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(slang) The alliance of the Folks and Crips (two gangs).
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(slang) An accumulator bet.
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(gambling) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
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(sometimes attributive) An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person owning a "first rank" talent.
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(gambling) A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.
v
(poker, slang) To use a trick that is not explicitly prohibited by the rules, but which is used to gain unfair advantage.
adj
(gambling) Being a kind of bet, in horse-racing and greyhound racing, placed before the racecourse's betting market has opened, on the expectation that the price of the animal is presently more favourable than it will be when the market opens.
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(gambling) A reversed martingale betting strategy that increases the bet after a win and reduces it after a loss.
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(rare) One who opposes gambling.
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(gambling) In baccarat or chemin de fer, a bet on the banker hand.
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A gambler, especially if skilled.
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Alternative form of bet a dollar to a doughnut [(figuratively, mildly humorous) To declare with confidence.]
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A website that acts as a broker between parties that want to place bets with each other, working on similar principles to a stock market.
v
(gambling) To lay bets of equal value against nearly all the horses in a race, so as to stand no great risk of losing.
adj
Suitable for betting; capable of being gambled.
n
The act of placing a bet.
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(US) A business establishment for the placing of wagers on athletic competitions and horse or dog races.
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An area at a racecourse in which bookmakers take bets from punters.
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(chiefly Britain) The premises of a bookmaker, where people may place bets, watch horse races etc on television, and collect their winnings.
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A person who makes a bet, such as a wager on the outcome of a game of chance or a sporting event.
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(gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
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(informal) A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar.
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The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.
v
(transitive, gambling) To shuffle (dice) so that the gamblers can choose from among them.
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A space, usually square, with elastic ropes around the edge, in which a boxing match is fought.
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A casino employee who supervises the craps table.
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The left-over money in a parimutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit.
v
(informal, gambling) To gamble on a game of faro.
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(slang) gambling odds of 10/3, or one hundred to thirty
n
(gambling, slang) A cheat's die whose sides bear only certain combinations of spots, so that undesirable values can never be rolled.
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(gambling) A bookmakers' meeting to discuss the odds.
adj
(idiomatic) suspenseful, involving alternating roles of attack and defence.
n
A bet made for the purpose of entrapping the unwary by subterfuge.
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(uncountable) The game of prisoners' bars.
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(obsolete) A gambling game involving the tossing of coins.
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(collectible card games) To block an attack from a powerful attacker with a weak defender that will neither survive the attack nor destroy the attacker.
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(by extension) Unethical behaviour at the table during bridge or another game.
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A trick in which a coin is flipped over the fingers to create the illusion of the coin walking across the back of the hand.
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(gambling) Money that is used by an agent of a bookie to place a large bet on a horse who has large odds, thereby causing the odds on that horse to decline, reducing the bookie's potential losses in the event that the horse wins.
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The person who collects bets and pays out winnings at a gambling table, such as in a casino.
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The person who deals the cards in a card game.
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(restaurants, slang) A table seating two diners.
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(gambling) A cheat who manipulates the dice.
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A gambler who plays dice.
v
(sports betting) Initialism of draw, no bet, which means that if there’s a tie you get your money back [To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.]
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(idiomatic, gambling) A publication, updated very frequently and used by people who make horse racing wagers, which summarizes information about the horses running in specific races; a publication which provides background information and/or predictions used by people wagering on any sort of competition.
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A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
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A set of trades or bets such that, regardless of the outcome of events, one party strictly profits and another strictly loses.
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(UK, Australia, New Zealand, gambling) For either a win or a place in a competition.
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A bet which offers odds of 1 to 1.
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(gambling, speculation) An opportunity in which the chance of success is equal to that of failure.
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Odds of 1:1; even money.
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A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick the two runners who finish first and second, in the correct order.
adj
(gambling) Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.
v
(intransitive, Australia) To shorten (of betting odds).
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(gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
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(gambling, slang) A crooked die that is shaved down on certain sides to produce the desired rolls more frequently.
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(gambling, slang) A crooked gambling establishment, such as a casino running rigged or fixed (dishonest) games of chance.
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The area of a casino where gambling occurs.
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A casino employee who oversees the gambling activity, settling disputes and so on.
