Sentences with phrase «as gambling at»

When stereotypically masculine criteria such as gambling at a casino or going white - water rafting were used, men rated themselves as more likely to engage in risk - taking.

STARGATE was seen as a gamble at the time, with its ambitious storyline of a portal to an Egyptian - inspired fantasy world and a relatively modest cast of Kurt Russell, James Spader and THE CRYING GAME's Jaye Davidson.

Not exact matches

Some would serve up Donald Trump and Robert Maxwell as examples of powerful men who gambled with their empires at certain points in their business careers in a pathological way.

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It is designed to make Wall Street appear as a savior, not an arsonist — and to depict the Fed and Treasury as protecting the welfare of American citizens by shoveling billions of dollars at the banks whose gambles have caused the crisis.

as Captain Renault's discovery, in the movie Casablanca, that there was gambling going on at Rick's Café Américain.

However, according to Sports Illustrated, Los Blancos snubbed the opportunity to sign Pogba in a somewhat surprise decision as they weren't keen on gambling on him at this time.

Shaw was considered a huge talent at previous club Southampton, and while it hasn't worked out for him at Old Trafford, he could still get a second chance at a big club and looks worth the gamble if, as the Telegraph claim, he could move for just # 20million.

Felipe Massa did everything right in the final race at Interlagos as he tried to win the 2008 championship and thanks to a late rain shower, a Sebastian Vettel overtake, and a strategy gamble by Toyota, it almost worked out for him.

The seemingly small - time gambling action involving Sheerin and at least one other student bookie erupted into a full - blown scandal in the days before last Saturday's 48 - 21 home loss to Notre Dame as 13 Boston College players were suspended for betting on college and pro sports events.

A 23 yr old with a dubious scoring record, (albeit a lot of his appearances are off the bench, as you said) is just such a gamble at over 50 million.

Unlike the founding sportsbook bookmakers such as Vaccaro and Reizner, Kornegay hadn't spent his youth gambling in pool halls or the pavilion at Fenway.

One of those arrested was Paul Commonas, 29, a member of a gambling ring known as the Miami Syndicate, which is alleged to have won a fortune betting on rigged games at Milford in 1977.

My friends from Bet4Rate and other gambling sites are not at all happy as they made Arsenal a certain banker in their football predictions!

But as of right now, I see it as a gamble worth taking, just look at what Liverpool did without European football, they nearly won the league, now granted Luis Suarez was mainly to thank for this, but would he have finished the season as he started it if he was playing every Tuesday or Wednesday too??

In turn, there are certainly positive signs that he is capable of making the step up, but it's quite the gamble for Barcelona at this stage as there are no guarantees that he can deliver consistently if Iniesta chooses to move on.

Compared to Lemar though, he is probably less of a gamble, considering his maturity, but could also be a much more economical target as he is # 35m - rated while Lemar has been valued at anything from # 45m to # 80.

But if we are willing to go all out attack (a bit of gamble) then I will go with Iwobi then Ox on the left, as Iwobi is a very good passer and at the same time dribbler of the ball, who has a great vision too.

As we want to collect all the 3 points that will be at stake at St James, could the boss take a gamble to rest those 3 Gunners and draft in Gnabry, Rosicky and Flamini to replace them at Newcastle?

Debuchy is always injured and Jenkinson isn't good enough Last summer he had the opportunity to get a Top forward and got Lucas (who is good) but a big gamble as he was 28 with only one good season and no PL experience To win the PL you need at least two top forwards (ie Chelsea have Costa, Hazard, Pedro, Willain).

You don't get it do you?I'm not even talking about the money.But I agree with you that for the kind of money that will be spent on Mbappe it's a higher gamble.Henry was bought to be a starter and as the main man for Arsenal.He was so young by then and the pressure on him was massive.Looking at the impact he's had in our club if Henry had failed who would imagine what Arsene would have done.To me he's our best player ever.Arsene put a lot of trust in him to be honest but the gamble paid off.However, I think he had a point to prove to world and to Juve hence he succeeded.The same as is with Mbappe with even a higher transfer fee and more expectation.If he's ever signed for that amount he's coming here to be the main man whowill send us into glory.Forget Ozchez for all eyes will be on him.

He may have divided opinion at Liverpool, but 9/1 Brendan Rodgers could be worth a gamble for the Gunners as he guarantees entertaining, attack - minded football and seems to know how to get the best out of young players.

it's a gamble for sure... but due to the late start and limited time he's had in the football league proper, he should have at least 2 - 3 more years as I said..

