The Iowa Electronic Markets, for instance, collect small bets made with real money on the outcome of elections.

While working in a factory in Birmingham he started collecting illegal bets from local people on his motorcycle.

Several students said in interviews that they knew of a fellow student who worked as a professional bookie, laying odds on games and collecting bets.

He shuffles the three cards, collects bets and turns one over.

She walks around the poverty-stricken squatter's neighborhood collecting bets from her regular patrons everyday.

While collecting bets three days before All Saints day, Amy is apprehended by a police officer.

It also exposed serious security flaws in the system used to collect bets for horse races.

Also accused of having collected illegal bets and organized match fixes for the whole organization.

The scheme involved collecting bets from gamblers on basketball, football, greyhound races and the lottery.

He's doing his own legwork, coming around to collect bets from guys like us.