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Recent Examples of oddsmaker
Nonetheless, Vegas oddsmakers tagged Duke as 9.5-point favorites, making UConn the biggest title-game underdog since 1985, when 9-seed Villanova tried to tackle Georgetown and Patrick Ewing.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 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
Chief Wallabee is listed as the slight 2-1 program favorite to win the $1 million stakes, receiving the track oddsmaker’s nod over 5-2 second choice Commandment.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
While this accomplishes the goal of giving bettors a desirable user experience, the barriers to entry to become an oddsmaker seem to contradict an insistence that prediction markets are open, peer-to-peer and not gambling.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Dec. 2025
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 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
Chief Wallabee is listed as the slight 2-1 program favorite to win the $1 million stakes, receiving the track oddsmaker’s nod over 5-2 second choice Commandment.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
While this accomplishes the goal of giving bettors a desirable user experience, the barriers to entry to become an oddsmaker seem to contradict an insistence that prediction markets are open, peer-to-peer and not gambling.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddsmaker
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Horses from Japan have to travel more than 6,000 miles and undergo quarantine to compete in the Derby, which is enough to make many handicappers shun them.—
Peter Keating,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Before the vote, the top election handicapper had 213 districts at least leaning Democratic, 208 at least leaning Republican and 14 toss-ups.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
22 Apr. 2026
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One of the arguments Kalshi has made for why its offerings aren’t gambling is that prediction market exchanges feature many oddsmakers—also known as market makers—who compete to offer lines rather than a single bookmaker.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
13 May 2026
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Unwilling to take orders or play by the rules of polite society, the two partner up as a bookmaker and his enforcer and run an illicit gambling operation that proves highly profitable — but dangerous.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
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There is also an argument that dynamic ticketing prevents scalpers (known in the U.K. as touts) from being able to operate a secondary market for match tickets, though the counter argument to this is that bots and speculators will take their place.—
Simon Chadwick,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2026
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But land developers and speculators reap huge profits, the state and local governments gleefully do their bidding.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Oddsmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddsmaker. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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