sports betting en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) The act of betting on the outcomes of sport matches.
The impact of sportsbetting and the potential risks to sports associations, players, and gambling providers have been exacerbated by the commercialization and global televising of sports, and the impact of digital technology.
2003, Gerda Reith, editor, Gambling: Who Wins? Who Loses?, Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, →ISBN, page 57:All the casinos also offer video poker, keno, 21 machines, blackjack, poker, bingo, roulette, and sportsbetting.
1993, Eleanor Harris, Quick Escapes in Southern California: 21 Weekend Trips From Los Angeles and San Diego, Old Saybrook, Conn.: The Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 206:Regulators had admonished sports betting companies, including those with which I had bet, for having let customers wager with credit cards — something illegal in Iowa but permitted in most other states with mobile betting.
2022 December 24, Rebecca R. Ruiz, “Betting Apps Can Make Anyone a Sports Fan. Even Me.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 May 2023:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sportsbetting | alternative, rare | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
fr paris sportifs (the act of betting on sports) · ru ста́вки на спорт (the act of betting on sports) · ko 스포츠 도박 (the act of betting on sports) · ja スポーツベッティング (the act of betting on sports) · de Sportwetten (the act of betting on sports) · ja スポーツ賭博 (the act of betting on sports) · ko 스포츠 베팅 (the act of betting on sports)