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bookmaker bookie betting betting agency betting industry

A gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races) WordNet 3.0

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A gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A bookmaker, bookie, or turf accountant is an organization or a person that accepts and pays out bets on sporting and other events at agreed-upon odds. Wikipedia

Person or organization that calculates odds and accepts and pays off bets. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Organization or person that takes bets on sporting events Wikidata

A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar. Wiktionary

A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie. Wiktionary

A person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

HAS KIND

HAS INSTANCE

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

FIELD OF WORK

parimutuel

PARTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH

gambling

USES

bet

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

bookmaker, bookie

Wikipedia

bookmaker

Wikidata

betting, bookmaker

Wiktionary

bookie, bookmaker

Wikipedia Redirections

Betting office, book-making, Book it, Book maker, bookie, bookies, Bookmaker (gambling), bookmakers, bookmaking, Booky, Bookys, lay off (bookmaking), Making book, Oddsmaker, SP bookmaker, turf accountant

Wikidata Alias

betting agency, betting industry, bookie, sports betting, turf accountant