How to Use bookmaker in a Sentence

bookmaker

noun

• As long as there are states that do not allow gambling, bookmakers will still have a job.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 15 May 2018
• Though none of the teams have played a game, bookmakers already have opinions.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2020
• That bookmaker site has Prescott with 12/1 odds to win the award.
  — Drew Davison, star-telegram.com, 22 June 2017
• Mizuhara then told the gathering that Ohtani had paid off the bookmaker for him.
  — Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
• The Reds aren’t runaway favourites, but the bookmakers have reasons to back them.
  — Julia Ranney, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
• Your friend, the one with the fat wad of banknotes, like an old-school bookmaker, knows different.
  — The Economist, 20 Feb. 2020
• There is a church at the top of the village, and a small bookmakers at the bottom of the village, take your pick.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
• But there’s a reason bookmakers are expecting this to challenge for the win.
  — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 13 May 2025
• Fergie's rep had no comment, but that hasn't stopped the bookmakers running a list of who might be in the running.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• The club signed a sponsorship deal with a major Swedish bookmaker.
  — Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
• British bookmakers Ladbrokes and William Hill cite the sweet name at the top of their lists.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 4 Sep. 2017
• The 76ers are slightly better than the Celtics in games bookmakers project will be close.
  — Geoff Clark, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 1 Feb. 2020
• There have been enough sharp bettors with the stomach to bet the Bulldogs to keep bookmakers honest.
  — Christopher Smith, al, 19 Oct. 2019
• For the first time, Tottenham had become the bookmakers’ favourites to win the title.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
• Honey suggests that furniture beetles laid eggs in the oak before the bookmaker bound the wood in leather.
  — Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 25 July 2017
• Finland, which had entered as the bookmakers’ favourite, ended with 279 points, enough for sixth place.
  — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
• Flanagan remembers walking into a bookmaker’s shop in Cardiff to ask what the odds were for the game.
  — Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
• For the show, Rose’s bookmaker, Ron Peters, is my guest, calling from prison.
  — The Enquirer, 24 Mar. 2022
• Clark Gable returns to the rough hewn roles that brought him his first great popularity in his role of the bookmaker.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
• But her husband was the bookmaker, the FBI alleged.
  — Idaho Statesman, 14 Nov. 2025
• Even in the bookmakers nearest Tynecastle.
  — Michael Walker, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
• Macron cannot run again due to term limits, leaving Le Pen as the current bookmakers’ favorite.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
• Mr Zadrozny, whom bookmakers consider the favourite to win the seat, is well-known locally for reasons good and bad.
  — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
• Among the bookmaker's favorites for the boy, who will be fifth in line to the throne, are Arthur, Albert and James.
  — Sheena McKenzie, CNN, 23 Apr. 2018
• Analysis of that data would give them an even greater leg-up on cheaters than what savvy bookmakers and gamblers who monitored the markets had.
  — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
• Virtually, the only people who cared were the bean counters, the stat keepers and the bookmakers.
  — Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com, 18 May 2018
• In this case, bookmakers view a draw as slightly more likely than a Japanese victory.
  — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2026
• Bookmakers have Paris as the favorite but rate Los Angeles as a close runner-up.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2017
• None of this was any news to professional gamblers or bookmakers, who have long had an instinct for when something is off in the betting markets.
  — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
• These figures add up to more than 100 percent due to the vig, which is the cut a bookmaker takes for facilitating a bet.
  — Alex Kay, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021