as in wagerers
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 gamblers
There’s nothing new in this, and gamblers have long accepted this distortion as the cost of wagering.
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Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
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
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
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
Very quickly, his office began receiving reports that gamblers were threatening members of the University of Dayton basketball team.
—CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
Very quickly, his office began receiving reports that gamblers were threatening members of the University of Dayton basketball team.
—Julie Carr Smyth, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
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
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
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
Very quickly, his office began receiving reports that gamblers were threatening members of the University of Dayton basketball team.
—CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
Very quickly, his office began receiving reports that gamblers were threatening members of the University of Dayton basketball team.
—Julie Carr Smyth, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamblers
bettors
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Still, American bettors have found an easy work-around in the digital trickery of VPNs, or virtual private networks.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
6 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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“Gamblers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamblers. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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