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  • noun The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.

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Examples

  • The intellectual bookmaking is which one wins the long race:

    Matthew Yglesias » Where Do Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru Get Their Policy Models From 2010

  • It's been one of the most fun trends to watch in bookmaking (the legal kind) the past few years, and perhaps it's a sign of maturity that, along with the increasingly baroque constructions from the masters, some artists are stepping back toward simple elegance.

    An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008

  • Wagering paraphernalia, as defined by Congress, includes tickets; slips, or paper used in bookmaking, sports pools, or the numbers racket.

    The Baleful Influence of Gambling 1969

  • Wagering paraphernalia, as defined by Congress, includes tickets; slips, or paper used in bookmaking, sports pools, or the numbers racket.

    The Baleful Influence of Gambling 1962

  • The tradition of excellence in English bookmaking still held sway over the public, and, as their books sold, most producers saw no reason to disturb themselves.

    The Booklover and His Books Harry Lyman Koopman 1898

  • Let all encouragement be given to the "working man" who takes advantage of the fact that the schoolmaster is abroad, but do not encourage the "working man" in bookmaking.

    Current Literature 1865

  • There were three kinds of betting at the horse races then -- by auction pools, by French mutuals, and by what is called bookmaking -- all of these methods controlled "for a consideration."

    T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him Mrs. T. de Witt Talmage 1867

  • It is hinted at by Mr. Breeden who seems to think that my work in this field is part of a "bookmaking" conspiracy to deny "authors 'descendants and the community in whose behalf they labored" the fruits of their rediscovered material.

    An Exchange on Black History Breeden, James P. 1970

  • Dillinger is eventually caught, and then escapes, only to find himself working with people he doesn’t like, such as Baby Face Nelson Stephan Graham, while the mob is beginning to do away with bank heists because it interferes with their bookmaking, which is infinitely more profitable.

    PUBLIC ENEMIES Blu-ray Review – Collider.com 2009

  • Representatives of the major bookmaking firms said that such events could alienate punters from the sport.

    Bookmakers concerned Lingfield betting coup will alienate punters 2011

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