oddsmaker

English

Etymology

From odds +‎ maker.

Noun

oddsmaker (plural oddsmakers)

1. A person who sets odds for gambling.
   • 2009 February 2, JENNA FRYER, “Big-game musical acts put charge into crowd”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     Springsteen then threw himself into his four-song set, a highly anticipated series of songs that had Las Vegas oddsmakers taking bets on which tunes he'd select.

See also

• bookmaker

Further reading

• “oddsmaker”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.