How to Use sportsbook in a Sentence

sportsbook

noun

• But sportsbooks are taking the most heat and feeling the most pain so far.
  — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
• It’s contributed to the rise of a police force for sportsbooks.
  — Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
• The apps can legally sign up 18-year-olds; sportsbooks wait until 21.
  — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
• Athletes could use offshore sportsbooks, for example, or have others place bets on their behalf.
  — Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
• The 12-3 record in one-score games, including the playoffs, is among the main reasons sportsbooks don’t trust them.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2026
• All five join Indiana as the only teams with odds shorter than 10-to-1 at major sportsbooks.
  — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
• The major Vegas casinos, even those without sportsbooks, are unified against sports on prediction sites.
  — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
• Carter’s preseason odds have been in the top 10 in this category by multiple sportsbooks.
  — Zach Berman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
• Most sportsbooks require customers to be at least 21, while Kalshi allows customers 18 and older.
  — Mike Winters, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
• Bookmaker, the sharpest sportsbook for golf, has Thomas at +3002 as of Wednesday at midnight.
  — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
• That is a prevailing concept since casinos invented slots and sportsbooks created parlays.
  — Doug Kezirian, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
• However, if a sportsbook thinks a user is trying to get around state gambling restrictions, the company can freeze accounts and void winnings.
  — Mike Winters, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
• Online sportsbook giants like DraftKings and FanDuel have seen their stock values fall sharply in the last year.
  — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
• Most sportsbooks have them at the bottom of the NFL 2026 win projections at 3-4 wins.
  — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
• Smarkets has had to confront each state’s provisions for its platform to operate as sportsbooks, including abiding to high compliance and tax costs.
  — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
• In the event states lose their lawsuits that aim to shut down prediction markets, the next-best thing might be for the traditional sportsbooks to fail in their excursions into prediction markets.
  — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026
• After removing the sportsbook margin, those prices imply about a 26% chance of a UNC victory.
  — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
• That hasn’t stopped Casinos and sportsbooks, who have every reason to feel threatened by a more fair and transparent model, from insisting these markets have no economic utility.
  — Brian Quintenz, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
• Week 0 takes place before analysts, sportsbooks and statistical models have any current-season performance data.
  — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
• While sportsbooks take wagers under state gaming licenses, prediction markets operate as exchanges where customers buy and sell event contracts with other traders, Chaffee says.
  — Mike Winters, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
• The preseason ranking undervalues Miami, the sportsbooks don’t.
  — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
• Per computer ratings similar to those used by sportsbooks, those winless Huskies might’ve been a touchdown-plus favorite against 2008 North Texas, for instance.
  — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
• Because a virtual private network, or VPN, can disguise a user's location, a sportsbook may not be able to verify where a bettor actually is.
  — Mike Winters, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
• Depending on the sportsbook, the defending champion Seahawks have 11-1 or 12-1 odds to win the Super Bowl.
  — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
• However, Bookmaker lists him at +4274 as of Tuesday evening, and Bookmaker is considered a sharp sportsbook for golf betting.
  — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
• The Red Raiders are even money at several major sportsbooks while BYU and Utah are the only other teams with odds shorter than 10-to-1.
  — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
• Kalshi has previously denied that its prediction markets constitute gambling, because users taking a position with an event contract are always countered by another user, not the platform itself, as would be the case with a sportsbook.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
• Baltimore's lawsuits allege Kalshi and Polymarket offer the same betting services as tradition sportsbooks, like wagering on winners, point spreads, player statistics and more.
  — Renee Anderson, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
• Smith is +700 on both sportsbooks with Manning at +850 on FanDuel and +1000 on DraftKings.
  — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
• The Rams went from +550 to +500 at major sportsbooks like DraftKings, which implies about a 17 percent chance of winning the Super Bowl.
  — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026