Sure, he could have gone out and signed a player like Austin at an inflated price, but that would be a massive gamble and if the player did not turn out as hoped, those fans wanting Wenger to sign anyone in the window, would be the same ones slating Wenger for buying him in the first place.

In fact when Rodgers invested # 500,000 of the club's money in the summer it was seen by some as a gamble on a player that had not been able to make the step up at Chelsea and was being leapfrogged into the first - team fold by players younger than him.

The «no - brainer» gamble has paid off for golfer and caddie, as Woods got back on the winning track at last year's Arnold Palmer Invitational after topping the leaderboard at the unofficial 2011 Chevron World Challenge prior to that.

I think or fans would get behind Morata or at least, I hope they would, but it would pile even more pressure on Wenger, as Morata would be a huge gamble.

It was obvious the gamble would not work and I called it at the time as did others.

Now looking at our squad i wonder why we didn't gamble with a new manager as wenger is gonna waste money in panic buys once again

It is a gamble, and as Mario Balotelli's time at Liverpool will show you, some of those just don't pay off.

But Garde is having trouble recruiting a defender and may gamble on Vidic, because Villa are as good as down if they don't improve at the back.

Arsenal too have a scary line - up with Ozil, Sanchez and Lacazette, but with Alexis looking like a shadow of his former self I am secretly hoping that Wenger is brave enough to leave him on the bench, but I doubt it, as the boss is desperate for his gamble of keeping the Chilean at the club will come good at some point.

Bringing him to Hull will be seen as something of a gamble by Bruce, but one that he is willing to take at the moment after missing out on some of his targets during the transfer window, and he may choose to take Bentley on trial before offering him a deal to sign with the Tigers.

Wenger's gamble worked, as Gibbs scored just four minutes after coming on the pitch, but it could hardly have been expected as the 26 year - old had only ever scored one other League goal in his eight years at the Emirates!

Looking at his stats, he doesn't seem like much of an improvement over Theo as a winger Looks like a big gamble to me

RW wouldnt be needed if Welbeck was fit, Ox progressed and Theo stayed fit but is our weak spot but if Campbell can keep progressing then maybe take a gamble on him until the summer, god knows he could do the same as Bellerin / Francis and breakout this season... he has shown glimpes of class and work rate is 4thbest at the club to Sanchez / Ramsey / Ozil imo, wings is the hardest position and Hector n him have gradually got an understanding on the wing with eachother now!

From the never - too - early - to - get - started department, on March 1 police in Nutley, N.J., busted a student - run sports gambling operation at Nutley High that took single bets as high as $ 1,000 and used threats of violence and kidnapping to get losers to pay up.

At 5 - 7 million it is a gamble worth taking as he is young with lots of potential.

anyway looking at the figures of kroenke's new stadium i have to say its abig gamble which along the way «fingures crossed» suppose this continues (empty seats no champions league) and pressures mounts on him maybe jus may be our russian may benefit from that and arsenal and us the fans as awhole.anyway its a far fetched thought.....

IOW, Hoke was willing to gamble in an attempt to score as many points as possible at SDS but once he arrived at Michigan was more concerned with ball control, using the clock, essentially using the offense as defense.

The sponsor's logo was deemed by the club as a potential breach of FA regulations and comes after growing pressure on the UK government to look harder at the gambling advertising from betting companies in broadcast media and club sponsorships.

Of course, regardless of the most hopeful, optimistic attempts at finding logic behind the links between the Irishman, many Liverpool fans will remain unconvinced of an approach for a player without the stellar CV and statistics of other names on the move who may be worth a gamble such as Alexandre Pato.

It would be a gamble giving Clarke a job like this but he has experience as an assistant at top clubs such as Chelsea and Liverpool.

Managers will look at a footballer who might be half - fit and take a gamble on them because as a manager you tend to get only one shot at a World Cup.

The Brazilian left the stadium in a surgical boot and Wenger speculated he could be out for a while, the decision to play him looks even more of a silly gamble as the team is now bereft of any recognised full back, although Vermaelen can play at left back.

Liverpool 3 Arsenal 1 Arsene Wenger was left to rue the gamble of dropping leading scorer Alexis Sanchez as Arsenal lost to Liverpool at Anfield and -LRB-...)

Bringing a player with chronic home - sickness is a gamble and one that we can ill - afford at this juncture, precarious as our position in the league is.

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I am a gambling type of mom, except at casinos, and decided now was as best a time as any to test the waters.

Of course, this is a gamble, since the editorial pages will likely side with the governor and slam the Legislature for refusing to pass his extender, which (according to Megna, at least), includes such unpalatable (to lawmakers) measures as a tax cap, wine in grocery stores and the SUNY tuition proposal.