Sentence examples for through bookmakers from inspiring English sources

Individual bribes were, in some instances, higher than $136,000, and fixers would place bets on the tainted matches through bookmakers in Asia.

Although legal sports betting is increasingly common, most of wagering on athletic competitions is illegal and is conducted through bookmakers, also known as bookies (operating as individuals or for crime organizations), and Internet gambling operations (which are legal in some countries).

There's billions of pounds flowing through bookmakers, but they offer consumers very bad value.

Most of the betting takes place via illegal markets in the Far East, though some is through established bookmakers in Europe.

The 1-2 favourine in the mile-and-a-half maiden, Stars In Your Eyes hung badly right throughout and would nearly have ended up racing through the bookmakers in front of the stands had Mackay not used his whip to try to keep her straight.

A fraternity was implicated as well, having placed wagers through various bookmakers, and the players involved in fixing the game received a portion of those winnings (Marcus, 1985; Plume, 1986).

The accuser admitted that he had gambled through a bookmaker, not a bookkeeper.

For instance, exchanges the gambling equivalent of online auction sites have lowered the costs of betting by cutting out bookmakers through matching gamblers offering and accepting bets on just about anything.So why ban it?

The authors write that he does not bet but enjoys examining politics through the eyes of bookmakers.

The Blues are now the favourites with bookmakers after scraping through the last round against Rubin Kazan last night.

Sweden, the bookmakers' favourite, sailed through to Saturday's grand final in Vienna.