How to Use mutuel in a Sentence

mutuel

noun
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  • Rube Marquard worked as a pari-mutuel clerk at the racetracks in four states.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 8 May 2018
  • But a pari-mutuel with no action is not quite the point here anyway.
    — Nick Sortal, miamiherald, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Best hand wins and the mutuel determined by the amount of money bet on the winning bet.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The Illinois Racing Board can declare this a pari-mutuel bet.
    — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2018
  • Right after a race is over and before the payoffs are posted can be a good time to ask a mutuel clerk a question.
    — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The Senate called for expansions of slot machines at some pari-mutuels and craps and roulette for the tribe and the House was against such expansions.
    — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Clearly, the man to know is Del Mar’s mutuels director, Bill Navarro.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2019
  • The House on Wednesday had agreed to allow the Seminoles to offer craps and roulette, and pari-mutuels to end racing but keep their casinos.
    — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • But normalcy went out the (mutuel) window with the coronavirus.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2020
  • A $7 million bonanza awaits the winner, plus a share of the pari-mutuel handle and income from sponsorships.
    — Art Wilson, Orange County Register, 26 Jan. 2017
  • The company is best known as a national leader in pari-mutuel betting.
    — oregonlive.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Hialeah Park officials bought land just north of the Florida Keys and built a fronton using a state law that granted them an extra pari-mutuel permit.
    — Nick Sortal, miamiherald, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The Senate wants to allow blackjack at pari-mutuels in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, with slots in any county where voters approve them.
    — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Del Mar uses its technology to process pari-mutuel betting.
    — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 May 2018
  • The Belmont Stakes brought with it many challenges, the biggest was a pari-mutuel clerk strike, which was important because his exercise rider, Mike Kennedy, was a member of that union.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
  • So what exactly is riding on Derby Day (besides 20 jockeys and a couple hundred million in pari-mutuel wagers)?
    — Rob Fleder, Newsweek, 17 May 2017
  • This is understandable: Racing is a pari-mutuel enterprise.
    — Tim Layden, SI.com, 2 May 2018
  • Before the establishment of Northville, pari-mutuel harness racing was limited to county fair programs.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Several new bars were also developed, and the project included more than 60 staffed pari-mutuel wagering windows and 40 self-serve betting machines.
    — Sheldon S. Shafer, The Courier-Journal, 7 May 2017
  • Whether in two weeks or several years, tracks could have the ability to establish sports betting and hope to draw customers looking to bet on, for example, NFL games alongside their pari-mutuel wagers on horses.
    — Jake Lourim, The Courier-Journal, 14 May 2018
  • The new rules have resulted in smaller fields, which threatens the industry’s long-standing business model in which more horses means more options for bettors, which means a larger mutuel handle, which means more money to spread around.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 22 June 2019
  • The case was rooted, in part, in a 2004 constitutional amendment that allowed pari-mutuel facilities in Miami-Dade and Broward counties to operate slot machines.
    — sun-sentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Until today, pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing has been the only legal form of sports wagering available throughout most of the United States at both physical locations and online.
    — Matt Pepin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2018
  • Card games, casino games and slot machines are limited to tribal facilities in most of Florida, though some slot machines are allowed at certain pari-mutuel facilities in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
    — Elizabeth Koh, miamiherald, 14 June 2018
  • The mistake resulted from human error involving the calculations of what the pari-mutuel prize would be, lottery Executive Director Alice Garland said.
    — Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Santa Anita has benefited this meet from weather cancellations, mostly cold and snow, back on the East Coast that has increased mutuel handle because of fewer nationwide betting opportunities.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Faced with shifting demographics and a competition to use legislation and regulations for competitive advantage, the pari-mutuel industry is traditionally one of the most reliable contributors to legislative and statewide campaigns in Florida.
    — Mary Ellen Klas, miamiherald, 30 Mar. 2018

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