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
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.
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David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
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
They are accused of sharing confidential information or rigging games so gamblers could win their prop bets.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Moses Swaibu, a low-level English soccer player who was convicted, in 2015, of colluding with gamblers, scoffed at that idea, and told me that pro athletes can change the outcome of a play just by standing a foot out of position.
—Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
And Jan Zimmerman, chair of the Missouri Gaming Commission, explained how gamblers will be able to place their bets.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
Rather than simply betting on the outcome or point spread of games, gamblers can now use their betting apps to place live prop bets minute by minute within the game.
—David French, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
The International Tennis Federation found that angry gamblers accounted for 40% of social media attacks aimed at players, with several threats credible enough to be submitted to the FBI.
—Lz Granderson, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
And among those are the gamblers — big-time rollers, not the everyday/fantasy hashslingers.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
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
They are accused of sharing confidential information or rigging games so gamblers could win their prop bets.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Moses Swaibu, a low-level English soccer player who was convicted, in 2015, of colluding with gamblers, scoffed at that idea, and told me that pro athletes can change the outcome of a play just by standing a foot out of position.
—Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
And Jan Zimmerman, chair of the Missouri Gaming Commission, explained how gamblers will be able to place their bets.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
Rather than simply betting on the outcome or point spread of games, gamblers can now use their betting apps to place live prop bets minute by minute within the game.
—David French, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
The International Tennis Federation found that angry gamblers accounted for 40% of social media attacks aimed at players, with several threats credible enough to be submitted to the FBI.
—Lz Granderson, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
And among those are the gamblers — big-time rollers, not the everyday/fantasy hashslingers.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamblers
bettors
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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.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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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,
NPR,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Gamblers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamblers. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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