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I have a book that's using the idea of fighting the odds and being the underdog as a sort of theme.
What I need is a term from either gambling or probability studies (terms from both would be excellent) that refers to the underdog who wins. Like the odds said this would almost certainly happen, but it didn't. So in horse racing, it would be an upset. Is there a name for the horse who does the upsetting? "Underdog" only seems to apply before the victory, right?
I'm looking for something that means, like, "odds-beater" or "upsetter" or something like that... and, again, it would be great if there was a gambling term AND a more mathematical term for the same idea...
Anything?
What I need is a term from either gambling or probability studies (terms from both would be excellent) that refers to the underdog who wins. Like the odds said this would almost certainly happen, but it didn't. So in horse racing, it would be an upset. Is there a name for the horse who does the upsetting? "Underdog" only seems to apply before the victory, right?
I'm looking for something that means, like, "odds-beater" or "upsetter" or something like that... and, again, it would be great if there was a gambling term AND a more mathematical term for the same idea...
Anything?