English Dictionary

comeback money

名詞

不可算名詞

(gambling) Money that is used by an agent of a bookie to place a large bet on a horse who has large odds, thereby causing the odds on that horse to decline, reducing the bookie's potential losses in the event that the horse wins.

日本語の意味

ギャンブルにおいて、ブックメーカーの代理人が、高いオッズの馬に大きな賭け金をかけることによって、その馬のオッズを下げ、万一馬が勝利した際のブックメーカーの潜在的損失を軽減する目的で使用される資金

The syndicate's agent quietly placed comeback money on the long-shot, causing the odds to tumble and limiting the bookie's exposure.

その組織の代理人はひそかにオッズが高い馬にオッズを下げるための賭け金を投じ、オッズが急落してブックメーカーの損失を抑えた。

意味（1）

(gambling) Money that is used by an agent of a bookie to place a large bet on a horse who has large odds, thereby causing the odds on that horse to decline, reducing the bookie's potential losses in the event that the horse wins.

Lots of people notice at the track that the tote board will change at the last moment; odds will drop on a horse from 20 to 1 to 8 to 1, something like that, which means that all comeback money has just come in.