= sweepstake, n. 2.

The action of levant, v.1; a bet made with the intention of absconding if it is lost. Only in phrases to come the levant, runor throw a levant.

Odds offering an equal chance of winning or losing, with the amount won being the same as the stake. Also in extended use in to be even money: to…

intransitive. Sport. play or pay: used with reference to a wager in which the backer of a contestant who fails to compete is still liable. Also in…

(a) an additional or subsidiary bet; spec. a bet made with another player rather than with the house (house, n.1 4g); a bet on something other than…

colloquial. A venture or undertaking with great potential but with little chance of success; a far-fetched explanation, a wild guess; spec.…

= sweepstake, n. 3.

U.S. Horse Racing. = play or pay at play, v. 14c. Now rare.

A betting or gambling transaction in which each person contributes a stake, and the whole of the stakes are taken by one or divided among several…

Horse Racing. A form of betting in which those backing the first three horses divide the total of the losers' stakes (less the operator's…

Horse Racing slang. to go a raker: to make a large, usually reckless bet on a horse. Now rare.

slang. An attempt or ‘shy’ at anything; an exciting venture at betting or cards. Now usually used of speculation or betting on a small scale.

slang. A person who or event which causes gamblers to lose their money; (originally) a horse race or other contest which allows bookmakers to…

slang (chiefly Australian). A rash or reckless bet. Cf. plunge, v. 9.

Betting. A cumulative series of bets, usually on a series of horse races, in which winnings accruing from each transaction are used as a stake for a…

slang (originally Australian Horse Racing). A hedging bet. Cf. save, v. 13d. Also in extended use.

= pari-mutuel, n. (see also quot. 1949). Also attributive or as adj.

A bet in which the punter predicts the first and second finishers in a race or other contest, not necessarily in the correct order. Cf. perfecta, n.…

A cumulative series of bets, usually on a series of horse races, in which winnings accruing from each transaction are used as a stake for a further…

In Australian colloquial phrase Sydney or the bush, all or nothing. Cf. bush, n.1 9.

In technical and elliptical uses. Horse Racing. (a) A total of three races won by the same horse; (b) a bet on three horses to win the respective…

a single bet placed on the winners of two (often consecutive) races in a single day's racing; (also) the two races designated as eligible for such…

Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. Betting. Designating a system of betting or series of bets in which the stake and winnings accruing from each…

Betting. A wager consisting of three selections in different events, which are combined in various ways to produce ten individual bets (three…

Horse Racing (originally U.S.). = daily double n. at daily, adj. n.compounds.

a system of betting (on horse races, etc.) in which the winners of four successive races must be selected (i.e. two doubles in sequence).

A bet in which the punter predicts the first and second finishers in a race in the correct order.

Betting. Originally U.S. An informal wager in which a group of participants stake identical (usually low) sums on a quantifiable aspect of an (often…

An instance of losing (a race). lose bet, lose game, one in which the loser of the game wins the stakes.

A method of betting in which the first three horses in a race have to be named in the correct order.

= sense A. 7 above.

Horse Racing. A composite bet on four or more horses, composed of doubles, trebles, and one or more accumulators.

Chiefly Horse Racing. A tipster's prediction of the horse (or greyhound) most likely to win its race on a particular day; the animal so tipped; a…

A method of betting in which the person placing the bet must pick the first four (occasionally six) finishers of a horse race in the correct…

A bet in which the punter forecasts the first three horses to pass the winning-post in a race in the correct order; = trifecta, n.

In technical and elliptical uses. Horse Racing. = trifecta, n.

A wager consisting of three selections in different events producing four individual bets (three doubles and one treble).

a method of placing bets with a bookmaker or other betting service remotely by electronic means.

(See quot. 1977.) Also figurative.

North American. Gambling. = over-under, n. 2.

North American. Gambling. A type of bet in which wagers are placed on whether the outcome of an event (typically the combined score of a sporting…

A bet offered or placed under the system of spread betting.