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Recent Examples of oddsmaker
Campbell's team has challenging matchups remaining, including back-to-back home matchups against the Packers and Bills in Weeks 14 and 15, plus a Week 17 trip to San Francisco, but entering Week 12, oddsmakers see the NFC as the Lions' to lose.
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Tyler Everett, Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2024
Some of the smartest people on earth are established NFL oddsmakers.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Even so, oddsmakers predict the Raven-Bills game could be the closest of the weekend.
—Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
Verse ended the regular season as oddsmakers’ favorite to win Defensive Rookie of the Year.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Tyler Everett, Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2024
Some of the smartest people on earth are established NFL oddsmakers.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Even so, oddsmakers predict the Raven-Bills game could be the closest of the weekend.
—Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
Verse ended the regular season as oddsmakers’ favorite to win Defensive Rookie of the Year.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddsmaker
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He was injured last year which kept him off the Kentucky Derby Trail, and handicappers and race analysts love this horses talent, but not the far outside draw with the short run to the first turn.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Pro handicapper and bettor Brad Powers points out in his college football newsletter that Notre Dame and Penn State have the best against the spread (ATS) records at 27-11-2 for Notre Dame including 10-straight covers and cashes entering the Orange Bowl, and Penn State 26-14-1 ATS.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Two scenarios and two betting paths The tipsters predict a tense, tactical showdown between two of the league’s titans.—
Julia Ranney,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Their detectives determined a Wisconsin woman, whom the tipster believed to be the one making threats, was not the suspect and there were no local schools at risk of being targeted.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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The comedy series starred Sebastian Maniscalco as a veteran bookmaker in Los Angeles who must fight to survive the legalization of sports gambling while navigating unstable clients.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2025
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Harris expanded her lead at the three offshore betting houses USA TODAY regularly surveys and remained at -125 to even money at U.K. bookmaker Bet365.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
23 Sep. 2024
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The approval of a dozen spot bitcoin ETFs triggered a flood of institutional capital, transforming what had been a market dominated by retail speculators into one gaining broader acceptance on Wall Street.—
Nina Bambysheva,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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They’re only distinguished by the name on the label and how much money their issuers manage to fleece from individual speculators before the coin’s value inevitably plummets toward zero.—
Jacob Silverman,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Oddsmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddsmaker. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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