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
Clase, 27, is also accused of receiving kickbacks from the conspirators and violating MLB rules by using his cell phone during games to coordinate with bettors.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Nov. 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
As a result, the players would receive bribes and kickbacks, and Clase also provided money to the bettors to advance the scheme.
—Ian Thomas, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
In total, by rigging pitches, Clase caused his co-conspirator bettors to win at least $400,000 in fraudulent wagers, according to investigators.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025
In June 2025, bettors won at least $60,000 on pitches thrown by Ortiz.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
The cases at New Orleans and Mississippi Valley State each involved unnamed third-party bettors, with the NCAA using information from integrity monitoring services that flagged suspicious betting activity.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Rozier and Jones were also accused of leaking insider information to bettors in a separate, but linked, conspiracy.
—John Annese, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Nov. 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
As a result, the players would receive bribes and kickbacks, and Clase also provided money to the bettors to advance the scheme.
—Ian Thomas, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
In total, by rigging pitches, Clase caused his co-conspirator bettors to win at least $400,000 in fraudulent wagers, according to investigators.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025
In June 2025, bettors won at least $60,000 on pitches thrown by Ortiz.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
The cases at New Orleans and Mississippi Valley State each involved unnamed third-party bettors, with the NCAA using information from integrity monitoring services that flagged suspicious betting activity.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Rozier and Jones were also accused of leaking insider information to bettors in a separate, but linked, conspiracy.
—John Annese, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bettors
gamblers
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None of this was any news to professional gamblers or bookmakers, who have long had an instinct for when something is off in the betting markets.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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Rozier is accused, with five other defendants, of a conspiracy that involved confidential information about basketball players and teams being leaked to or obtained by gamblers, who then allegedly used the information to make bets.—
Jessica Golden,Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Bettors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bettors. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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