Bookmakers on a greyhound race course, Reading, UK

A bookmaker, or bookie, is an organization or a person that takes bets on sporting and other events at agreed upon odds.

Range of events

Most bookmakers in the United States bet merely on college and professional sports, though in the United Kingdom and Ireland they offer a wider range of bets, including each-way betting on golf, football and tennis, and especially horse racing and greyhound racing. They also specialize in novelty events such as betting that there will be a white Christmas, the outcome of political elections and reality television contests.

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