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1. "Because he used to steal from Staas Company warehouses, I’ll wager," Chief Horcheese told her
2. Crossing the road is a wager with the combustion engine and irrationality
3. "Nor mentioned it being there I'll also wager
4. In fact, I’d wager that they
5. minutes to inspect the beasts that you would like to wager on and to choose any of
6. Now wouldn’t that make an interesting wager? Which one do you guess would climb
7. In the coming days, I would wager
8. If Mr Pinscher was a betting man - and this history will go some distance towards establishing that he was - he would have laid a handsome wager on the pie coming to grief, upended on the floor
9. I would not lie to you - the wager
10. The why is beyond my reach, but I"d wager that the Founders would have been astounded
11. By the same token, I"ll wager you"ve never bought a lemon at a fruit stand and had the seller call it a car
12. Not too many folks, I would wager, know that he also wrote three splendid novels of science fiction, thus:
13. " Assuming the magazine still has a motto, I would wager that the current motto would be along the lines of: „Send me a man who can read
14. I"ll wager that in his case the ratio was just about one to one
15. “This looks like the end of the trail,” he said with a worried look, “Someone picked him up in a car, I’d wager
16. True, one can swim or fish in Kawit, but tourism there still remains a wager for the future
17. Trenchard was sitting there like a man who just won a thousand pounds on some kind of wager, eyeballing Keyes with a vengeance
18. Salmond, Sir John; looks like a man who just lost a thousand pounds on a wager but remains philosophical
19. And too soon for comfort, I would wager
20. I’d wager it’s faster and less painful for my innards
21. LP placed ten dollars on his same lucky numbers, this time doubling his wager, but without a win again
22. As an optician, I would wager that you might provide me with a pair with…how is it said?
23. A wager would have been fun
24. "Would you like to wager a few bucks on that, Mack?"
25. But, doctor, I would wager that this is exactly what the Occidental Union Administrators are scheming
26. would wager a bet that it wil win some arguments that you would
27. suggesting that this will always be a successful tool but I would wager a bet that it
28. I wager that ancient skeptics, with a few
29. Most current questions, I wager, define amorphous and ambiguous spaces, and
30. If he wants to change it, I’d wager we could do so with a few weeks of lessons and practice, and then he would have the choice of sounding as he does or not
31. “I’d wager you feel no Compulsion from your oath; that you feel exactly the same
32. I’d wager each household in your valley had dozens of books
33. Should he fall against Azeth, he would wager that his troops would be quite happy to see their own young pup of a commander dead and fight all the harder for their own lives
34. I’ll wager since many of Guardon’s Denizens are traveling through that place it must lead to his Throne Room,” said Lady Sharon
35. “I’ll wager that won’t be the last we see of that vampire
36. The first was his discovery that Amilla’s jewellery was missing from her dresser; the second was the realisation that if Pyx had lied about Amilla’s return he had probably lied about other matters too, such as the funds needed for the magical hat, the wager with Barnabus Groat, and the bribe paid to the moneylender’s secretary
37. There were other matters he needed to be updated on too, including confirmation that the funds Groat had supplied that morning were now safely in the safekeeping of General Rubitan, who had agreed to hold the purse for the wager with Usidias Taromh
38. There was mention of a wager, but the general claimed to have no knowledge of any of it
39. We didn’t know about the wager, but it’s another piece in the puzzle
40. I’d be willing to wager, however, that, like me, he wants nothing to do with ruling Dejon
41. `And never will, but I want to win back my wager that I can still beat you
42. "I'l wager that you would have made a good businessman, you have such
43. "Well, they'll remember our visit long enough, I'll wager
44. If we analysed the charts of the Priestly class (and by this we include priests, ministers, rabbis, imams, monks and swamis) I would wager that we would see a disproportionate weighting in the sign of Sagittarius and/or power in the 9th house
45. Now gambling is banned in NSW gaols as it seems to start a bit of trouble but that doesn"t stop the lads indulging in a bit of a wager
46. Would you wager a florin to
47. “Not wager, for there is no chance
48. you wager another florin for a second choice of purse?”
