bookie

Example Sentences

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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

With the Proteas recommencing their first innings on the fifth day Cronje - prompted by a bookie named Marlon Aronstam - contrived an unprecedented innings forfeiture for both sides to ensure a result.

From BBC

The bookies certainly think so - and they are not alone.

From BBC