Sentences with phrase «big gamble by»

They've suspended normal business at Westminster and are taking a big gamble by knocking on the doors of referendum voters.

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The hefty transfer fee attached to any permanent transfer would represent a big gamble by a club still struggling to get the best out of another expensive acquisition, Angel Di Maria, who joined for # 59.7 m from Real Madrid last summer.

why isn't wenger going for them he is taking a big gamble by playing sanchez who clearly isn't 100 % & he doesn't even trust theo

Wenger has an excuse for everything, He has taken a bigger gamble by not signing any out field player's!

In the United States, Barnes & Noble, the world's largest bookstore chain, took a much bigger gamble by investing heavily in the creation of its own e - reader / tablet.

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For the moment, the company's big move, seen by some in the industry as a gamble, seems to be working out.

The move is a big gamble on the part of Governor Stephen Poloz, who hopes the rate cut will both spur companies to spend and help fend off low inflation, but the risk is that Canada's already over-indebted households will put themselves in even more danger by taking on excessive leverage.

As the name correctly suggests, this platform has a gambling feature that allows the users to win big by betting on crypto assets.

But, in truth, political morality consists precisely in resisting the seductive temptation of the big words by which humanity and its opportunities are gambled away.»

That's by the way, I do not believe the said journalist, and if it is true, Mahrez is a big gamble for us... Why don't wenger just support and encourage Campbell the way he did to the Ox, Walcott and most of all Ramsey, giving him chances upon chances upon chances huh???

They believe they can win the Super Bowl with the 4 top 50 players they have coming, a healthy Luck, and a big gamble on the ability to step up by some on the roster (Chester Rogers, Quincy Wilson, Denico Autry, LaRaven Clark, Marlon Mack, Terrell Basham, Anthony Walker, Erick Ebron, Erick Swoope, Clayton Geathers, Joe Haeg)

It remains to be seen if bigger clubs will gamble on this controversial character, but his displays this season have seen him targeted by the big sides and his contract situation will surely have others watching closely.

Indeed, many of the biggest online sportsbooks offer worse odds than their competitors — they're able to do so because they spend more money on marketing and customer service (that gambling company in Finland, by the way, is one of the biggest spenders on advertising overall in the country!).

Going to the store with kids is like gambling... you never know if you're going to win big or lose everything you had to begin with (like your sanity), so why would you chance it by having to go to the store to buy diapers when you can be perfectly safe and comfy buying them at home, online, in your pajama's... or underwear.

Miliband took the biggest gamble of his time as leader yesterday when he confirmed that only individual union members who actively opt - in to supporting Labour would contribute to the party, rather than the current system of an automatic «affiliation» fee paid by three million union members.

And that group is not being replaced by millennials who, if they do gamble, are attracted to claims of bigger and faster payoffs at more upscale casinos or through illegal off - shore internet sites they can access on their phones.

Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.

The decision to delay the vote marks an acute embarrassment for the President, who had gambled big by presenting holdout House conservatives with a take - it - or - leave it ultimatum Thursday night and put his own credibility on the line.

Smaller gambling developments proposed in economically strapped areas should be able to compete with resort projects proposed by big - name companies in more affluent areas, the head of the state Gaming Commission said of the contest to win up to four casino licenses upstate.

The list of top donors to housekeeping accounts is dominated by special interests that are highly regulated and / or subsidized by state government: real estate firms, health - care and pharmaceutical interests, labor unions, telecom companies, the beverage industry, big tobacco and gambling interests.

It was approved by the Parliament as «a somewhat belated and hasty attempt to regulate an existing reality — online gambling — that for the public administration was too big to manage,» comments another one of the study's authors, José Ignacio Cases, Professor Emeritus of UC3M.

Even fueled by Reynolds, whose likability is practically a super power, a new director in David Leitch («John Wick» and «Atomic Blonde»), charismatic new costars like Zazie Beetz («Atlanta») and Julian Dennison («Hunt for the Wilderpeople»), bigger stakes (and more money to execute them), «Deadpool 2,» suffers from the sequelitis that typically threatens gimmicky gambles turned tentpole franchises.

That unmarried participant itch might be scratched by means of the allegedly multiplayer - free Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 remaster, so Activision may just take a big gamble on a Battle Royale - only mode for Switch.

For actor - director Denzel Washington, it's a massive gamble translating a beloved stage play blow - by - blow to the big screen.

There is a big gambling culture in Australia, so do like the locals do and get involved by sticking a few dollars on something — there is no shortage of sporting events to bet on.

Gambling websites are expanding their reach into the gamer space by providing odds and betting opportunities on big eSports tournaments across multiple games.

The CS: GO skin gambling controversy was one of the biggest ongoing stories of last year - check our previous coverage if you missed it - and ultimately spurred Valve to block Steam accounts that were used by gambling websites.

Or do you mean «risk management» in lowercase, by which you mean gambling and hoping you don't have to resort to the social safety net, leeching off your family, getting government bailouts because you're too big to fail, or going bankrupt and leaving your creditors in the lurch?

The two biggest points about gambling when it comes to legislation are that it is a hugely profitable industry, and that the risks posed by problem gambling behaviour are real.

This article by Francis Markham and Martin Young argues that Big Gambling «has transferred, with industrial efficiency, billions of dollars from the pay packets of the working classes to the bank accounts of a super-rich elite».