bookmaker
Example Sentences
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It is, according to bookmakers, the unlikeliest Super Bowl match-up of modern times.
From Barron's
The bookmakers predict a similarly leisurely final quarter for Wigglesworth and his team on Saturday, though.
From BBC
The 23-year-old from Texas is the bookmakers' favorite to be named Sunday's MVP, if you exclude the quarterbacks.
From Barron's
Bordeaux Begles have won seven of their eight home games this season, and start the game as favourites with the bookmakers.
From BBC
A tearful Redknapp, who recalled last week how his grandmother used to run bets for a bookmaker when gambling was illegal, earned a big kiss from his wife Sandra.
From Barron's
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