Definitions
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- noun someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race)
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Examples
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The London odds-maker Ladbrokes says that in the race for the Nobel Prize in literature that will be announced Thursday, the highest-ranked American poets are Bob Dylan (25-1) and Maya Angelou (100-1).
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In the spirit of our first known cosmic odds-maker, Blais Pascal, let's wager that Baldauf's bet is worth examining -- not for his sake but for ours.
Andrew Kreig: Peak Oil Theory, Data and DC Convention Deserve Our Attention Andrew Kreig 2010
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In the spirit of our first known cosmic odds-maker, Blais Pascal, let's wager that Baldauf's bet is worth examining -- not for his sake but for ours.
Andrew Kreig: Peak Oil Theory, Data and DC Convention Deserve Our Attention Andrew Kreig 2010
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Within that framework, here are a few reasons why the prize might go tomorrow to Amoz Oz, Philip Roth or Herta Müller, all ranked among the five most popular with bettors by the odds-maker Ladbrokes:
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I'm not sure how much of an odds-maker Mr. ExpertGuy near the pet store is, but in my life, not many 40-to-1 odds in my favor present themselves.
Pet Talk: Here's proof that rescue dogs make great pets 2011
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In the spirit of our first known cosmic odds-maker, Blais Pascal, let's wager that Baldauf's bet is worth examining -- not for his sake but for ours.
Andrew Kreig: Peak Oil Theory, Data and DC Convention Deserve Our Attention Andrew Kreig 2010
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Awards | David Welsh plays odds-maker with the Eisner Awards 'manga category.
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In the spirit of our first known cosmic odds-maker, Blais Pascal, let's wager that Baldauf's bet is worth examining -- not for his sake but for ours.
Andrew Kreig: Peak Oil Theory, Data and DC Convention Deserve Our Attention Andrew Kreig 2010
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Within that framework, here are a few reasons why the prize might go tomorrow to Amoz Oz, Philip Roth or Herta Müller, all ranked among the five most popular with bettors by the odds-maker Ladbrokes:
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A really good chance to pull off what political odds-maker Stuart Rothenberg calls a “mega-upset.”
Julian Mulvey: Paul Hackett Ain't Your Average Democrat 2008
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