Sentences with phrase «sort of gambling»

Because of this sort of gambling aspect that's associated with the insurance game, prices for coverage vary dramatically from one company to another.

My client wants to build some sort of gambling app.

It isn't the sort of gambling problem that will cost them their house (read: headquarters) or cause family problems.

Dating is a sort of gambling for all lonely women and men with its conventions and a lot of pleasant surprises.

Eighty per cent of participants admitted to taking part in some sort of gambling activity during their lifetime.

They do have a certain level of boldness to them that they're willing to sort of gamble on certain ideas.

There will be a referendum of sorts of gambling if the Legislature next year approves for the second time an amendment to the state's Constitution that would expand gambling beyond Indian casinos.

It's the sort of gamble that seems exciting to us: the idea of savvy lady cops in a scenario usually reserved for middling comedians and slumming tough guys is the sort of conceptual genre - bending that could potentially alter mainstream gender roles.

It's one of several ambitious upgrades in the latest Skylanders adventure, and it's the sort of gamble that's become increasingly necessary as Disney Infinity and other projects look to emulate — and stake their own claim upon — the interactive toy - and - game model.

Not exact matches

See, Birgisson is not afraid of these sorts of giant leaps — the massive gambles that might seem unhinged to the rest of us.

There are also many that thought of the cryptocurrency market as a speculative bubble, a gambling den of sorts where investors can make a killing or lose everything.

The answer to that is the same answer for any sort of addiction, whether it is overeating, drugs, alcohol, gaming, or gambling: Addictions are overcome only by the supernatural power of God.

Those very features that have made us different from other advanced welfare states, that have even made us seem «backward» at times — the variety of our racial and ethnic groups, the opportunities for creative innovation and experimentation inherent in our sort of federalism, our tradition of voluntarism, and even, within bounds, our attachment to a gambling, risk - taking, profit - making economy — may turn out to be conducive to the implementation of an ecological approach to social policy.

I've thought sometimes (and maybe I just think too much) that making bread dough is a sort of like gambling.

Online gambling has made this sort of experience significantly more casual for all people involved, and this could influence how customers start to view the reception of free drinks.

If you're the gambling sort, we can't think of something more ridiculous to bet on than the picks from a two - year - old cat.

Sure it's a gamble to hope that Spurs, United, and Everton are not good enough to finish fourth, but I believe that the board seem to have performed some sort of risk assessment.

But if we gamble on the league campaign finish 40 points behind and crash out of the Europa League — that is a scenario that have all sorts of repercussions none of which will be good for him — in short, it will be game over.

The former striker — whilst claiming the board have taken a huge gamble in getting rid of Sam Allardyce — then makes it clear he's the bloke to help them sort the future!

While each of those players were gambles of different sorts, they were known commodities; they had proven Serie A experience.

There will always be a temptation to return to it when life is hard, and your child will also be more vulnerable to other addictions — even non-chemical addictions, such as gambling, which can have the same sort of emotional appeal.

The other four are the sort - of completed teacher evaluation issue, achieving an overhaul of public pensions, expanding the DNA database and expanding gambling in New York.

The evaluation involved a number of tests, including the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB), Stroop Color Word Test (SCWT), Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCFT) and Iowa Gambling Task (IGT).

«I'm always a bit of a pessimist about these sorts of things — looking at only two stars, even for common planets like super-Earths, is a gamble.»

«Previous research has shown that many individuals with problem gambling also have substance abuse or mental health issues, often rooted in some sort of earlier trauma,» said Dr. Matheson.

«There's scenes where Michael Pena and David Dastmalchian and T.I. are at a casino, gambling and Scott's in there sort of helping them win money.

When Wild isn't buffing the floor with the carcasses of the various thick - necked goons who dare to cross his path, he tries gambling his way to the «f — k you money» he needs in order to quit Vegas for good and retire to a life of leisure in Corsica (seen in fleeting, dreamlike glimpses, perhaps to satisfy some sort of French tax credit).

It's a gamble that never quite pays off: the film feels unguided by anyone other than its subjects, and the kids eagerly take over, sort of like that projector scene in Gremlins 2, I guess.

Her cries for help attract another sort of rogue: Jem Fox, the waster son of a wealthy silversmith and prominent Sydney Jew, who's already in trouble with the law — up to his neatly trimmed eyebrows in gambling debts.

You know the sort I mean: a cuckolded husband here, outstanding gambling debts there, a petty lawsuit or questionable inheritance, and more troubles of that kind.

Sort of like gambling, I think the worst thing that can happen to a novice stock - picker is an early win.

Almost every trader falls into some sort of cycle where they are simply gambling instead of trading at some point in their trading career.

Putting down your money with the thought of seeing this sort of outcome is gambling, not investing.

I started asking around about Innova and I was told that proctor and gamble are under some sort of contract for two years stating that the ingredients will not change.

StumbleUpon seems to be a bit of a gamble — it's sort of hit or miss what is popular and what isn't.

«Customers who don't think loot boxes are gambling are clearly the sort of clever, intelligent people who are far too smart to ever be psychologically manipulated.»

Choosing the weapon to take from the safe house is usually a gamble, as you won't know what sort of ammo you'll find throughout the next mission.

Further, the video game industry as a whole and the age ratings don't take into account whether games have gambling of this sort, which the report says is «particularly problematic for minors and gambling addicts.»

As pointed out in this great Extra Credits video, any sort of legislation that treats loot boxes like gambling might be bad news for everyone, because, among other reasons, legislators don't often know much about the nuances of video games.

«The whole gambling regulator thing, we don't view that sort of thing as gambling.

The wheel of elements is by nature a game of gambling, but it's not impossible for a game of luck to require the same sort of thinking and skill required for a game like Doom.

So large, fancy gambling halls, and sort of speakeasy kinds of places?

From there, the researchers sought to sort these clusters of addresses into four categories - bitcoin exchanges, gambling services, mining pools and black markets.

Other people have addictions of a different sort — shopping, gambling, dating relationships, just to name a few.

One possible explanation is grounded in the fact that interpersonal aggression can be a consequence of all sorts of addictive behaviors, such as substance dependence (Giancola et al. 1996), alcohol dependence (Pihl and Peterson 1995), and pathological gambling (Parke and Griffiths 2005).