Sentences with phrase «like gamblers»

Insurance companies are a bit like gamblers: One providers idea of a high - risk bet might seem a perfectly reasonable wager to another.

Their answer has been to double down on it like gamblers addicted to their gambling.

I especially liked the metaphor by Josh Willis who described those «who grasp at short term wiggles... are like gamblers seduced by a hot streak into thinking they can beat the house.»

Josh Willis describes those «who grasp at short term wiggles... are like gamblers seduced by a hot streak into thinking they can beat the house.»

Not to mention how little performance can actually be tracked, or who has any real skin in the game — don't we all start out as great traders / investors, making big bets on paper, much like gamblers always start lucky!?

And like any gambler, I'm riding a high.

It's like a gambler's high I'm sure - except Franz appeared to be spared the pain of his decision at the end, unlike gamblers.

A nation acted very much like a gambler who could afford to risk a certain portion of his assets and was willing to risk them in view of the chances for gain provided by taking the risk.

Wenger has been called by a former player to be like a gambler.

I also think that instead of re-making the movie and using a generic title like The Gambler, director Rupert Wyatt and screenwriter William Monahan could have gone a different route that would have been more beneficial come Oscar time.

I knew filmmaking is a gambler's business, but until you're living like a gambler, you don't fully appreciate it.»

Unfortunately, many traders treat their forex trading activities exactly like a gambler would.

(Note, some traders do avoid ever blowing out a trading account, and it's typically because at this stage they begin trading with proper trading habits and they never waver, they stay on track and don't give into the temptations of trading like a gambler).

For some time, I am loosing money again and again with out any control, but I admit myself that my reaction to the market is like a gambler, no princple, no patience, rule or any plan.I will be successful in trading, but I have to change these bad habits and for ever.Either stick to the rules or forget the trading.That is the promise.Thanks Nial for openning my eyes so many times and this will be the last time.I really enjoyed this article, a very valuable lesson.thanks

Before i traded like a gambler but now there's changes in my trade.

Now, I am not here to tell you have a gambling problem; I am here today to help you recognize that you may be trading like a gambler and you need to make a change and start trading like a professional.

You have to recognize this gambling behavior and try to break through it, because it really is a part of our wiring to trade like a gambler.

Mean reversion in the markets looks a lot more like the gambler's fallacy made real — movements in security prices, individually and in aggregate, tend to be followed by subsequent price movements in the opposite direction.

He described this 1977 period almost like a gambler throwing dice, and each time he was a winner,» he added.

Like a gambler winning a hand then getting up from the table.

And like any gambler, I'm riding a high.

Not exact matches

The machines are big moneyspinners for companies like Ladbrokes but they have come under fire for leaving gamblers with very heavy losses.

In certain fields, like venture capital and banking, Oliver says it might be good to show that you're a bit of a gambler.

Maybe it has something to do that in Germany or Austria the common opinion about investing in stocks is like being a gambler or ``... you only can loose money..».

It is very common for beginning or even seasoned traders to be emotional wrecks; stressed and panicky like an out - of - control gambler with no plan.

Men winnow the faults of others like chaff; their own they hide as a crafty gambler hides a losing throw.»

Like Reizner, Vaccaro was a gambler by nature before it became his vocation.

JORDAN (from 1993, appearing on NBC in a pair of dark shades that made him look like, well, a gambler): It was a means of relaxing with my family [though his family was not around when he gambled in Atlantic City] and my friends, and it got me ready to play the game....

Arsenal are odds - on at 1/3 to win this game, which looks like a license to print money as far as I am concerned if you are a big time gambler, but being greedy I am going to look for a much better value bet and will probably increase my stakes by getting some bonuses from the best betting sites listed on bettingsiteoffers.co.uk.

Apprehended on the same charges were Bert Ira Caskill, Commonas» former roommate in North Miami and West Haven, Conn., and James Sobie, a gambler who, like Commonas and Caskill, bet at the Milford fronton.

Yes, I give you this one, Ibra was my favourite of them all and a gambler like Wenger should have signed him.

A 54 - year - old professional gambler who likes new Cadillacs and high - stakes golf, Hamilton enjoys the betting more than he does the playing, saying he recently turned down an opportunity to tee it up at Augusta National because his would - be host doesn't believe in playing for money.

And just like in games, when players win these microbets, lights and sounds will go off on screen just like slot machines, making gamblers feel the dopamine rush and all those happy juices that compel them to gamble more.

Even for a gambler like Wenger this would have been a VERY EXPENSIVE one should that failed.

Oddsmakers know casual gamblers like wagering on winning teams and will shade the line.

The public likes the underdog here too with 65 percent of gamblers on the Hogs, though the usual 74 percent on the over.

Since recreational gamblers like betting the Over anyways the bookmakers will shade the second half line accordingly.

Wilmot's financial plan includes drawing some gamblers from existing casinos, like Turning Stone, which the Oneidas own.

In the past few weeks, Cuomo and his aides have accused top NYRA officials of deliberately overcharging gamblers who won what's known as exotic wagers, like trifectas, by $ 8.5 million dollars.

Mr. Cuomo has made expanding gambling a central part of his economic plans, particularly for upstate New York, envisioning seven Las Vegas - style casinos with table games like craps, high - end hotels, and the endless buffets that fuel avid gamblers.

Although the implementation was very poor, shamefully tainted by the REMITA scam, does not conform to international budgeting principles and it is still being operated like a street gambler's cups and ball scam, the concept can be very useful -LSB-...]

They encourage users to repeatedly check for messages, establishing routines that Vishwanath says turns their devices into a casino game, with users opening emails like reckless gamblers habitually pulling the arms of slot machines without thinking of the long - term consequences.

In a random sequence like tossing a coin, a run of one event (heads) makes people think the other outcome (tails) is due next; this is known as the «gambler's fallacy».

Just like it or be a good gambler like this.

I'm a Thai woman seeking caucasian men who are not lazy, not selfish, polite, take care women, honest, faithful, good mood, calm, quiet, not play a gambler, good health, clean, like to watch tv, exercise, reading and travel natural places.

Existing somewhere between «Sideways» and 1970s sensibilities of a «California Split», «Mississippi Grind» much like the woeful gamblers it highlights, never quite makes it to that high - class level of essential viewing.

But I believe those same arthouse viewers who liked Robert Altman's California Split will also appreciate this quality character driven road flick for its gentle knowing cautionary take on gamblers and the gambling scene.

In this road movie that feels much like classic 1970s cinema, Ben Mendelsohn (The Place Beyond the Pines, 2012) plays Gerry, a talented yet perpetually unlucky gambler who thinks the next big win is just around the corner.

The storyline - which follows a compulsive gambler (Jay Baruchel's Andy) as he's given one hour to live by Australian hitman Reuben (Randy Quaid)- has been augmented with a whole host of gratuitous elements, with Andy's pointless detours (including a visit to a fast - food chicken joint and a quest to find a prostitute that looks like Rosie Perez) certainly ranking high on the list of Cole's unfortunate transgressions.

For the PS2, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360 is Rock Band County Track Pack, which bundles 21 country hits like «She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy» and Kenny Roger's «The Gambler.»