49. “I asked you if you would wager a florin that you could
50. he had been a few days previously, agreed to the wager on
1. Clothier had wagered both his money and his shirt (the cowboy one), on the outcome
2. They were cute enough to settle their nerves he wagered
3. Then I loudly whispered, “Oh yay by the way, I wagered our shoes and fifty smackers each
4. Bruiser shouted back with wide eyes, “You wagered the whole crews shoes and fifty bucks each?!” He yelled it so loud, he hurt my ears this time
5. They seemed oblivious to the nine spectators seated and standing around them, cheering and offering advice, who also wagered with each other on the outcome
6. I quickly ran to the place where the "pazote" was, but when I got there, found that a herd of "grelis" had wagered in the place
7. I wagered he'd come back without his head
8. That will give you an idea of how the money was wagered that night
9. The "favorite" is the horse that has had the most money wagered on it to win, while the "long-shots" have had the least money wagered on them
10. Indeed, money is wagered on these fights; what happens to the loser of a match is up for grabs
11. So much money is wagered on these
12. He had seen that same crazed look in other men’s eyes and could recall their having wagered everything on them then forgoing personal property
13. They had obviously wagered on a short match, and now, those who wagered most accurately, within the fifteen-second window, and on the number of thrusts, feints, parries, and rare maneuvers would be the big winners
14. any denomination that would’ve been wagered on that particular
15. There was a whole lot of money being wagered on today’s
16. the amount of money that was wagered on a person’s last
17. The money was all wagered on a
18. “Why aren't they pacified by the gift?” Even his query had been odds-factored and wagered upon
19. In his mind he knew he had lost, He wagered everything on Jack’s demise in that melee but now he lost everything, his empire of thugs completely obliterated, his anonymous status lost because he kidnapped Cassandra, New Star’s best detective, he was completely defeated
20. The Cap has wagered their lives he is right
21. See, she is wagered instead
22. I assumed he was either too busy and didn’t hear me or that he had bad news and didn’t want to tell me; I would have wagered on the latter
23. And according to his next transaction, that money was immediately wagered on another race, seemingly parlaying his winnings into the second round of horse racing
24. The money was all wagered on a long shot
25. It then has to pay back $100 in profit to the winner plus the amount the winning bettor has wagered, in this case, $110
26. It was the same for any denomination that would’ve been wagered on that particular hand
27. There was a whole lot of money being wagered on today’s races, which would start early and finish late
28. This drove up the payoff on a horse heavily wagered against, in some cases, up to a hundred to one odds, which were astronomical when betting on any one payoff and the odds of that horse pulling off a winning position according to its modified future payoff
29. Each player would be given a token that would match the amount of money that was wagered on a person’s last hand before they went broke
30. Unless you were betting a very small amount of money at a time or you bet a lot of money up front and then decreased the amount wagered on each hand
31. After dinner each evening, there were more formal entertainments—a variety show, an amateur hour, mock trials and mock weddings, bingo games, checkers and chess tournaments, and a casino night during which the athletes wagered stage money
32. A small group was clustered around a backgammon board, and several small piles of silver pennies on the table indicated that money was being wagered on the outcome
33. ) In Monte Carlo the odds are weighted 19 to 18 in favor of the proprietor of the roulette wheel, so that on the average he wins one dollar out of each 37 wagered by the public
34. Regardless of the amount wagered or the number of individual bets, the laws of probability specify that in the long run the casino gets to keep 5 percent of everything that is bet at the roulette table
35. ‘Well, if you hadn’t told me you were Russian, I should have wagered that you were Parisian! You have that
36. I wagered she could very likely make journeys of considerable length by air, but we had no time right now to test it
37. Here, an unexpected calm reigns as billions of dollars are wagered on the spread between light, sweet crude, and heavy crude oil prices
38. “Well, if you hadn’t told me you were Russian, I should have wagered that you were Parisian! You have that
1. always needed money to bet at satellite wagering at Del Mar, so I took my few things and moved back to Casitas
