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Recent Examples of oddsmaker
Vegas oddsmakers have thrown a few other potential Bonds in the mix.
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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.
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Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
One oddsmaker has slightly improved the Broncos’ odds to win Super Bowl LXI following the NFL Draft.
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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.
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Tyler Erzberger,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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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.
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Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
One oddsmaker has slightly improved the Broncos’ odds to win Super Bowl LXI following the NFL Draft.
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddsmaker
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Longtime handicapper Bruce Marshall cautioned against assuming France and Argentina would meet in the final.
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Pictured above, the hardworking AFP shooter Henry Nicholls produces yet another fine portrait in his shot of a young handicapper luxuriating in the Zenlike smoke-wreathed focus required to select just the perfect and perfectly-priced mounts to back in the next race.
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The money that actually stays with a bookmaker typically runs at less than a 10% margin on that headline figure.
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Boyle Sports is Ireland’s largest independent bookmaker and signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with West Ham in July 2025.
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As with other futures markets, compute contracts would also draw speculators — traders with no direct need for GPU capacity but a view on where compute prices are headed.
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But beyond that historic wealth event, the massive deal is resetting expectations for the sprawling network of startup firms, venture funds and high-net-worth speculators that dominate private markets for unlisted technology stocks — and for every major IPO that follows in its wake.
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“Oddsmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddsmaker. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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