Does anyone still use a bookie to bet through? I haven't heard about any in a while though I imagine that it still happens. Once I know my dad, rest his soul, would often bet on the football games this way.
When I did bet on football, it was always through a job pool.
Do they even call them bookies anymore? With everything else in this life getting new, watered-down terms I imagine they are called something else that is more "family friendly".