buy the rack
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
In reference to the racks on which gambling tickets were once offered for sale.
Verb[edit]
buy the rack (third-person singular simple present buys the rack, present participle buying the rack, simple past and past participle bought the rack)
- (gambling) To place bets on all possible combinations for the daily double.
- 1949, Ernest Evred Blanche, You Can't Win: Facts and Fallacies about Gambling, page 66:
- If there are ten horses in each race, there are 100 possible selections, and the total cost of “buying the rack” would be $200.