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
Circa Sports caters to sharp bettors Circa is usually the first sportsbook to open college football betting lines each week during the season, drawing in action from the sharpest bettors in the world.
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Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025
According to the American Gaming Association, NFL bettors are expected to wager around $30 billion on the league this season through legal sportsbooks.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Seventy-five percent of bettors are on the favorites.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Early payout specials are available for moneyline bettors.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Most of those wagers are placed on soccer, which attracts millions of bettors daily.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
That those women and men who died to end slavery, to win basic rights, to win the vote, to dethrone monarchs and destroy the ancien régime, to fight Czarism and fascism and Nazism and imperialism and apartheid, were in some way our moral betters.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Regardless of exactly how Thursday plays out, the game should see significant action among Maryland bettors.
—Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2025
On paper, a draw suits both sides and could be a viable route for bettors – but something tells us neither side will be particularly happy to settle for that.
—Sam Tighe, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025
According to the American Gaming Association, NFL bettors are expected to wager around $30 billion on the league this season through legal sportsbooks.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Seventy-five percent of bettors are on the favorites.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Early payout specials are available for moneyline bettors.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Most of those wagers are placed on soccer, which attracts millions of bettors daily.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
That those women and men who died to end slavery, to win basic rights, to win the vote, to dethrone monarchs and destroy the ancien régime, to fight Czarism and fascism and Nazism and imperialism and apartheid, were in some way our moral betters.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Regardless of exactly how Thursday plays out, the game should see significant action among Maryland bettors.
—Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2025
On paper, a draw suits both sides and could be a viable route for bettors – but something tells us neither side will be particularly happy to settle for that.
—Sam Tighe, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bettors
gamblers
Noun
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Pusser launched a war against moonshiners, gamblers and others who brought organized crime to the county, said Steve Sweat, a lifelong county resident and the state’s honorary Buford Pusser historian.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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In-game betting is so popular and such a draw that gamblers are making split-second decisions based on the stats displayed.—
Contessa Brewer,Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Bettors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bettors. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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