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sportsbook

sportsbook

2 5.4
A place or website where people bet on sports and see odds
  • noun
  • /ˈspɔrtsˌbʊk/
  • US
translation icon : casa de apuestas
  • It also serves as our sportsbook, where you will be gambling and placing bets on a series of live themed adventures.
  • place a bet
  • sportsbook operator
  • sportsbook manager

Examples

  • We sent out a tweet this afternoon asking US Sportsbook.ag clients if they had received a refund.

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  • Sportsbook has the Tide at 21.5 points over the Tigers, who will be without starting quarterback James Franklin.

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  • Follow me to the sportsbook.

  • "That's the type of sportsbook I want to bet with!"

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  • Signing up at a couple of sportsbooks to finally become rich?

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  • And you just tossed a few extra bucks into your sportsbook bankroll.

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  • No, no, she's at the Mohegan Sun sportsbook.

  • "And believe it or not, one sportsbook is not counting this TD and gave the win to GB!"

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  • Then, sports bettors—or potential future clients—spend all day celebrating how awesome the charitable sportsbook is.

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  • Many sports fans use a sportsbook to place bets on their favorite teams and see the latest odds.

Synonyms

bookie
vssportsbook
  • Informal
44 7.8

A person who accepts bets and pays out money to people who win, often on horse races

is a business, place, or website rather than a single person
bookmaker
vssportsbook
9 6.0

A person or company that takes and pays out bets on sports, for example horse races

is the business or platform where people place bets and view odds
betting shop
vssportsbook
  • UK
1 3.7

A shop where people place bets on sports events

covers online or other platforms where people place bets and view odds

Surface Forms

sportsbook singular
sportsbooks plural

Morphology

sportsbook = sport + book (semi-transparent) = sport + book

While 'sport' and 'book' are clear, the specific meaning of a betting venue is a specialized usage.

Etymology

Sportsbook comes from the two simple words sport and book; think of a 'book' as a list or 'record' of bets kept by a bookmaker, so a sportsbook is the shop or website that takes and shows bets and odds for sports.