bookmaker

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Recent Examples of bookmaker But betting on March Madness is different and the odds, spread and totals can move quickly as bookmakers released betting lines for the next group of games as teams win and advance through the brakets. Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 From 2017 to 2020, Greer allegedly used the company’s bank accounts to pay for personal expenses, including payments to bookmakers Wayne Joseph Nix and Ken Arsenian to cover sports gambling losses, and to purchase a 2021 Mercedes-Benz automobile, court papers show. City News Service, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025 Two leading bookmakers have given odds on the Republican Party winning control of the White House, Senate and House of Representatives during Tuesday's elections. David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024 Before online sports bookmakers launched in November 2020, Tennesseeans rarely sought counseling for sports betting. Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bookmaker
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Noun
  • In another, a bookseller becomes stuck in a time loop.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Spearman said he’s learned from his first run as a bookseller.
    Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of working with the best of the best, Haney now instructs amateur players of all ages and abilities, ranging from low handicappers to the dreamer who just wants to break 90.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Top political handicappers tweak their predictions Los Tigres del Norte has been outspoken in championing the rights of Latinos and immigrants living in the United States.
    Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Only Bass is currently running for mayor in 2026, but an entity is currently polling on all four, per a screenshot of the poll that a tipster sent us.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The tipster gave police the Instagram handle and the name of the account’s owner.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Although the Bucks have not been as strong on the road, the oddsmakers love their chance of coming out on top.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Due to the lack of upsets, Johnny Avello, an oddsmaker at DraftKings, said the bettor has done will this year due to a popular trend.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Count the times speculators lived to regret shorting what’s still the center of the financial universe in the last 30 years.
    William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Deserts support abundant, diverse plant and animal life that can’t be found anywhere else, provide speculator views, and offer a vast landscape free of other people.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 27 Mar. 2025

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