bookmaker

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English - Turkish
bahisçi
(at yarışı/vb.de) bahis paralarını toplayan kimse
bahis defteri tutan adam
{i} müşterek bahisçi
{i} ganyan bayii; bahisleri kabul eden bayi
kitapçı
at yarışı ve maçlarda müşterek bahisleri düzenleyen adam
(isim) müşterek bahisçi
bahis defteri tutan
Turkish - Turkish
At yarışlarında müşterek bahis tutan kimse
English - English
a person who prints or binds books
a person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie
{i} bookie; one who receives and pays off bets
a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books
A bookmaker is a person whose job is to take your money when you bet and to pay you money if you win. someone whose job is to collect money that people want to risk on the result of a race, competition etc, and who pays them if they guess correctly (book (19-21 centuries) + maker)
A betting man who "makes a book
a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races) a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books
See To make a book, under Book, n
One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler
" See To make a book, under Book, n
a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)

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bookmaking
The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events
bookmakers
plural of bookmaker
bookmaking
{i} act of receiving and paying off bets; process of making books
bookmaking
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
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