sports bettors
Athletic event speculators
Sports bettors are people who wager money on the outcomes of athletic competitions.
The term covers casual fans placing occasional bets as well as professionals who study statistics and odds full-time: Sports bettors lined up at the window before kickoff.
The rise of legal online gambling has dramatically expanded the population of sports bettors.
- gamblersThose who bet
- puntersPeople who bet
- handicappersThose who predict contest outcomes
- wageringRisking money on outcomes
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
point spread · spreads · parlays · action · sharps · squares · juice · vigorish · locks · picks · touts · degenerates · stakes · underdogs · favorites · lines · tickets · covers
relationship to gambling industry
sports bettorsbookmakers
Those who accept bets
oddsmakers · the house · bookies · sportsbooks · casinos
sport, sports, sporty, sportive, sportively, sporting, sportsman, sportsmanship, sportswoman