2. Wagering was an important aspect of this sport, and
3. wagering things should work out okay
4. Wagering occurs when the
5. Humane Society of the United States reported only token restrictions in some other states, such as the maximum $50 fine in Alabama and no penalty in Virginia if wagering isn’t involved
6. A lot of wagering had been placed on a four-minute match
7. The Tarmorians, over the years, had devised an intricate and complicated scheme for wagering
8. They applauded for several minutes before leaving to go to the wagering booths or to go about their business
9. The day before the run each runner was given a complete and rigorous physical and mental examination, which would allow the computers to determine the strengths and weaknesses of each runner and thereby ascertain the odds for wagering
10. “This will make a day for strategic wagering," he looked at the buttons on the left side of his chair
11. The hook position is the one who, when wagering
12. This typically means that your wagering needs at that point will likely be in the area of about $15,000 to $20,000 per game
13. At first, you might think it’s no big deal by wagering less but this is where the insurance concept kicks in
14. The hook position is the one who, when wagering on any certain number, could possibly be the point
15. Were I given to wagering, I should place my gold on Gerold Lannister
16. He was virtually wagering that the issue would not be called for some years to come
17. We are thus led to the question: “To what extent is common-stock analysis a valid and truly valuable exercise, and to what extent is it an empty but indispensable ceremony attending the wagering of money on the future of business and of the stock market?” We shall ultimately find the answer to run somewhat as follows: “As far as the typical common stock is concerned—an issue picked at random from the list—an analysis, however elaborate, is unlikely to yield a dependable conclusion as to its attractiveness or its real value
18. The company made sports-wagering and racetrack-betting terminalsdesigned, operated, manufactured, and serviced computerized wagering systems
19. Inventory included equipment held for firm wagering service contracts that would later be transferred to property and equipment-that did not make much sense because inventory was bigger than backlog
20. Cash flow from operations was mysteriously positive at year-end with a new investing line in the cash-flow statement called "Expenditures for equipment under wagering systems contracts
21. On the other hand, there could have been an easy explanation related to a purchase by a client of a wagering system previously used under a service contract
1. The entire crew looked around, some with the wagers in their hands for the outcome
2. More guys stepped out of the crowd, kicking in the wagers
3. Two young females who appeared to be fourteen to sixteen years old and wearing green military fatigues with short swords sat cross-legged over a game board in the middle of the table, each with a fistful of coins they used to make fast and furious wagers as they quickly exchanged moves in their complex and indiscernible game
4. Yes, Gentlemen, I’m talking of that moral abyss, the pinball machine! Instrument for sinful wagers to destroy our social fibre
5. The mother ship’s crew often made wagers on the outcomes of the contests, a practice that even Commodore Townsend could occasionally be found supporting financially
6. Wagers were placed on how many pigeons the caracal could take
7. and think about their wagers too
8. winners’ since many races are either prized or wagers are cast
9. of money because the house was only offering low-limit wagers so
10. racing events all open for wagers, the odds determined by the
11. The track not only featured wagers on the races that were held
12. lowed the track to book hundreds of thousands of wagers on
13. Opening on the 19th of April, the entire grandstand was completely covered by anxious spectators who could barely wait to place their wagers, drink beer, and buy pretzels from the peanut venders
14. They started out with two races a day, except on the weekends, and on Fridays they would hold several different racing events all open for wagers, the odds determined by the premise of eighty-eight percent payout on all profits made
15. Every race was averaged out on a scale of eighty-eight percent, so eighty-percent of the wagers bet would be returned to the customer
16. The track not only featured wagers on the races that were held there, but also on the futures
17. You could wager even if you thought a certain horse was going to be in a specific race up to a year in advance, which allowed the track to book hundreds of thousands of wagers on races that hadn’t even been run yet
