as in wagerer
one that bets (as on the outcome of a contest or sports event)
marveled at the huge swarm of gamblers in the casino
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Recent Examples of gambler
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.
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Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
The gambler hit a royal flush on the flop in the poker game.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 4 Jan. 2026
Singapore’s gamblers have long been known to visit cemeteries in the dead of night to divine winning lottery numbers.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
In the 1940s and '50s, New York City table tennis was a gritty subculture full of misfits, gamblers, doctors, actors, students and more.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 25 Dec. 2025
That recklessly exuberant 2019 drama, which Safdie co-directed with his brother, Benny, stars Adam Sandler as a jewelry dealer in Manhattan and a compulsive gambler who takes thrilling risks to pay off his creditors and learns that the house always wins.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
The information was then used by Laster and other gamblers, who were able to bet on Rozier's not making various statistical benchmarks that night, prosecutors said.
—Tom Winter, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
Most of a casino’s revenue is generated from slot machines, and much of the slot machine revenue is generated from a small subset of gamblers.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
The coming months are likely to demonstrate once and for all whether Saylor is a pioneer in crypto finance, as his backers claim, or just another high stakes gambler whose luck has run out.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
The gambler hit a royal flush on the flop in the poker game.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 4 Jan. 2026
Singapore’s gamblers have long been known to visit cemeteries in the dead of night to divine winning lottery numbers.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
In the 1940s and '50s, New York City table tennis was a gritty subculture full of misfits, gamblers, doctors, actors, students and more.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 25 Dec. 2025
That recklessly exuberant 2019 drama, which Safdie co-directed with his brother, Benny, stars Adam Sandler as a jewelry dealer in Manhattan and a compulsive gambler who takes thrilling risks to pay off his creditors and learns that the house always wins.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
The information was then used by Laster and other gamblers, who were able to bet on Rozier's not making various statistical benchmarks that night, prosecutors said.
—Tom Winter, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
Most of a casino’s revenue is generated from slot machines, and much of the slot machine revenue is generated from a small subset of gamblers.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
The coming months are likely to demonstrate once and for all whether Saylor is a pioneer in crypto finance, as his backers claim, or just another high stakes gambler whose luck has run out.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gambler
Noun
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With a speculator urban class in the Northeast becoming wealthy and a rural farming class in the South and the Midwest caught in the monetary brace of the Gold Standard, American democracy was ripe for change.—
David McWilliams,
Fortune,
16 Nov. 2025
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The talking heads, always a key ingredient to the Ken Burns Experience, go to great lengths to describe not only the greatness of men like George Washington in particular, but also the darker side of their lives, like Washington’s position as a slaveholder and land speculator.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
12 Nov. 2025
Noun
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An anonymous bettor made over $400,000 on a $32,000 wager that former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro would be ousted by the end of January.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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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
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“Gambler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gambler. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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