oddsmaker

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Recent Examples of oddsmaker Contrary to most preseason forecasts by oddsmakers and pundits who gave the Snakes a slight edge, the Padres have turned this year’s two-club race into a rout. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025 However, the oddsmaker still shows her with only a 6 percent chance of winning the party's primary—behind Buttigieg, Ocasio-Cortez, Newsom, Shapiro and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025 But the reality is this — after posting a 5-7 record in 2024 (the second-best record in the program’s history), highlighted by Biff Poggi’s firing, the oddsmakers have the 49ers’ win total set at 3.5, per FanDuel Sportsbook. Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2025 The list of potential prop bets on a player is as far and as wide as the imagination of the bookie, or oddsmaker. Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for oddsmaker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddsmaker
Noun
  • The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report rates Kemp’s seat as a toss-up.
    Brandon Conradis, The Hill, 29 July 2025
  • To stay ahead of the competition, handicappers need sharp tools and consistent insight.
    Jared Welch, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • As part of the scheme, each senior agent bookmaker kept a percentage of profits from bookmakers in the organization below them, as well as from their own book of bettors that placed bets directly with the senior agent.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Flanagan remembers walking into a bookmaker’s shop in Cardiff to ask what the odds were for the game.
    Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But a minority of speculators—just under 10%—in the CME Fed Funds futures market think 0.5% might happen.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And then a lot of the speculators bought up hoards of blighted property or vacant property, and many of them are still holding onto it now.
    Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Mayor Eric Adams said a tipster initially alerted authorities to the post.
    Tom Winter, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The tipster said Xayavong had last been seen with Jorgenson.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Oddsmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddsmaker. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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