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| even money |
equal stakes or odds given or offered in a wager. |
| faction |
a group or party within, and often at odds with, a larger organization. [1/2 definitions] |
| handicap |
in sports and esp. horse racing, to attempt to predict the winner of (a contest), or to assign odds to (the contestants) as to their chances of winning or losing. [1/6 definitions] |
| oddment |
a leftover or isolated item; one item among several odds and ends. [1/2 definitions] |
| oddsmaker |
a person, usu. an expert, who calculates the odds in betting. |
| pari-mutuel |
a machine that records the bets in this system and calculates the odds and the amount of payoff that winners receive. [1/2 definitions] |
| ragbag |
a miscellaneous or motley collection; gathering of odds and ends. [1/2 definitions] |
| rummage |
a collection of miscellaneous, usu. used, articles; odds and ends. [1/5 definitions] |
| scratch sheet |
a racing publication listing the horses removed from races that day, and other pertinent information such as betting odds; dope sheet. |
| tote board |
(informal) a large board, visible from the stands of a racetrack, on which the current bets, odds, and payoffs are posted. |
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