| The extra expense of higher fuel costs can be offset, at least temporarily, by winning the bet on rising prices. |
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| Prosecutors said he also ran an illegal gambling operation that bet on professional baseball games. |
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| Under Michigan rules, jockeys may bet on races they ride as long as their wagers are placed through the owner or trainer of their mounts. |
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| Bettors deposit money in advance with the OTB and then call when they want to bet on a horse race. |
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| The polls as I write make it a mug's game to bet on the outcome of the presidential election. |
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| A senior manager at a trucking firm in Australia liked a bet on the horses. |
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| When I first arrived at Aubergine eight years ago the three of them had a bet on how long I'd last. |
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| We made a bet on whether or not you would get jealous and the only way to prove it was to make you believe we were a couple. |
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| These days, rodeos are more than simply the locals having a laugh and a bet on whether someone can stay on a bucking bull. |
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| Why wouldn't you make a bet on the fact that oil's only going to become more expensive? |
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| Consequently, you take only a small position with a hedge, because it's a bet on what you think won't happen. |
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| Meanwhile, he added that he was so certain that someone alive today will still be alive in 2150, he had placed a bet on it with a friend. |
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| Just take all the money in your bank account and place a bet on India winning the Miss World title again. |
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| I sincerely hope that we do not have problems with our power supplies this winter, but I wouldn't bet on it. |
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| There may have been an incumbent with a shorter tenure in such a position, but don't bet on it. |
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| It clearly hopes to be rewarded with a new start in relations with Washington, but don't bet on it. |
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| But don't bet on it because I've been watching from the beginning and I'm still not sure what's going on. |
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| I hope they wouldn't have closed it without confirming, but I wouldn't bet on it. |
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| Any older or younger and you may get away with a rental, but don't bet on it. |
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| I know the industry will try to say this too shall pass, but don't bet on it. |
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| Also one of the biggest gambling days of the year with two billion dollars, we know of, bet on the game. |
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| If you've left it this late to bet, the short odds will make it hard to make too much money from a bet on Science. |
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| For those not prepared to bet on a white Christmas, there is the chance this year to put money on a record-high Christmas Day temperature. |
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| You can gamble your mortgage away on putting money on a horse or, you know, take a bet on the election. |
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| These men attended and enjoyed spectator sports, bet on prize fights and wrestling matches, and gambled at poker, blackjack, and dice. |
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| Who would have bet on Mjallby being the one on the seat of his shorts trackside after an unlikely skirmish between David and Goliath? |
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| And bookmaker William Hill is willing to give odds close to that to anybody wanting to bet on disaster. |
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| The men who'd bet on Raider winning were slapping high fives and opening up yet another case of beer. |
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| Individuals are able to bet on horse racing, greyhound racing and other sporting events. |
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| A generation ago over two thirds of chronic gamblers bet on the horses, only one in five played on the poker machines. |
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| Don't bet on iPad apps being a saviour for expensive magazines, paywalled newspapers, etc. any time soon. |
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| Until about 1830, many Americans gambled in taverns and at cockfights, while gentlemen bet on horse races. |
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| If it comes second you only get the winnings you would have earned if you'd only bet on it to place. |
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| Under the circumstances they bet on independence, gumption and initiative of section and crew commanders and leaders of combat teams. |
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| Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, offers covered warrants that allow you to bet on the Halifax house-price index. |
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| Many of them also bet on it through football pools, go to Sunday night parties and chat about the game with co-workers. |
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| Each punter was given funny money with which to bet on the five event local card and the real Melbourne Cup down south. |
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| And now you can bet on the success of various blogs, albeit with funny money. |
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| An each-way bet on Roddick could be more profitable than backing the defending champ to win. |
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| He laid an each-way bet on Galway Plate winner, Nearly A Moose, and enjoyed the spoils of 25-1 odds. |
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| Punters can also bet on other major sports, including golf, tennis and rugby, as well as the gee-gees. |
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| A penalty goal by Harrison reduced the deficit to 6 points and it would have been a brave bet on the winner at this stage. |
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| No, I wouldn't bet on anything at this point other than this will be a prolonged, protracted and vigorous fight. |
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| Our English punters couldn't bet on England because of this, but emotionally couldn't bet against them either. |
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| I bet on both Giant's Causeway and Tiznow using across the board tickets on both and boxing the two of them in the exacta. |
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| You can even bet on e-sports matches these days to make watching them a little more interesting. |
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| For many racegoers, choosing a horse to bet on is both the most exciting and hardest part of a day at the races. |
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| As for esthetic value, I would bet on the architect whose project reflects enduring human values in architecture. |
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| You can listen to the bands, check the odds and see who you'd pick, and bet on them to win. |
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| The Keirin, making its Olympic debut in Sydney, is wildly popular in Japan, where people can bet on professional riders. |
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| I was looking forward to wiping the floor with him, plus relieving him of the five pounds that we had bet on the contest. |
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| Fans could bet on the numbers in bars, barber shops, newspaper kiosks, and other neighborhood outlets. |
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| This may reflect in a willingness to pay higher prices, although I wouldn't bet on it. |
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| The rule making it an offence for a reinsman to bet on a horse he was driving was introduced in April last year. |
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| This amounts to a massive political bet on Scotland being collectivist rather than consumerist. |
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| His timely bet on fiber optics in 1992 helped a low-tech cable and tiremaker build a leading-edge telecom components business. |
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| You also have to know how to bet on other shooters while you're waiting to get the dice in your own hands. |
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| Would you rather put your money, or increase your bet on a shooter who throws at random, or one with at least a modicum of control? |
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| Investors can bet on individual shares or stock indices, such as the Iseq, Ftse 100, Dow Jones, or Nasdaq going up or down. |
