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

Unfortunately for Borgen and his outskated, out-hustled teammates on Friday night, his one-armed banditry would also be the final time his team was in an even game.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 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

The text move, on the other hand, assures Black an even game at the very least, as will soon be seen.

From Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca, José Raúl