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n. See bookmaker.

n. A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar.

n. a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)

"In the U.S., the word "bookie" might conjure up images of shady men dealing out of backrooms at horse tracks."

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