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| Financial spread betting gives retail investors an opportunity to bet on individual shares, stock indices or currencies. |
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| He said that any fool could bet on a busted flush in poker, or swear that black is white, but that isn't a classic lie. |
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| Technology stocks rose strongly last week as investors continued to bet on a resurgence in the sector. |
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| It is not strictly good form to bet on how long all the speeches will take. |
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| We'll put a bet on it now and I'll come back next year and see how you're doing. |
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| He caught the late sports scores and admitted losing a bet on a particular game. |
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| Some of those who parted with their money to bet on the really scrofulous nags would undoubtedly say that was the best place for them. |
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| To settle the ensuing argument, they make a bet on who commands the bravest troops. |
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| Then bet on Bob Simon and crew setting up shop nearly every other Saturday at East Liberty's Royal York Auction Gallery. |
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| Now we have installment two, I did bet on baseball, but I didn't bet against the team I was managing. |
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| Under the betting ordinance, Hong Kong punters can bet on overseas races, but they must be part of a local racing programme. |
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| Your free bet will be your first bet on the game after the start of the second half. |
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| Chances are you can find an Internet bookmaker who will accept your bet on the outcome. |
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| The DA said this boy won't raise a civil case, but don't bet on it. |
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| I hope Margaret's happiness lasts, though I wouldn't bet on it. |
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| He made a highly illiquid bet on LightSquared, a wireless broadband company, that has sandbagged his fund and reputation. |
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| Just as Strauss-Kahn critics joked that his zipper could be his undoing, Sarkozy cynics bet on a baby. |
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| He lost the bet on the twenty-eighth question, when a duplicate birthday turned up. |
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| It would obviously be nice to play a few holes and get a bit of a walk-out, but in the current focused mood in the Scotland camp, I wouldn't bet on it! |
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| It's basically a bet on human cussedness, the belief that history shows that humans can turn any apparent eventuality on its head, if we work at it hard enough. |
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| The gun advocates are tireless and they bet on suburban swing voters forgetting about their anger. |
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| The simplest way to bet on the final is to pick the outright winners. |
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| The moneyed class placed a huge, one-sided bet on their tribune, Mitt Romney, and on the Republicans. |
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| For that kind of money they will need to bet on a rank outsider. |
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| Lipsyte was floored that Talese would place that kind of bet on a young writer, and he stayed at the Times. |
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| And I hope that both of them are brave enough to make a bet on the market system, creating a context for growth rather than a plan for development. |
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| Thinking of putting a bet on who will win the Rose of Tralee? |
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| While at Wednesday, he and two team-mates placed a bet on a match against Ipswich, which eventually led to jail terms and life bans from the game. |
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| For once-a-year punters who do not want to go to a betting shop, placing a bet on the world's most famous steeplechase can be done from the comfort of an armchair these days. |
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| The British will bet on virtually anything from the size of marrows, through slug racing, to how long it takes to run round the quadrangle of an Oxford College. |
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| But warning staff to look out for big bets and limiting the sums being bet on a match are standard procedure for bookmaking firms when such rumours are circulating. |
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| You can bet on football and basketball with drug-dealing bookmakers as long as you bow and scrape and genuflect when called onto the commissioner's carpet. |
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| This was a daring and optimistic bet on what in the context was a largely new form of governance, coming to life and being tested under conditions that were hardly propitious. |
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| To buy an Apple product is to bet on the longevity of the closed system to which we've committed ourselves. |
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| Many are now predicting the end for Sonia, but I wouldn't bet on it. |
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| The pols essentially become commodities whose futures one can bet on. |
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| All could still come true before December 31, but don't bet on it. |
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| But with emasculated regulators, inhibited competition and inflated wages in the service industry, Irish consumers cannot bet on prices falling on the basis of a strong euro. |
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| It's possible that they like each other, though I wouldn't bet on it. |
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| In a cage-match between nihilism and Niebuhr, who would you bet on? |
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| Like horse racing, it is popular to bet on the greyhound races as a form of parimutuel gambling. |
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| On Thursday I used one of my accounts to put a bet on Aubrietia at Southwell for my wife. |
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| The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class. |
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| If the other horse looks like Secretariat, nobody will fill your feed bag or bet on you to win. |
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| Given McManus has been scoring a good few goals lately, did some rozzer have a bet on his team winning? |
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| That meant if you didn't bet on the off time posted on the infield board the race went off anyways. |
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| When I took part in a horse race, my girlfriend unsupportively placed a bet on one of the other jockeys. |
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| He had bet on real estate for decades and been breathtakingly successful. |
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| One form of parimutuel gaming is Instant Racing, in which players bet on video replays of races. |
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| And, shouldered with just a mandatory 5lb penalty, Always The Groom looks the banket bet on this modest six-race card. |
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| Many of those who bet on the emergence of a real axis to oppose the Syrian-Iranian axis are now facing disappointment. |
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| As with horse racing, greyhound races often allow the public to bet on the outcome. |
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| The 34-year-old was found guilty of conspiring to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice, of placing a lay bet on Hindu Kush and of a failure to provide phone records. |
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| The Grand National is the most prominent race in British culture, watched by many people who do not normally watch or bet on horse racing at other times of the year. |
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| An event that is prominent in British culture, the race is popular amongst many people who do not normally watch or bet on horse racing at other times of the year. |
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| Or, in the case of some of my dad's punters, there to deprive the wife and kids of any extra by putting it on an each-way bet on the 3 o'clock at Redcar. |
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| With the Sisal Matchpoint offering, players can bet on all events. |
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| Roadmaker, winner of his maiden on the track in March before landing a competitive handicap at Punchestown, looks the stand-out bet on the mixed card at Downpatrick. |
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