football pools

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ˈfootball pools [football pools] BrE NAmE (also the pools) noun plural
a form of gambling in Britain in which people try to win money by saying what the results of football ( ↑soccer ) matches will be
•They've had a big win on the football pools.

Culture:
Those who predict the results most accurately receive the most prize money. It was the most popular form of gambling in Britain before the ↑National Lottery was introduced in the 1990s