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Someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race).

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  • Awards | David Welsh plays odds-maker with the Eisner Awards 'manga category.
  • A really good chance to pull off what political odds-maker Stuart Rothenberg calls a “mega-upset.”
  • In the spirit of our first known cosmic odds-maker, Blais Pascal, let's wager that Baldauf's bet is worth examining -- not for his sake but for ours.
  • Within that framework, here are a few reasons why the prize might go tomorrow to Amoz Oz, Philip Roth or Herta Müller, all ranked among the five most popular with bettors by...
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