Synonyms and antonyms of Betting, bets and ways of betting in British Thesaurus

bet (noun)

an agreement in which you bet money on what will happen, or the amount of money that you bet

betting (noun)

the activity of trying to win money by placing a bet (=guessing the result of a race, game etc)

call (noun)

a guess about which side of a coin will be showing when it comes down after it has been tossed in the air

double (noun)

informal a bet on a horse race in which any money that you win on one race is risked on a second race

double or quits ()

used when betting money on a game, to say that you will either win twice as much money or lose all of it

each way (adverb)

British if you bet each way, you win money if the person or animal you choose comes first, second, or third in a race

even money (noun)

a situation in which you have an equal chance to win or lose the money that you bet on the result of a race

flutter (noun)

Britishinformal a small bet

high-stakes (adjective)

high-stakes gambling involves large amounts of money

long/short odds ()

an unlikely/likely chance of winning if you bet on a horse in a race or on the result of a competition

odds (noun)

the chances that are used for calculating how much money you will get if the person or thing you bet on wins a race or competition

spot fixing (noun)

in sport, making sure that a specific event happens during a game so that people who know this can win money by betting on it

spread betting (noun)

a type of betting on a sports event in which you win money if you guess the correct result within a particular range of possible results

the tote ()

a system of betting on a horse race in which the people who risk money on the winner share the total amount of money risked on the race

to the bad ()

if you are a particular amount of money to the bad, you have lost that amount

wager (noun)

an agreement to win or lose an amount of money depending on the result of a competition or other event