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handicapper

noun

Definition of handicapper

as in bookmaker

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Recent Examples of handicapper 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 The nonpartisan election handicappers Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball separately determined that the ruling could place seven Democratic congressional seats at risk across Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina. — Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2026 One reason to doubt the betting prowess of handicappers like Perry, who claims to make tens of millions a year gambling, is that the professional sportsbooks are carefully designed to prevent such success stories. — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026 The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan handicapper of congressional elections, has predicted that neither party will gain an overall advantage due to redistricting. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for handicapper

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Noun

The British do retain the order of the NYRA morning line by narrowly keeping Golden Tempo at 5-2 as the top favorite, with Renegade breathing down his neck at 10-3 and at one bookmaker at 16-5.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Midnite, the online bookmaker, sponsors Sheffield United, Middlesbrough and Wolverhampton Wanderers, while West Ham United, relegated from the Premier League in May, have been able to retain Boylesports as their leading partner.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of bookmaker

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All event contracts have binary outcomes between $0 to $1, and no matter what price a speculator pays to place a trade, someone has to take the other side of that order and make $1 in total volume.

— Ananya Chetia,Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
The income restrictions keep out Wall Street types, and the flip tax is meant to weed out speculators and investment buyers.

— Clio Chang, Curbed, 3 June 2026

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Nonetheless, the Under is pricier at the market-making operations, such as Circa Sports in Las Vegas and the offshore oddsmaker Pinnacle Sportsbook.

— Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
Pulse Picks The Knicks are still basking in their title, but oddsmakers aren’t so sure about their chances next year.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 16 June 2026

Definition of oddsmaker

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That caught the attention of an anonymous tipster who reached out to CBS News Chicago in late January 2026.

— Irika Sargent, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Shortly thereafter, an anonymous tipster informed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that some of the farm’s four hundred or so ostriches were dying.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of tipster

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Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.

— David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.

— Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021

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