Bookmaker
noun
A person or company that accepts and pays out bets on sporting and other events at agreed-upon odds.
John placed a bet on the horse race with the bookmaker.
Often appears as...
- licensed bookmaker
- illegal bookmaker
noun
A person who edits, prints, and binds books.
The bookmaker worked hard to get the author's new book ready for publishing.
Often appears as...
- professional bookmaker
- bookmaker's workshop
noun
A person or company that accepts and pays out bets on sporting and other events at agreed-upon odds.
John placed a bet on the horse race with the bookmaker.
Often appears as...
- licensed bookmaker
- illegal bookmaker
noun
A person who edits, prints, and binds books.
The bookmaker worked hard to get the author's new book ready for publishing.
Often appears as...
- professional bookmaker
- bookmaker's workshop
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Pro Tip 1/3Sporting Context
Used when talking about betting on sports and other competitive events.
She contacted a bookmaker to bet on the soccer game.
Pro Tip 2/3Legality Matters
May refer to legal or illegal gambling, context usually clues you in.
The local bookmaker got arrested for running an illegal betting operation.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Reader
Don't confuse with someone who enjoys reading. It's about gambling!
He's a bookmaker, not a bookworm. He takes bets, not reads books.
Pro Tip 1/3Sporting Context
Used when talking about betting on sports and other competitive events.
She contacted a bookmaker to bet on the soccer game.
Pro Tip 2/3Legality Matters
May refer to legal or illegal gambling, context usually clues you in.
The local bookmaker got arrested for running an illegal betting operation.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Reader
Don't confuse with someone who enjoys reading. It's about gambling!
He's a bookmaker, not a bookworm. He takes bets, not reads books.
Pro Tip 1/3Sporting Context
Used when talking about betting on sports and other competitive events.
She contacted a bookmaker to bet on the soccer game.
Pro Tip 2/3Legality Matters
May refer to legal or illegal gambling, context usually clues you in.
The local bookmaker got arrested for running an illegal betting operation.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Reader
Don't confuse with someone who enjoys reading. It's about gambling!
He's a bookmaker, not a bookworm. He takes bets, not reads books.
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Miguel Syjuco
Filipino Writer
I treat my writing like a day job, like my main job, even if for many years I was doing other jobs to pay the bills. I worked as a copy editor. I was a medical guinea pig. I was an eBay power seller of ladies' handbags. I was an assistant to a bookie at the horse races. I bartended. I did anything I could to make ends meet.
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Cyrus S. Poonawalla
Indian Businessman
As a teenager, I developed a great interest in not only horse breeding but also horse racing and used to bet based on red-hot tips. I realized that becoming a bookmaker would be very lucrative, but Dad put his foot down, saying it was an inappropriate career.
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Michael Bisping
English Athlete
I've had ups and downs in my career, and if you look at it as a bookmaker, the odds of me becoming a world champion were never in my favour, but I never stopped believing in myself and never stopped trying.
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Claudio Ranieri
Italian Coach
All managers are under pressure. It's our life, always. It's about how we manage the pressure, the victory, we have to manage everything, even me - the bookmakers put me under pressure every time!
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Walter Matthau
American Actor
I lay 11-10 because I know the bookie needs that 5 percent that I give him. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to make a living and go down to Florida with his family.
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Sammy Davis, Jr.
American Entertainer
I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding.
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Steven Knight
English Director
My dad's uncles were illegal bookmakers who were known in the area as Peaky Blinders, that's the stories I heard.
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Pete Rose
American Baseball Player
I never picked up my phone and called a bookmaker and bet on a baseball game from the clubhouse. Never.
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James Holzhauer
American Celebrity
As a general rule, the less time a bookmaker has to set his odds the softer the odds are going to be.
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Peter O'Toole
Irish Actor
My father was a racetrack bookie.
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Miguel Syjuco
Filipino Writer
I treat my writing like a day job, like my main job, even if for many years I was doing other jobs to pay the bills. I worked as a copy editor. I was a medical guinea pig. I was an eBay power seller of ladies' handbags. I was an assistant to a bookie at the horse races. I bartended. I did anything I could to make ends meet.
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Cyrus S. Poonawalla
Indian Businessman
As a teenager, I developed a great interest in not only horse breeding but also horse racing and used to bet based on red-hot tips. I realized that becoming a bookmaker would be very lucrative, but Dad put his foot down, saying it was an inappropriate career.
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Michael Bisping
English Athlete
I've had ups and downs in my career, and if you look at it as a bookmaker, the odds of me becoming a world champion were never in my favour, but I never stopped believing in myself and never stopped trying.
Quote examples
Claudio Ranieri
Italian Coach
All managers are under pressure. It's our life, always. It's about how we manage the pressure, the victory, we have to manage everything, even me - the bookmakers put me under pressure every time!
Quote examples
Walter Matthau
American Actor
I lay 11-10 because I know the bookie needs that 5 percent that I give him. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to make a living and go down to Florida with his family.
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Sammy Davis, Jr.
American Entertainer
I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding.
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Steven Knight
English Director
My dad's uncles were illegal bookmakers who were known in the area as Peaky Blinders, that's the stories I heard.
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Pete Rose
American Baseball Player
I never picked up my phone and called a bookmaker and bet on a baseball game from the clubhouse. Never.
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James Holzhauer
American Celebrity
As a general rule, the less time a bookmaker has to set his odds the softer the odds are going to be.
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Peter O'Toole
Irish Actor
My father was a racetrack bookie.
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