bookie

the bookies are taking bets on his possible successor.

United have emerged as the bookies' clear favourite.

the bookies only squealed because we beat them.

bookies try to depress the favourite's official starting price by last-minute shenanigans.

He learned to bet on stoopball, paddleball, and checkers, which he played with other local kids, and with adults who went by nicknames such as Bitter Irving, Bookie, and Nervous Phil.

The bookie took bets on the horse races.

I placed a bet with the bookie on the football game.

The bookie set the odds for the boxing match.

The bookie collects money from people placing bets.

The bookie calculates the payouts for the winners.

The bookie operates illegally in some areas.

The bookie was arrested for running an illegal gambling operation.

The bookie offered odds on various sports events.

The bookie keeps track of all the bets placed.

The bookie made a lot of money during the World Cup.

A-all right, it's my bookie. He's set up offshore.

She enjoyed complimentary gambling junkets to Las Vegas and kept a local bookie on speed dial.

Boris Johnson is the bookies' favourite, but not Europe's.

A bookie is a person who takes bets from gamblers. This is often an illegal activity.

I don't know whether her last bet paid off-I didn't ask her bookie when I met her at Ilse's funeral.

Can you guess what the police sometimes do to illegal bookies and those who get caught cooking the books?

People who are employed to book performers are sometimes called bookers. You do not want to confuse them with bookies.

No one would bother the bookie if he did as he was told.

It wasn't us. It was his bookie.

Making your bookie pay for tea at the Carlyle.