How to Use mutuel in a Sentence

mutuel

noun
  • But a pari-mutuel with no action is not quite the point here anyway.
    — Nick Sortal, miamiherald, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Rube Marquard worked as a pari-mutuel clerk at the racetracks in four states.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 8 May 2018
  • Best hand wins and the mutuel determined by the amount of money bet on the winning bet.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • But normalcy went out the (mutuel) window with the coronavirus.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2020
  • The company is best known as a national leader in pari-mutuel betting.
    — oregonlive.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The Illinois Racing Board can declare this a pari-mutuel bet.
    — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2018
  • An elusive clean trip Sunday puts this entrant right there for all the board placings at a medium mutuel.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021
  • Clearly, the man to know is Del Mar’s mutuels director, Bill Navarro.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2019
  • Second, Del Mar’s mutuel handle was up 33% over the 15-day racing season.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Santa Anita has not announced what percentage of the mutuel handle would go to purses, the reason for the machines.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Before the establishment of Northville, pari-mutuel harness racing was limited to county fair programs.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2018
  • In five outings the following year, Dust Commander was never in the mutuel money — failing to finish first, second or third.
    — Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Rather than provide 40 days of racing to maintain its casino license, Churchill successfully substituted a less expensive jai-alai fronton to meet its pari-mutuel minimum requirements.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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