Though the wheel brought in $750,000 in ticket sales, the Chicago World's Fair staked a claim to most of the proceeds; Ferris battled them in court — and lost.
Frieze New York started life as a gatecrasher: the colonial kid sister of London's main art fair, staking its claim in a city that already has its fair share of venues for art and conspicuous consumption.
As a major hub of international finance and business, and one of the global art capitals of the world, London is also a premiere destination for collectors--particularly in October, when Frieze Art Fair stakes its claim in Regent's Park and the London auction houses stage their modern and contemporary sales.
Recently Dr. Mahathir has repeated publicly what many here have said privately for years: that policies intended to help give the bumiputra a fairer stake in an economy once dominated by foreigners and ethnic Chinese have succeeded in creating a Malay middle class but have also created a culture of entitlement, complacency and mediocrity.
But again, given the stakes, it seems to be a pretty fair bet that they will.
The stakes wins were the Speedwell Handicap, the Del Rio Feature, the Bart BS Stakes, the Miss Princess Invitational Handicap, Maddon's Bright Eyes Handicap, and the Pima County Fair Premier Stakes.
Two offer sizes (ұ10, ұ4) were proffered, and the offers fell into one of three "fairness" categories: 50%-40% of the stake (fair), 33%-25% of the stake (unfair), or 20%-10 20%-10e stake (most unfair).
But even banks that focus mainly on good, old-fashioned lending do their fair share of high-stakes trading.
Ties go to the dealer, but to be fair I'll stake you a $1000 chip (the first time for free – after that, you'll need to solve a crossword puzzle if you need a chip).
