(1) A maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books
(2) A gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races
(1) For any race, this is what the bookmaker does to ensure that no matter which horse wins, he gets the same profit.
(2) The most popular bet is on first goal scorer but it's a typical bookmaker taking bets on horse racing and other sorts of shenanigans too.
(3) It's not creating a level playing field to penalise an exchange because it offers better value for a punter's betting pound than a bookmaker .
(4) Chances are you can find an Internet bookmaker who will accept your bet on the outcome.
(5) Sometimes it will bring a better dividend than betting with a conventional bookmaker , at other times not.
(6) Once you had to travel to the nearest bookmakers or casino for a flutter.
(7) Some of us have to work and are unable to watch TV at home or stand around in bookmakers shops.
(8) Some bookmakers offer each way betting for the first five places in the big races.
(9) It was a bad result for the bookmakers in one of the biggest betting races of the year with the leading two in the market coming home first and second.
(10) Forbes would list some if their core business were not gambling and bookmaking .
(11) But in that race, as in many throughout the week, it was the bookmakers who were the winners.
(12) There are around 8,200 betting shops in UK so bookmaking is a substantial business, important to the British economy.
(13) UK bookmakers , casinos and betting shops make billions of pounds every year.
(14) There are about eight bookmaking firms involved, including three or four of the top ones.
(15) In Victoria, in contrast, race clubs had legalised bookmakers and banned the tote.
(16) I hope to hear you in the bookmakers the next time he runs, it makes the winning all the more fun.
(17) The company said it wants to move spread betting away from bookmaking and geared toward private investors and small institutions.
(18) Unlike the three previous days, it is turning out to be a bad day for the bookmakers as another favourite comes in.
(19) Racecourse bookmakers face an uphill struggle attempting to match such concessions.
(20) What is to prevent Australians from gambling with British bookmakers and internet casinos?
(21) The stakes in private clubs, bookmakers and casinos can be even higher, with a top prize of £2,000.
(22) With so many well-fancied horses failing to finish, it was a good day for the bookmakers .
(23) And the major bookmakers have cut the horse's price after sustained backing from punters in recent days.
(24) Sad to report then that neither bookmakers nor the betting exchanges could find any trace of him.
(25) One example is bookmaking - punters can now both back and lay horses over the web.
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