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chalk player

noun

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  1. Synonym of chalk eater (“one who bets on racehorses that are favourites to win”).

    • Chalk players can make money if the favorites come in as expected, but since there are so many upsets in horse racing, it is risky to always play the favorites.
    • 2013, Editors of TIME Magazine, Inside the Red Border Yet, the chalk players have such confidence in Secretariat that a $2 bet will likely fetch no more than $2.10 or $2.20 if he wins at Belmont.

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