bookmaker
Takes your wagers
A bookmaker is a person or business that sets odds and accepts bets on sporting events, elections, and other outcomes.
The bookmaker profits by setting odds that ensure a margin regardless of results.
In Britain, bookmakers operate legally in betting shops; in the US, the term often implies illegal gambling operations.
Also called a bookie.
Gambling venue for athletics
- bookieOne who takes wagers
- wagerStake on uncertainty
- punterOne who kicks footballs
- stakeSharpened post or share
odds · spread · parlay · accumulator · handicap · moneyline · over-under · vig
Tanned animal skin
- stitchingJoining with needle, thread
- glueBonding substance
- threadFiber for stitching
- spineColumn of vertebrae
signature · sewing · hardcover · paperback · endpapers · folio · quarto · marbling
Company releasing books
- editorOne who revises text
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- authorCreator of written works
- printingReproducing text mechanically
typesetting · typeface · edition · galley · proof · imprint · copyediting · layout
sportsbook
Gambling venue for athletics
stake · odds · spread · parlay · accumulator · handicap · moneyline · over-under · vig · juice
leather
Tanned animal skin
spine · signature · sewing · hardcover · paperback · endpapers · folio · quarto · marbling · gilding
publisher
Company releasing books
- editorOne who revises text
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- authorCreator of written works
printing · typesetting · typeface · edition · galley · proof · imprint · copyediting · layout · ISBN
- gamblinggamble, gambling, casinos, casino, bets
- horse racingthoroughbred, horse racing, racehorse, flat race, horses
- bettingbet, ante, wager, odds, stake
- sports bettingodds, bets, bet, sportsbook, spread
- predictorsforecaster, prognosticator, prophet, seer, soothsayer
- gambling crimesillegal gambling, illegal casino, match fixing, race fixing, point shaving