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/or gambling:
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“As Jerome expanded, its chances for the title, “the toughest little town in the West,” increased and when it was incorporated in 1899 the citizens were able to support the claim by pointing to the number of thick stone shutters on the fronts of all saloons, gambling halls, and other places of business for protection against gunfire.”
—Administration in the State of Ariz, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)