sports betting

See also: sportsbetting

English

Alternative forms

• sportsbetting (rare)

Noun

sports betting (uncountable)

1. (gambling) The act of betting on the outcomes of sport matches.
   • 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:

     All the casinos also offer video poker, keno, 21 machines, blackjack, poker, bingo, roulette, and sportsbetting.

   • 2003, Gerda Reith, editor, Gambling: Who Wins? Who Loses?, Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, →ISBN, page 57:

     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.

   • 2022 December 24, Rebecca R. Ruiz, “Betting Apps Can Make Anyone a Sports Fan. Even Me.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-13:

     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.

Translations

the act of betting on sports

• French: paris sportifs (fr) m pl
• German: Sportwetten (de) n
• Japanese: スポーツベッティング (supōtsubettingu), スポーツ賭博 (supōtsu tobaku)
• Korean: 스포츠 베팅 (seupocheu beting), 스포츠 도박 (seupocheu dobak)
• Russian: ста́вки на спорт f pl (stávki na sport)

Further reading

• sports betting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia