Sentences with phrase «more gamblers»

The findings showed that of the 427 African - American youth studied almost half the sample — 49 % — had gambled at least once before age 18, and more gamblers than non-gamblers had initiated sexual intercourse by age 18.

Ennui, says one writer, has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.

So lucrative is the gaming industry that Nevada has apparently decided to put its money on producing more gamblers instead of on programs for rehabilitating them.

and struggeling zynga recruits a few more gamblers from the bitcoin gambler community, perfect.

Not exact matches

In fact, collectively, more than $ 142 billion was lost by gamblers in 2014 alone, according to a report by Blackjack.org, based on the most recent tax tables available from the IRS.

Specifically, the casino was accused of failing to report to the IRS gamblers who cashed out more than $ 10,000 in a single day — a red flag for law enforcement officials tracking illicit cash flows.

Opponents said it would weaken New York's current gaming operations, including the horse racing industry which has been propped up by state government, by giving gamblers more options.

And just as we frequently mistake correlation for causation, we're susceptible to what's called the «gambler's fallacy,» the belief that anomalies from expected outcomes in a random process are likely to be evened out by their opposites in the future — or, more simply, the idea that a roulette ball that's landed eight straight times on black is therefore more likely on the ninth spin to land on red.

More importantly, the game provided gamblers on both sides the first heart - pounding / heart - breaking backdoor cover of the year.

Its international business, the term it uses for «high roller» gamblers, was hurt by Chinese restrictions on funds transfers and reduced visits by big - spending customers, with earnings down by more than two - thirds.

The team, comprising of a range of experts in their respective fields including online gaming, crypto currencies, marketing, support, and much more, have put out the welcome mat for gamblers in the United Kingdom.

Gamblers are more likely to be after a thrill or a quick, simple way to get started.

The so - called risk takers — the entrepreneurs, the wealthy middle - aged professionals who try to climb Mount Everest, the artists who pose against the background of transgression — are nothing more than gamblers looking for a big payoff.

The lower you are on the economic ladder, the more likely you are to be a regular gambler.

A new report has found Northern Ireland has a higher proportion of «problem gamblers» than any other... More

Note, however, that professional gamblers typically target 55 % as their winning percentage because this can potentially lead to more plays and higher profits.

There are certain games that need more of dribblers and gamblers.

unless ofcourse we didn't set targets or we are more of a gambler!

Le Prof, though, is hardly known as a big gambler and is more likely to be seen playing on the no - deposit slot machines!

Pictures from the Louisiana years show a man who trimmed down, more measured gambler than daring pirate.

With quarterback Kyle Allen taking more of the full - time reins of the offense from freshman Kyler Murray — a potential Johnny Manziel scrambler - gambler in the future who was drastically inefficient in the season's early - going — the Aggies have settled a bit.

He is more of a cultivator of young talent than a gambler.

Ordinarily the Annual attracts a more balanced mix of professional gamblers and big - betting amateurs, but this year the pros are in short supply.

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.

I thnk Wenger is more of a gambler than dt of an ambitious coach.

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.

You're only real goal as a gambler is to have more of the latter than the former.

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If you're a gambler, why not make these niche sports a bit more interesting by placing a few wagers down?

This explosion has done more than predispose college gamblers to bet illegally; it has also given them a wide range of legal possibilities.

The group was reputed to win a remarkably successful 60 % to 65 % of its bets, and so many gamblers tried to climb on the bandwagon and to follow its bets that the group disguised its moves even more.

A third source close to Winfield in the early»80s told SI that Winfield knew Spira was a gambler and lent Spira large sums on more than one occasion.

All it did was cause more teasers to come in for the gamblers because every big early decision went the wrong way.

The more shrewd gamblers would never contemplate doing that.

For more tips on becoming a better gambler, check out our article on the importance of sample size.

A profit yield of 5 % is widely regarded amongst professional gamblers to be a healthy return - and Football-Bookmakers.com is seeing profits of more than twice of that.

The more casual bettors load up on a team in the first game of the season the more money contrarian gamblers make.

The Bike Shop bolstered its rental and demo fleet for this season, adding more than 20 brand new Scott Voltage and Gambler bikes only a year after introducing the same number of new bikes to the fleet last season.

There were more disappointed gamblers than usual at Foxwoods Resort Casino this weekend.

It's emotively appealing, but stupid: a chronic gambler would be a more correct analogy than a petty thief, a gambler whose past gains were shared with we who lent him our savings.

He and other proponents of the measure have argued that, with Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and other states offering more options for gamblers, New York is losing out on revenue.

Is this causing more individuals to become problem gamblers?

But research shows that new casinos do not so much alter gamblers» destinations as create new gamblers and more gambling, with all the attendant problems of debt, addiction and crime.

«On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer,» the Cabinet minister said.

They have enabled gamblers to study matches in more detail than ever, combining bigger models with better data.

Gamblers are more interested in making predictions.

Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart articulated the logic this way: «While it is true that the seed of original sin carries with it every type of deviation, aberration, perversion, and wrongdoing, the homosexual can not claim to have been born that way any more than the drunkard, gambler, killer, etc..»

Levels of dopamine — a neurotransmitter involved in signalling between nerve cells and which is implicated in drug addiction — showed differences in the more impulsive gamblers.

Nevertheless, the problem gamblers do show some individual differences in their dopamine function, related to their levels of impulsivity: more impulsive gamblers showed fewer dopamine receptors,» said Dr Clark.

«This is the first study to directly look at whether these biases are more pronounced in problem gamblers.