Thesaurus results for BETTORS

bettors

noun

variants or betters

plural of bettor

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 Maryland sports bettors are typically provided with profit boost bets, deposit matches, and bet-and-get options. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Its tech helped investigators find that former Toronto Raptors big man Jontay Porter manipulated his play on behalf of bettors. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2026 In the early nineteenth century in Britain, a number of radical newspapers sprang up which aimed to equip their readers with the knowledge and ideas necessary to wrest power from their social betters. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026 The sentencing comes at the start of the 2026-27 NCAA basketball season, when bettors will wager billions of dollars both legally and illegally on games nationwide. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 Gamblers who lose frequently are the bettors sportsbooks are most interested in, Matthew Gaskell, a British psychologist and expert on gambling addiction, said. — ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026

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gamblers

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But on Monday, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan likened many of the investors drawn to the AI boom to gamblers and questioned the economics of AI labs as Wall Street debates whether the AI bubble will burst.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
The crackdown comes after Porter admitted to intentionally removing himself from games to help gamblers cash in.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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