betting house

Example Sentences

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I began to suspect that the system had two sets of books, something like the algorithm that my programmers and I had designed to set up our small betting house at Virtually Boots.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2023

In one betting house in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, many customers looked glum after England beat Senegal for a spot in the finals Dec. 4, trashing their tickets and leaving in apparent anger.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2022

Odds are from the betting house Ladbrokes as of Tuesday.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2019

Merkel leads the peace prize odds at the British betting house William Hill.

From US News • Oct. 8, 2015

"Done," said a chorus of voices, and Mrs. Blank's parlour was for a few minutes transformed into a betting house on a small scale.

From Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches by Bone, David Drummond