In fact the leading bookmakers had stopped taking bets by mid summer. From LearnThat.org.
"A bookmaker is someone who has thirty or fifty customers," he says. From Wordnik.com. [One Smart Bookie] Reference
But the U.K. online bookmaker is asking investors to make a risky gamble on its initial public offering. From Wordnik.com. [Betfair's Unattractive IPO Odds] Reference
Bacon by "bookmaker" meant "playwright," he put a modest value on his poetical work!. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown] Reference
Shares of U.K. bookmaker Ladbrokes fell nearly 9%. From Wordnik.com. [European Stocks Edge Higher on Bank Gains] Reference
"I don't know, but he said you looked just like a bookmaker.". From Wordnik.com. [The New Pun Book] Reference
The bookmaker caught the crook's eye and they both stiffened. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
The bookmaker took the cigar from his mouth and studied the glowing end. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
If you're a bookmaker you bet on Halliburton as the favorite in this one. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2004] Reference
Cox said Day took bets for an organized crime bookmaker from Philadelphia. From Wordnik.com. [Fairfax County police spend big bucks in hopes of big breaks in betting cases] Reference
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power is paying all bets on Obama winning the election. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2008] Reference
Whatever the outcome, the bookmaker gets a small cut of the overall proceeds. From Wordnik.com. [Who Won? Bookies Don't Care] Reference
So he walked into a bookmaker, William Hill, in the U.K. decided to place a bet on his life. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 4, 2008] Reference
If the Dublin bookmaker turns out to be wrong, he'll have to pay off all the bets backing McCain. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2008] Reference
Then, without making much of it, I asked him if he'd ever heard of a bookmaker called Vjoersterod. From Wordnik.com. [Forfeit]
If the Dublin bookmaker turns out to be wrong, he will have to pay off all the bets backing McCain. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2008] Reference
I usually bet by phone with a bookmaker, but today I wanted to judge the state of the ground first. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
By a miracle his horse won, and upon handing his ticket to the bookmaker, he received forty dollars. From Wordnik.com. [More Toasts] Reference
A year ago the bookmaker William Hill was offering odds of 2 to 1 against their ever getting married. From Wordnik.com. [Fractured Fairy Tales] Reference
Almost every guy I spoke to, bookmaker and wiseguy, relationships were just not part of the equation. From Wordnik.com. [Gambling Fever] Reference
So, enjoy the following predictions from Ireland's biggest and most successful bookmaker, Paddy Power. From Wordnik.com. [Richard 'Skip' Bronson: Betting on the Next Presidential Election] Reference
There was a telephone in the passage outside the Private and he had put a call through to his bookmaker. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
Luke-John rang back to his bookmaker friend and advised him to take as much of the Boston money as he could. From Wordnik.com. [Forfeit]
The Irish bookmaker reported a 29.4% fall in first-half net profit, but stuck to its 2009 earnings guidance. From Wordnik.com. [Miners Lead Europe's Markets Lower] Reference
She knew every bookmaker on the course by sight, and had as much knowledge of the field as any one in the ring. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
(Betting at InTrade, a bookmaker in Dublin, Ireland, gives the GOP a 62% chance of taking control of the House.). From Wordnik.com. [Is a Crash Coming? Ten Reasons to Be Cautious] Reference
You probably saw the odds where some bookmaker somewhere laid even odds that Tiger will win or the entire field. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2008] Reference
Before that he was apparently an ordinary Birmingham bookmaker with about six shops and a reasonable reputation. From Wordnik.com. [Forfeit]
It was only shortly before last year's tournament that rival bookmaker Betfred Ltd stepped in at a cut-price rate. From Wordnik.com. [Snooker Faces the Grim Reaper] Reference
Even on Saturday afternoon, I couldn't find a bookmaker who made Barack Obama favourite to be the next us president. From Wordnik.com. [Obama now favourite] Reference
"If you don't know it, and your bookmaker will only bet through Raffles, you are in a hole -- a marvellously deep one.". From Wordnik.com. [Acton's Feud A Public School Story] Reference
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