one of the people behind Roomba, is betting that the next big home robot may feel less like a machine and more like a companion. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026

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Backdoor betting refers to wagering through less regulated channels like prediction markets, rather than highly regulated state casinos and sportsbooks.

— Matt Motta, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
The Big 12 also has its own sports betting policy that forbids coaches, staff and athletes from engaging in sports wagering activity that undermines the integrity of games.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 June 2026