even game

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Bet a dollar on an even game and you can only win 90 cents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Scotland continued to flood forward and Russell banged over a penalty to make it an even game.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

“He just brings great energy pretty much every day, even game days making sure everybody’s locked in pregame before we take the court … making sure everybody’s excited to go play,” Curry said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2023

“It was obviously a real competitive game, it was a pretty even game, there was a fine line between winning and losing and we ended up on the wrong side of it tonight,” Sullivan said.

From Washington Times • Jan. 2, 2023

This gorge continues for forty miles, and so desolate is the surrounding country, that not only is it uninhabited by man, but even game cannot live there.

From South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time by Wilson, Sarah Isabella Augusta, Lady