variants
or betters
as in gamblers
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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Recent Examples of bettors
Still, American bettors have found an easy work-around in the digital trickery of VPNs, or virtual private networks.
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Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Though early, most members of both parties (and online bettors) expect Democrats to take the House next November.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 5 Jan. 2026
However nice the $2k checks sound, in reality the checks face longshot odds from bettors, logistical hurdles in Congress and angst from some economists.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 23 Dec. 2025
In at least once instance, authorities said Rozier feigned injury to exit a game early, helping bettors who wagered on him failing to make various statistical benchmarks in that contest.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 19 Dec. 2025
Laster allegedly sold this information to two betters for about $100,000.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Dec. 2025
While this accomplishes the goal of giving bettors a desirable user experience, the barriers to entry to become an oddsmaker seem to contradict an insistence that prediction markets are open, peer-to-peer and not gambling.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Dec. 2025
After the game, which the Guardians won, Clase sent text messages to one of the bettors with images of a man hanging himself with toilet paper and a sad puppy dog face, the indictment said.
—NPR, 9 Nov. 2025
Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been charged with taking bribes from sports bettors to intentionally throw certain types of pitches, including tossing balls instead of strikes to ensure successful bets.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Though early, most members of both parties (and online bettors) expect Democrats to take the House next November.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 5 Jan. 2026
However nice the $2k checks sound, in reality the checks face longshot odds from bettors, logistical hurdles in Congress and angst from some economists.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 23 Dec. 2025
In at least once instance, authorities said Rozier feigned injury to exit a game early, helping bettors who wagered on him failing to make various statistical benchmarks in that contest.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 19 Dec. 2025
Laster allegedly sold this information to two betters for about $100,000.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Dec. 2025
While this accomplishes the goal of giving bettors a desirable user experience, the barriers to entry to become an oddsmaker seem to contradict an insistence that prediction markets are open, peer-to-peer and not gambling.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Dec. 2025
After the game, which the Guardians won, Clase sent text messages to one of the bettors with images of a man hanging himself with toilet paper and a sad puppy dog face, the indictment said.
—NPR, 9 Nov. 2025
Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been charged with taking bribes from sports bettors to intentionally throw certain types of pitches, including tossing balls instead of strikes to ensure successful bets.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bettors
gamblers
Noun
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There’s nothing new in this, and gamblers have long accepted this distortion as the cost of wagering.—
Rand Richards Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2026
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In this collection of short stories, there is a story as syllabus, a board game, middle school gamblers, generous dead neighbors, and a professional gynecology patient.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Bettors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bettors. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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