bookie

Example Sentences

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A bookie needs to close the betting window to this fan while keeping it open an optimal bit longer for fans watching on a screen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Being in debt can unquestionably make you less safe even if the threat is a lack of health care or housing, not a bookie.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2024

The Washington Post has reported that it was the investigation into Sibella that landed Mizuhara’s alleged bookie, Orange County resident Mathew Bowyer, in prosecutors’ crosshairs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024

Would Maniscalco be game to portray a Los Angeles bookie adjusting his business plan as the legalization of sports gambling looms?

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2023

"There's something I didn't write down. Maybe I shouldn't tell you, you being a judge and all, but, well, Jake Wexler . . . he's a bookie."

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin