bookie

Example Sentences

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And his team-mate George Russell - the bookies' pre-season championship favourite - was also impressively quick when running in the hotter, slower conditions earlier in the day.

From BBC

"We don't pay much attention to bookies' odds. One of the beauties of rugby is that on any given day, anything can happen," said Underhill.

From Barron's

Jenrick said his decision had put "personal ambition to one side", adding that he had been the "bookies favourite" to be the next leader of the Tory Party.

From BBC

For now, it’s the bookies that are taking the biggest hit from prediction markets’ rise.

From Barron's

The bookies were offering you odds of somewhere between 6:1 and 10:1 when the odds of it working out felt more like 2:1.

From Literature