bookmaker

Example Sentences

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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

And despite losing on her only previous appearance at the tournament, she is rated odds-on favourite by bookmakers to beat Gurney, a World Cup winner with Northern Ireland, and reach the second round.

From BBC

That hasn't stopped a lot of bookmakers placing them as fourth favourites, though, despite Opta putting them down in seventh.

From BBC

Universal is expected to pour resources into seeing she wins the statuette this time around, and she is already the bookmakers' favorite.

From Barron's

Prediction marketers, states, tribes, bookmakers, gambling addiction agencies, and judges will continue to guess what the CFTC’s silence means.

From Barron's