词汇 | fixed-odds |
释义 | fixed-odds adjective[ before noun ] ukus used to describe betting in which the amount of money you can win does not change after you have made your bet: The bookmaker's biggest earner is fixed-odds bets on horse races. Examples of fixed-oddsfixed-odds It is difficult for a pool betting operation to compete with fixed-odds bookmakers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Or is it likely that the fixed-odds pools will be able to absorb a tax of this nature and still carry on in business? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The most popular feature, of course, is picking out certain matches which the punter on a fixed-odds coupon favours on form, and so forth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this country, it has to compete against the privately owned fixed-odds betting industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The extension of this concept to fixed-odds betting by means of a levy on bookmakers presented considerable difficulties, both of principle and practice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was set up to provide an alternative to fixed-odds betting, and to provide a source of income to the sport of racing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only similarity between the normal football coupon and the fixed-odds coupon is in the draws. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should they co-operate if they are likely to be knocked out of business in fixed-odds betting? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With a stroke of the pen fixed-odds betting vanished; it has gone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I fully accept that pool betting is distinct from fixed-odds betting, but their regulatory needs are not dissimilar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another variation of the difference between the two coupons is that the fixed-odds coupon goes out to collectors and is returned to the original bookmaker. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am informed that about 2,000 operators of these different fixed-odds coupons are in being at the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When we turn to fixed-odds betting, it is quite a different gamble. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have supported the idea of privatisation, but wanted to privatise only that part which acts as a fixed-odds bookmaker. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The split between the pool and fixed-odds betting is roughly 20:80. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of fixed-odds These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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