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Definition of Bookmakers
1. bookmaker [n] - See also: bookmaker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bookmakers
Literary usage of Bookmakers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1898)
"The bookmakers when in the enclosure called out the odds they were pre~ fared tu
... Betting of the same kind hud been carried on by bookmakers in similar ..."
2. Easy Money by Harry Brolaski (1911)
"RACE-TRACK GRAFT AND PROFITS—bookmakers. The profits derived by the owners of
... Race-track owners know of the thieving methods of the bookmakers and the ..."
3. Illinois Circuit Court Reports: Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit by Francis E. Matthews, Hal Crumpton Bangs, David F Rosenthal (1907)
"... and licensed persons, clubs and bookmakers to engage in the business of making
bets and wagers upon such races on its grounds and elsewhere. ..."
4. The History of Gambling in England by John Ashton (1898)
"CHAPTER XVI Betting Houses—Their suppression in 1853—bookmakers and their Clients—
Defaulters—Dwyer's swindle—Value of Stakes. IN Chamber? ..."
5. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1899)
"The bookmakers are admitted to the inclosure as members of the general public
and not otherwise, and on the same terms as to payment, re-admission, ..."
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