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Contrary to most preseason forecasts by oddsmakers and pundits who gave the Snakes a slight edge, the Padres have turned this year’s two-club race into a rout.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
However, the oddsmaker still shows her with only a 6 percent chance of winning the party's primary—behind Buttigieg, Ocasio-Cortez, Newsom, Shapiro and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
But the reality is this — after posting a 5-7 record in 2024 (the second-best record in the program’s history), highlighted by Biff Poggi’s firing, the oddsmakers have the 49ers’ win total set at 3.5, per FanDuel Sportsbook.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2025
The list of potential prop bets on a player is as far and as wide as the imagination of the bookie, or oddsmaker.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2025
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
However, the oddsmaker still shows her with only a 6 percent chance of winning the party's primary—behind Buttigieg, Ocasio-Cortez, Newsom, Shapiro and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
But the reality is this — after posting a 5-7 record in 2024 (the second-best record in the program’s history), highlighted by Biff Poggi’s firing, the oddsmakers have the 49ers’ win total set at 3.5, per FanDuel Sportsbook.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2025
The list of potential prop bets on a player is as far and as wide as the imagination of the bookie, or oddsmaker.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddsmaker
Noun
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The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report rates Kemp’s seat as a toss-up.—
Brandon Conradis,
The Hill,
29 July 2025
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To stay ahead of the competition, handicappers need sharp tools and consistent insight.—
Jared Welch,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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As part of the scheme, each senior agent bookmaker kept a percentage of profits from bookmakers in the organization below them, as well as from their own book of bettors that placed bets directly with the senior agent.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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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
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Hedge funds and large speculators are shorting the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, at rates not seen in three years in a bet the calm will last.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
31 Aug. 2025
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And then a lot of the speculators bought up hoards of blighted property or vacant property, and many of them are still holding onto it now.—
Marisa Peñaloza,
NPR,
26 Aug. 2025
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Noted tipster Tarun Vats warns that Samsung is falling behind schedule.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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An anonymous tipster called police to say the bandits were trying to sell their loot less than a mile away, and gave the cops Hussein’s Instagram handle, according to court filings.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Oddsmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddsmaker. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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