Odds-maker (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The casino's seasoned odds-maker spent hours crunching the numbers to set the lines for the big boxing match.
- As an experienced odds-maker, she had a keen sense of how to weight the various factors that could affect the outcome of the game.
- The sportsbook's odds-maker was a master of assessing team strengths and weaknesses to set lines that would attract plenty of action.
- The odds-maker at the track carefully studied the past performances of the horses in the field before setting the morning line.
- The experienced odds-maker took into account the weather forecast, the condition of the playing field, and other factors to set the point spread.