oddsmaker

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Recent Examples of oddsmaker 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for oddsmaker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddsmaker
Noun
  • The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report rates Kemp’s seat as a toss-up.
    Brandon Conradis, The Hill, 29 July 2025
  • To stay ahead of the competition, handicappers need sharp tools and consistent insight.
    Jared Welch, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • As mentioned here, Real—second and four points off champion Barcelona last time—is odds-on with the bookmakers to win La Liga on this occasion.
    Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For at least one speculator, the LA offender appears to have also generated a profit.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • On top of that, speculators will also be bracing for further volatility as Trump’s latest tariff deadline—Aug. 7—creeps closer.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Noted tipster Tarun Vats warns that Samsung is falling behind schedule.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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