football pools

football pools
A competition in which people try to predict the results of football matches and win money

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  • Football pools — Football pools, often referred to as the pools , are football betting pools based on predicting the outcome of top level football (soccer) matches set to take place in the coming week.British poolsSeveral different companies such as… …   Wikipedia

  • football pools — ˈfootball pools [football pools] (also the pools) noun plural a form of gambling in Britain in which people try to win money by saying what the results of football ( ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • football pools — football .pools n [plural] another word for the ↑pools …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • football pools — N PLURAL: the N If you do the football pools, you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win money by guessing the results of football matches. [BRIT] Syn: pools …   English dictionary

  • football pools — ➡ pools * * * …   Universalium

  • football pools —    A system of sports betting based around the prediction of a football game’s outcome. Although most professional football clubs now run their own pools companies, most gamblers place their stakes with one of three major companies: Littlewoods,… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

  • football pools — /ˈfʊtbɔl pulz/ (say footbawl poohlz) plural noun organised gambling on the results of football matches; the pools …  

  • football pools — noun see the pools pool 1 (4) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • (the) football pools — the football pools UK US noun [plural] british a system in which people can win large amounts of money by guessing what the results of football matches will be each week. The football pools are often simply called the pools .… …   Useful english dictionary

  • the football pools — UK / US noun [plural] British a system in which people can win large amounts of money by guessing what the results of football matches will be each week. The football pools are often simply called the pools …   English dictionary

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