18. 2 - How to Calculate Your Wagers
19. On the next game they’re playing (home if they lost at home or away if they lost when they were on the road) you’ll be placing a wager in such a way to recoup the previous wager or wagers plus the “per win” profit you’ve set using the divider we've mentioned earlier
20. In that case, you always have the freedom for placing your wagers with the bookmaker offering the best odds
21. Even then, for instance, there’s a very good sportsbook we know of that’s accepting wagers of up to $20 000 per game for the MLB
22. You know exactly, at any given moment on which teams you have to place your wagers as well as the amount of those wagers
23. There are always teams running good sequences and this allows us to have many teams to select from for placing wagers every day
24. We can then spot those going from a very good sequence to a not so good one in real time and stop placing wagers on those before they are deep into their bad sequences
25. Using the market study technique together with our 4 cornerstones, we’ve been able to filter most of the noise out of the sophisticated data generated in the sports industry in such a way that you can select the best teams for placing wagers on at any given time
26. The way our algorithm generates the picks gives results in such a way that a team we’ve placed wagers on almost never goes through a 4 game losing streak
27. The main thing is to balance the size of your wagers in reference to the total working capital you have on hand so you always have the necessary cash flow for operating properly and securely, following the plan
28. For those of you wondering if this can be scaled up to interesting proportions, we can tell you that one of the sportsbooks we know, which is listed in the sportsbooks document mentioned above that you can download for free is accepting wagers up to $20,000 for a single baseball game
29. If, at that point, you’re still not satisfied with your income, you can also ask bookmakers if they would accept wagers above what they state as the maximum on their website
30. This doesn’t seem much, but with hundreds of events taking place every day and sometimes tens of thousands of bettors placing wagers with a single sportsbook, this adds up to pretty impressive numbers
31. 2 – You invest more capital which in turn will have you placing higher wagers (thus higher “per win”) after having applied the divider constant to your new working capital amount
32. We’re not placing any wagers during the playoffs of any of those two sports
33. “No bloody wagers with you
34. roar as wagers were placed on who would win the Tour-
35. The watching soldiers began to place wagers on the outcome of
36. Medical journals are filled with reports of silly wagers by would-be heroes anxious to show
37. Thanks to the work of thieves and translators, most captives were well enough informed on the war’s progress that they had wagers riding on when it would end
38. “There are ransoms to be had as well, for those who win their matches,” Ser Uthor said as he hollowed out his trencher, “and I have heard it rumored that some men place wagers on the tilts
39. Butterwell has thirty dragons for the knight who comes second, that shall suffice for me…along with some goodly ransoms and the proceeds of my wagers
40. He was fleet, too, tho’ I should ne’er take him to a Race-Meeting and let all sorts of scurvy Blackguards lay Wagers upon his Flesh
41. Would that I had studied Fencing as I had Horsemanship and Dancing! The Crowd was closing in, shouting Encouragement and already laying Wagers for the Fight
42. My Sword pois’d in my Hand, my Adversary glow’ring at me (he was restrain’d for the Moment only by other Members of the Rabble who wisht to clear an Arena so that all might better see the Fight and better lay their Wagers), I waited for the End of this Best of all Possible Worlds
43. Let us assume that, through some equivalent of analysis, a roulette player is able to reverse the odds for a limited number of wagers, so that they are now 18 to 19 in his favor
44. If he distributes his wagers evenly over all the numbers, then whichever one turns up he is certain to win a moderate amount
45. But if the player wagers all his money on a single number, the small odds in his favor are of slight importance compared with the crucial question whether chance will elect the number he has chosen
46. Therefore, the more numbers he wagers on, the better his chance of gain
47. “I surely believe half the women attend the races simply to see him ride, and all of them make wagers on his mounts
48. Albeit the early races were fair betting propositions, the most of those who watched them had come to lay wagers on some Far and Near candidate—and the Far and Near candidates had been getting their preliminaries