oddsmaker
or odds-mak·er
[ odz-mey-ker ]
/ ˈɒdzˌmeɪ kər /
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noun
a person who calculates or predicts the outcome of a contest, as in sports or politics, and sets betting odds.
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Words nearby oddsmaker
odds, odds and ends, odds and sods, Oddsbodikins, oddside, oddsmaker, odds-on, odd-toed ungulate, odd trick, ode, odea
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Example sentences from the Web for oddsmaker
So a few days after Christmas, it dawned on the oddsmakers that the Republicans would need a super-huge turnout on Election Day to overcome the gigantic lead the Democrats had banked through early voting.
Betting odds heavily favored Georgia’s GOP candidates, then suddenly collapsed. What went wrong?|Shawn Tully|January 7, 2021|FortuneThe point spread for Saturday’s game suggests oddsmakers expect another blowout.
Maryland made underdog history the last two weeks. Now comes Ohio State.|Scott Allen|November 11, 2020|Washington PostFor example, since 2002 there have been 458 games played where the home team was assigned a point spread between minus-1 and plus-1, indicating the game was between two evenly matched opponents in the view of the oddsmakers.
There’s no such thing as home-field advantage in the NFL this season|Neil Greenberg|November 11, 2020|Washington Post