bookmaking

İngilizce - İngilizce

bookmaking teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events; {i} act of receiving and paying off bets; process of making books; Bookmaking is the activity of taking people's money when they bet and paying them money if they win. an Internet bookmaking business. Gambling practice of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets on the outcome of sporting events and other competitions. Horse racing is perhaps most closely associated with bookmaking, but boxing, baseball, football, basketball, and other sports have also long been of interest to bookmakers ("bookies") and gamblers. Morning-line odds, established by legal bookmakers, are printed in the sports sections of newspapers throughout the U.S. Illegal bookmaking operations have often been linked to organized crime. See also handicap

bookmaking