tout

Noun

• one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)

• someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way

• someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit

Verb

• show off

• advertize in strongly positive terms
  • This product was touted as a revolutionary invention
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  tipster , touter , ticket tout