Underdogs seek to defy them

• Bettors' figures
• "And you coming back to me, is against all ___" (Phil Collins)
• Lotto info
• Two to one, e.g
• Numbers that may be long or stacked
• Things noted at the racetrack
• "The Wizard of ___" (short-lived Alex Trebek game show)
• Bookie's stats

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Odds are a Canadian alternative rock band. The band's power pop style has been frequently compared to that of contemporaries such as Squeeze , Elvis Costello , Tom Petty , The Clash , XTC , The Tubes , and other bands they have influenced, such as Sloan ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in wagering sense, found first in Shakespeare ("2 Henry IV," 1597), probably from earlier sense of "amount by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another" (1540s), from odd (q.v.), though the sense evolution is uncertain. Until 19c. treated as a singular, ...