position, show, ride, race, risk, buck the odds, wager, blow it, parlay, jockey, place, win, round, place a bet, lay a bet, lay odds (on a race), play the ponies, put money on, bet on, head (for home), outpace, chance it, go for broke, take a flyer, bet the farm, cash in (a winning ticket), box (a bet), back (a horse)
extract, tap, chisel, milk, filter, cheat, trick, dupe, double-deal, fleece (tourists by overcharging), pad (an account), make off with, rake in, con, use false pretenses, defraud someone of, swindle, profit by, funnel, launder, siphon off, exploit, commandeer, falsify, embezzle, appropriate, misappropriate, violate, manipulate (numbers), cook the books, skim off the top, rip off, help oneself to, pocket, screw (over), line one's pockets, diddle, bribe, commit (fraud), gull, shaft, bilk, rook, receive kickbacks