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oddsmaker

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Definition of oddsmaker

as in handicapper

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Recent Examples of oddsmaker Vegas oddsmakers have thrown a few other potential Bonds in the mix. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026 For the 2026 Derby, Renegade, with 4-1 odds, was picked as the morning-line favorite last Saturday by Nick Tammaro, the oddsmaker at Churchill Downs Racetrack, the home of the Derby. — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 1 May 2026 One oddsmaker has slightly improved the Broncos’ odds to win Super Bowl LXI following the NFL Draft. — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026 As of Tuesday, his Kalshi odds to play at the Masters are at 19%, which might be much higher than any other oddsmaker at the moment. — Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for oddsmaker

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First, let’s hear from Nathan Gonzales, another longtime election handicapper.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Longtime handicapper Bruce Marshall cautioned against assuming France and Argentina would meet in the final.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 June 2026

Definition of handicapper

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The British do retain the order of the NYRA morning line by narrowly keeping Golden Tempo at 5-2 as the top favorite, with Renegade breathing down his neck at 10-3 and at one bookmaker at 16-5.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Midnite, the online bookmaker, sponsors Sheffield United, Middlesbrough and Wolverhampton Wanderers, while West Ham United, relegated from the Premier League in May, have been able to retain Boylesports as their leading partner.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of bookmaker

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All event contracts have binary outcomes between $0 to $1, and no matter what price a speculator pays to place a trade, someone has to take the other side of that order and make $1 in total volume.

— Ananya Chetia,Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
The income restrictions keep out Wall Street types, and the flip tax is meant to weed out speculators and investment buyers.

— Clio Chang, Curbed, 3 June 2026

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