A person or establishment that takes bets, especially in gambling contexts. 'Bookie' is informal.
He works as a bookmaker for horse racing.
That bookie always takes customers behind the shop.
Standard kanji spelling for a professional bet-taker.
Kana-mixed spelling; common in casual writing.
Compound of 賭け (kake, 'betting') and 屋 (ya, 'shop' or 'person'), literally 'betting house/person'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern for occupational nouns.