I always had one ear offstage, listening for the call from the bookie.
Quotes about bookie (4 Quotes)
Many who would never have ventured out to bet with a 'real bookie' will be quite comfortable placing that bet online. Most gamblers who bet online aren't even aware that it's illegal in the United States.
The major difference between us and a bookie is the fact that we allow individuals to make markets in these events in the same way they make markets in a stock.
If you had a jury and said, 'We have one segment of evidence and we're going to present it,' that would be it. There is nothing else to bet on but baseball during the summer months. The bookie told us Rose called him every night. So we had his end of the conversation. We had the phone records. I mean how clear can it be.