Sports and Gambling
- Pool (cue sports), a group of games played on a pool table
- Pool (poker) or pot, money wagered during a single hand of poker
- Pool betting or parimutuel betting, a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together
- Betting pool, a form of pool betting where gamblers pay a fixed price into a pool
- Football pool, an association football (soccer) betting pool
- Betting pool, a form of pool betting where gamblers pay a fixed price into a pool
- Pool play or group stages, the round robin stage of many sporting championships
- Singapore Pools, Singapore's sole legal lottery
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Famous quotes containing the words sports and, sports and/or gambling:
“Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)
“At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons.”
—Chinese proverb.