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McCoy’s alma mater, Texas, is a favorite to win the upcoming national championship according to oddsmakers, and despite the Longhorns’ recent success, the school hasn’t been to a national championship game since 2009 when McCoy was still starring in Austin.
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Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2025
Consider: The Dodgers and the Yankees are the only teams given at least a 10% chance by FanGraphs analytics and several oddsmakers.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
Despite how evenly matched the NBA Finals have been through four games, oddsmakers still expect the Thunder to win the Larry O'Brien Trophy without too much difficulty.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
The bay colt was the morning-line favorite for the Preakness as well as the Derby, winning over oddsmakers with four straight victories in California, including April's Santa Anita Derby, March's San Felipe Stakes and December's Los Alamitos Futurity Stakes.
—Alex Sundby
june 6, CBS News, 6 June 2025
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Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2025
Consider: The Dodgers and the Yankees are the only teams given at least a 10% chance by FanGraphs analytics and several oddsmakers.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
Despite how evenly matched the NBA Finals have been through four games, oddsmakers still expect the Thunder to win the Larry O'Brien Trophy without too much difficulty.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
The bay colt was the morning-line favorite for the Preakness as well as the Derby, winning over oddsmakers with four straight victories in California, including April's Santa Anita Derby, March's San Felipe Stakes and December's Los Alamitos Futurity Stakes.
—Alex Sundby
june 6, CBS News, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddsmaker
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The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report rates Kemp’s seat as a toss-up.—
Brandon Conradis,
The Hill,
29 July 2025
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Derby: Expert handicapper Ed DeRosa is a big proponent that winning money at the Kentucky Derby is more important than picking the winner.—
Ray Padilla,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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The odds of President Trump completing his second White House term have fallen dramatically as a result of public backlash over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case over the past month, according to a leading bookmaker.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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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.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
8 May 2025
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For one thing, this is a lot closer to how Wall Street started – a game of telephone among pods of speculators before the invention of the telephone – than is represented in any academic version of sober capital formation.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 July 2025
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Sixty percent of speculators in the Fed funds futures market currently think Powell will cut interest rates by 0.25% to the 4% level in September—a move that would deliver new cheap money into equities.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
25 July 2025
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Anonymous tipsters can also contact the department’s tipline by calling 219-391-8500.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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And since the first leak, another tipster with exceptional track record has weighed in, and responses have been dramatic.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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“Oddsmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddsmaker. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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