variants
or better
as in gambler
one that bets (as on the outcome of a contest or sports event)
bettors on the horse race have to place their bets at least 20 minutes before the start of the race
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As bettors craft their bets for Friday’s college basketball games, those completed contests and the next Round of 32 matchups and odds will be added and updated below.
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Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Notwithstanding these developments, 2025 has begun inauspiciously for sports bettors.
—David B. McGarry, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2025
Putting a goals cap in place lengthens the odds in the bettor’s favour, and only one of Leicester’s last six games has exceeded this mark.
—Sam Tighe, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Upon doing so, golf bettors will score $150 in total bonus bets, broken up into six $25 bonus bets.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Notwithstanding these developments, 2025 has begun inauspiciously for sports bettors.
—David B. McGarry, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2025
Putting a goals cap in place lengthens the odds in the bettor’s favour, and only one of Leicester’s last six games has exceeded this mark.
—Sam Tighe, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Upon doing so, golf bettors will score $150 in total bonus bets, broken up into six $25 bonus bets.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Bettor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bettor. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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