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(gambling) A slot machine bonus game where the player is awarded reel spins on the same wager.
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A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
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A building in which gambling is done.
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A bet in which no money is bet; only the honor of the two parties is at stake. There is no need for proof that one party's side of the bet has been fulfilled; he or she is taken at their word.
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(UK, slang, archaic) To bet a large amount of money on a certain racehorse.
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(gambling) To bet against a racehorse on the chance of its losing, without having the wherewithal to pay if it wins.
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(US, gambling) A place where illicit bets can be placed.
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(gambling, slang) someone who only bets when they are sure they will win
v
To estimate betting odds.
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(gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
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(by extension) Three incidents or achievements that occur together.
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(obsolete) A player at cards or dice; gamester.
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(gambling, slang) An extended winning streak.
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(bookmaking) To place bets with a third party in order to offset potential losses.
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(UK, gambling, slang) A full-cover bet of doubles and upwards, consisting of six selections in 57 bets.
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(countable) A place for gambling.
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(gambling) A gambler who wagers large amounts of money, usually in a casino.
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Alternative form of high roller [(gambling) A gambler who wagers large amounts of money, usually in a casino.]
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(gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
adj
(Australia, New Zealand, horseracing, figuratively) Assured of winning.
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A room where gamblers can place bets on horse races.
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(gambling) The largest total of money staked on a race, etc.
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Lotto or bingo, especially when played for money.
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(Australia) Alternative form of housie [(Australia, New Zealand) A gambling game similar to bingo.]
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Somebody who pretends to be an amateur at a game in order to win bets.
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(gambling) A type of money collected from earnings on one race which is then automatically applied to a subsequent race in the case when an if-bet is placed.
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(gambling) A type of bet placed with a bookmaker wherein the bettor has money on a horse in a subsequent race under the condition that his horse in an earlier race also wins.
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(Britain, uncountable) The game of tag.
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(childish) The act of keeping something, especially something wagered as part of a game.
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A casino employee who supervises the baccarat table from a tall chair, watching for cheating etc.
adj
(of a bet, or an amount of money) Bet with another bookmaker to reduce risk.
v
To offer a bet in which one stands more to lose than the opponent; or a bet in some other way favourable to the opponent.
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A bet that is laid off, i.e. placed with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
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An employee of a gambling establishment who sets the line, or spread.
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(gambling, slang) someone who only bets when they are sure they will win
adj
(gambling) Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.
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(UK) A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.
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(non-native speakers' English) Problem gambling.
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A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
v
(horseracing, archaic) To lay bets (recorded in a pocketbook) against the success of every horse, so that the bookmaker wins on all the unsuccessful horses and loses only on the winning horse or horses.
v
To employ the martingale strategy in gambling.
n
(slang) The sharing out of profits or gambling winnings.
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(obsolete, slang) A racing bookmaker.
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The fallacy, most often believed by gamblers, that a past random event influences the outcome of a future random event, that is, that a run of even numbers at roulette means that there is a greater chance of an odd number next time.
n
(gambling) A bookmaker's list of competitors and probable odds, published before the opening of the betting.
adj
Pertaining to multiple bets.
adj
(dice games) Pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result.
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(rare, of dice) A throw in which all of nine dice show the same value (an event whose probability of occurring is 1,679,616 to 1).
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The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.
adj
Likely: alternative spelling of odds-on
adj
In which the amount won on a bet is less than the amount staked.
n
A board displaying the odds (or lines) for sports betting.
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The setting of odds for gambling.
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A person who offers odds to gamblers.
adv
Of betting odds, denoting a better-than-even chance. See also odds-on.
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Alternative form of one-armed bandit [(originally US, gambling) A gaming machine having a long arm-like handle at one side that a player pulls down to make reels spin; the player wins money or tokens when certain combinations of symbols line up on these reels.]
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(slang) Tampering with the external surface of dice in order to cheat.
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The spread or other predicted value for wagers.
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(gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
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The margin taken by the bookmaker in a gambling operation.
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(horse racing) Any betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and a house take are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all placed bets.
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Alternative form of pari-mutuel [(horse racing) Any betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and a house take are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all placed bets.]
