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It was bit of a gamble on him at the time but, by and large, most people say that Jeremie did very well during his time at the Club.

Since the cost of digital distribution is almost zero, the thinking goes, cinemas ought to gamble on more obscure products.

Years later, Lelouch is in high school, but regularly skips out of school to go play chess and gamble on himself.

Joan: I didn't buy lottery tickets, and I don't gamble on other ways, either. Lottery tickets ate just another way of taxing the poor.

Whatever the merits, there's no doubt the agency has placed a huge reputation gamble on the case.

At the start of the experiment each volunteer was given 50 dollars with which to gamble on the outcome of tossing a coin.

Buying a new car is a long-term gamble on there being dealers, spare parts and a thriving second-hand market for your vehicle.

For my first bet I chose to gamble on the total number of goals in the Portsmouth vs Norwich football match.

But critics call GNEP a costly gamble on unproven science that will harm the cause of nuclear energy and do little to combat proliferation.

In essence, he notes, buyers rent property from bankers, in return for a gamble on the upside.

Democrates may be ready for an all or nothing gamble on health care reform.

The production of this film was regarded as a major gamble on his part.

It's also the kind of gamble on a company's reputation that can keep brand managers up at night.

Nomura's gamble on Lehman comes as the stand-alone investment banking model is falling apart.

Some people do not want to have to gamble on what exchange rates will hold in the future.

But if you are a U. S. investor looking to take a gamble on the Irish, watch out.

More or less, foreign exchange dealing involves a calculated gamble on exchange rates.

The conservative peasantry was reluctant to gamble on the new types of high yield rice.

I'm going to gamble on the world cup tonight. Who do you think will win?

Early-stage ventures are in essence a gamble on the entrepreneurs involved.

Do they gamble on cooperation (high payoff) or defection (low, but sure payoff)?

I definitely can not be permanent, Dongguan, let me get my health to gamble on them, I really can not.

Both parties take a gamble on cheap term life insurance.

I'll take a gamble on this experiment.

The king said, "Shall we gamble on the throw of the dice? "

The 2012 Olympics are, in effect, a gamble on reviving the capital's poorest districts.

She took a gamble on the expedition.

Change you life today. Don't gamble on the future act now, without delay. ----Simone De Beauvoir.

A movie studio can make more money with a sequel than a gamble on something creative.

By the time Reagan went to Berlin in 1987, he and Gorbachev had developed enough trust to gamble on change.

He lost his money taking a gamble on cards.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Because of playing dice and scholarship, Wu Gui " analogy" in the grasp of a wide range, he can often recognize gamble on some.

While it is illegal in China to gamble on cricket fights, the fights themselves are legal and occur in most big cities in China.

take a gamble on sth.

Perhaps the most important reason that large companies are willing to gamble on buying technology is that not doing so carries risks, too.

Don't gamble on the futher, act now, without delay.

Why did he gamble on war now?

Many people lost money taking a gamble on oil shares.

This is not a fuckin' thing you|should gamble on, all right?

Transferred to someone who is willing to gamble on what the price of a commodity will be in the future.

You shouldn't take the gamble on one exams.

I was gonna gamble on the boat but then I got high

Don't gamble on him, he shall not succeed all his life

Democrats and Republicans alike are taking a gamble on health reform

You're taking a gamble on a little sorrow,

Obama's calculated gamble on Libya strategy

A beleaguered prime minister takes a big gamble on economic reforms