Bookie Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

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A star running back, Reggie was banned from football 20 years earlier after he mixed up two phone numbers and called into a sports show thinking he was talking to his bookie.

From Los Angeles Times

And his team-mate George Russell - the bookies' pre-season championship favourite - was also impressively quick when running in the hotter, slower conditions earlier in the day.

From BBC

"We don't pay much attention to bookies' odds. One of the beauties of rugby is that on any given day, anything can happen," said Underhill.

From Barron's

Jenrick said his decision had put "personal ambition to one side", adding that he had been the "bookies favourite" to be the next leader of the Tory Party.

From BBC

For now, it’s the bookies that are taking the biggest hit from prediction markets’ rise.

From Barron's