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(originally US, gambling) A bet or series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward; an accumulator.
n
Alternative spelling of parlour game [Any of a number of amusing games played indoors with few props by the members of a social gathering.]
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Any of a number of amusing games played indoors with few props by the members of a social gathering.
n
(gambling) The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.
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(gambling) A table of values determining the payouts for various outcomes at the game.
n
(gambling) A line of symbols on a slot machine (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) that can win a jackpot.
n
Alternative form of pay table. [(gambling) A table of values determining the payouts for various outcomes at the game.]
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A game for two players in which each player selects an equally long sequence of heads or tails. The winner is the player whose sequence occurs first when a fair coin is tossed repeatedly.
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(chiefly US) A kind of bet wherein the first and second-place finishers must be predicted in the correct order.
n
A combination of outcomes (not a permutation) that a gambler bets on in the football pools.
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(horse racing) A wager in which the bettor must correctly predict the winners of six consecutive races.
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A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) The man who called heads or tails in street gambling games of coin tossing.
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(gambling) A supervisor who oversees the dealers and activity at the gaming tables in a casino, and who typically has the authority to expel unruly gamblers from the premises.
n
(gambling) Money wagered on a horse, etc. to come second or third in a race, rather than winning it.
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(UK) A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick a placed horse from each of the first six races from any British race meeting.
v
(UK, horseracing) To cut one's losses by betting on every racehorse other than the crowd favorite.
n
(gambling) The cumulative monetary amount that must be wagered before an account may be withdrawn, typically stated as a multiple of the initial deposit.
n
(gambling, Australia, New Zealand) A poker machine (slot machine used for gambling).
n
(obsolete, US) A gambling place where one may bet on the numbers which will be drawn in lotteries.
v
(intransitive) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
n
(sports, by extension) A person who competes solely to win prizes.
n
(uncountable, New York City) A children's game, similar to hopscotch, especially popular in New York.
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(gambling) The authority to charge a punter's gambling or other bills to the casino.
n
(gambling) A person who determines the odds to be offered to bettors.
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The process of determining the odds to be offered to bettors.
n
(gambling) A professional gambler; a competitive player of games of chance to win prizes.
n
(chess) One who composes chess problems for other players to attempt to solve.
n
(gambling) A house player in a casino.
v
(intransitive, slang) To play chess.
n
(Australia, gambling, horse racing, colloquial) A quadrella, a type of bet requiring the bettor to pick the winners of four nominated races at the same track; a bet requiring the selection of four winners of specified matches in a given round of a sporting competition.
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(gambling, horse racing) A bet in which the bettor must select the winners of the first four places (i.e., first, second, third, and fourth) of a race in the correct order.
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(UK) A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick a placed horse from the third, fourth, fifth and sixth race from any British race meeting.
n
(gambling, horse racing, Australia, New Zealand) A bet where the bettor must pick the winners of four nominated races at the same track.
n
(gambling, horse racing) A form of bet in which the bettor predicts the first two finishers in a race, without concern for the order of finishing.
n
(gambling) A kind of bet in which the first- and second-place finishers must be predicted, but (unlike a perfecta) not necessarily in the correct order.
n
The smooth laying out of a deck of cards across a surface, used as a flourish in card tricks.
n
(gambling, slang) A compulsion to gamble regardless of one's losses.
n
A man within the betting ring of a racecourse; a bookmaker who works in the ring.
n
A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
n
(uncountable, figuratively) An instance of risk-taking, especially when the downside exceeds the upside (contrary to the game of roulette where only the wager is lost).
n
(gambling) A form of bet on the full set of possible combinations from a larger group (of teams, racehorses, etc.), such as the outcomes A+B, B+C and A+C from a group ABC.
n
A person who earns a living by playing cards
n
A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
n
(informal, US, New York) A keep-away game in which children throw around an object with the aim of keeping it away from a particular child (often the owner of the object) or from another group of children; keepings off.
n
(in India) an illegal form of lottery, which originally involved betting on the opening and closing rates of cotton transmitted from the New York Cotton Exchange, but now makes use of random numbers
v
(gambling) To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker.
n
(gambling) A gambler who scalps.
n
(gambling) An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
n
a lottery ticket containing sections covered with an opaque waxy film which may be removed by scratching to reveal symbols that show whether or not a prize has been won
n
(Britain) The person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings.
