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Recent Examples of oddsmaker
One oddsmaker has slightly improved the Broncos’ odds to win Super Bowl LXI following the NFL Draft.
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Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
As of Tuesday, his Kalshi odds to play at the Masters are at 19%, which might be much higher than any other oddsmaker at the moment.
—Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Chief Wallabee is listed as the slight 2-1 program favorite to win the $1 million stakes, receiving the track oddsmaker’s nod over 5-2 second choice Commandment.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
While this accomplishes the goal of giving bettors a desirable user experience, the barriers to entry to become an oddsmaker seem to contradict an insistence that prediction markets are open, peer-to-peer and not gambling.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Dec. 2025
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Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
As of Tuesday, his Kalshi odds to play at the Masters are at 19%, which might be much higher than any other oddsmaker at the moment.
—Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Chief Wallabee is listed as the slight 2-1 program favorite to win the $1 million stakes, receiving the track oddsmaker’s nod over 5-2 second choice Commandment.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
While this accomplishes the goal of giving bettors a desirable user experience, the barriers to entry to become an oddsmaker seem to contradict an insistence that prediction markets are open, peer-to-peer and not gambling.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddsmaker
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This question is less for the horse and more for the handicappers at Laurel: What element in Iron Honor put him fractionally ahead, by half a point, of co-second favorites Taj Mahal and Chip Honcho.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Horses from Japan have to travel more than 6,000 miles and undergo quarantine to compete in the Derby, which is enough to make many handicappers shun them.—
Peter Keating,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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The money that actually stays with a bookmaker typically runs at less than a 10% margin on that headline figure.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Boyle Sports is Ireland’s largest independent bookmaker and signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with West Ham in July 2025.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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As with other futures markets, compute contracts would also draw speculators — traders with no direct need for GPU capacity but a view on where compute prices are headed.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
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But beyond that historic wealth event, the massive deal is resetting expectations for the sprawling network of startup firms, venture funds and high-net-worth speculators that dominate private markets for unlisted technology stocks — and for every major IPO that follows in its wake.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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“Oddsmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddsmaker. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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