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What (who) is odds-on - definition
CANADIAN ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND
The Odds; The New Odds; The Most Beautiful Place on Earth (album); Steven Drake; New Odds
odds-on
also odds on
If there is an odds-on chance that something will happen, it is very likely that it will happen. (INFORMAL)
Gerald was no longer the odds-on favourite to win the contest...
It was odds-on that there was no killer.
ADJ
odds-on
¦ adjective
1. (especially of a horse) rated as more likely than evens to win.
2. very likely to happen or succeed.
Odds and evens (hand game)
HAND GAME PLAYED BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE
Odds-on poke; Choosies; Bucking up; Gerade und Ungerade
Odds and evens is a simple game of chance and hand game, involving two people simultaneously revealing a number of fingers and winning or losing depending on whether they are odd or even, or alternatively involving one person picking up coins or other small objects and hiding them in their closed hand, while another player guesses whether they have an odd or even number. The game may be used to make a decision or played for fun.
Wikipedia
Odds (band)
Odds are a Canadian power pop alternative rock band based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They were nominated for six Juno Awards in the 1990s. As of 2014, they are on their fifth record label.
Examples of use of odds-on
1. The odds on Britain joining the euro are longer than the odds on monetary union collapsing.
2. The bookies have shortened their odds on Kenneth Harry Clarke.
3. It was odds–on that protectionist politicians would go further.
4. Rehnquist and O‘Connor also were sometimes at odds on religion.
5. Ladbrokes, the UK bookmaker, reacted by cutting its odds on Paris to 1/6.