n
(gambling, informal) The use of a betting shop's coupons and a betting exchange to create an arbitrage position.
n
(gambling) A house player in a casino.
n
(idiomatic) A stake; something at risk, especially with regard to money and investments.
v
(slang, archaic, gambling) Of a bookmaker: to win all of his bets, in the case where nobody backed the winner.
n
(gambling, slang) An instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner.
n
(uncountable, obsolete) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
n
(slang, gambling) A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler.
v
To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
n
(US) A place where a gambler can bet on various sports competitions.
n
A bet involving no money, only honour
n
A spread betting bet or investment transaction
n
A form of gambling (or investment) in which a bookmaker (or broker) predicts a range of outcomes (or share price movements) and the better (or investor) places a stake on a higher or lower result and thus wins or loses a multiple of that stake, the multiple depending on the accuracy of the prediction
n
A person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to the winner of the bet.
n
(billiards, snooker) A person who bets (backs with a stake) on a player
n
(billiards, snooker) The act of betting on the outcome of a game
n
The money wagered in gambling
n
(horse racing) A win at a stakes race
n
(horse racing) A winner of a stakes race
adj
(horse racing) Having won a stakes race.
n
(horse racing) The final odds on a horse when the race starts; also used to designate a system of fixed-odds betting using such prices. Abbreviation: SP.
n
(US, slang) a gambler who increases a wager after losing.
n
A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
n
A dealer in gambling who gathers the dice with a stick.
n
A reliable hint in betting on sports, etc.
n
A method of betting in which the bettor, in order to win, must pick the first four finishers of a race in the correct sequence.
n
One who enters a sweepstake.
n
A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick two runners to finish in any of the places in any order.
n
(Australia, games) Two-up.
n
(business, politics, figuratively) The stake that a stakeholder must put up even just to earn a place at the table (a chance to compete), let alone ensure a win.
n
Any game suitable for playing on a table or other flat surface.
v
(horse racing) To stake one's money against the favourite, taking the chances of the field against the chance of one horse.
n
(gambling, dated) A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.
n
(informal) The amount of a gambler's theoretical losses based on typical play.
n
A fraudster who operates a game of three-card monte.
n
(Britain) a system of sign language used by bookmakers at racecourses to communicate odds and bets; an associated group of words for each sign
n
One who gives private hints about racing or financial speculation, etc.; a tipster.
n
(gambling) A form of cheating at roulette in a casino by waiting for the ball to land on the winning number and then covertly placing chips on that number.
n
(television, radio) During a classroom quiz or game show, a question posed to two or more opponents where both are able to answer by signaling, and depending on the rules, the one that responds with a correct answer either takes control of the game or proceeds to advance to a subsequent round.
n
(UK) the computerised system which runs parimutuel betting, calculating payoff odds, displaying them, and producing tickets based on incoming bets.
n
(US) A computer-like machine, at a racecourse, that registers bets and distributes the total amount bet among those who win.
n
A totalizator (betting machine).
n
(Britain, Australia) A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator.
n
The computerised system which runs parimutuel betting, calculating payoff odds, displaying them, and producing tickets based on incoming bets.
v
(US, slang, horse-racing, transitive) To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
n
(US, Australia, New Zealand) A bet in which the bettor must select the first three placegetters of a race in the order in which they finish.
n
The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.
n
Alternative form of a bob each way [(colloquial, UK, Australia, New Zealand) A situation of hedging one's bets, refusing to commit to either side of a question.]
n
(Australia, New Zealand, games) A game of chance, played by betting on the outcome of two pennies thrown in the air.
n
(professional wrestling) The part of a wrestling show towards the end of the card (programme or schedule). It is the most prestigious part of the show compared to the midcard and lowcard
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(slang, uncountable) Money acquired by gambling.
n
(Philippines, informal) An illegal betting game using an arcade machine playing horse racing.
n
That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
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(gambling) In a casino, a person who routinely bets at the maximum limit allowable.
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A knowledgable or successful sports bettor.
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A wager on four selections, consisting of 11 separate bets: six doubles, four trebles and a fourfold accumulator. A minimum two selections must win to gain a return.
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