Sentence examples for did not wager from inspiring English sources

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Mr. Wang's friends insisted that he did not wager, but sold the free food and gambling vouchers that were included with the bus ticket and pocketed his profit, usually about $30.

"Whenever people go to temple or go to church, they sing 'Kinky Boots'!" Fortunately, the contestant did not wager any money on the clue, and still came out on top.

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It was my first year, and he didn't wager high stakes on me seeing it through three years.

The Cambodians who gather there are known to bet on anything — they lay money on how much it will rain on a given day — but they didn't wager on the winner of the American Presidential election.

This does not preclude their doubling as poker clubs, which the Harvard group does, where hobbyists can improve their poker-playing skills so long as they do not wager money during play.

It's okay to play for money in card games but don't wager too much.

The bottom line: don't bet the farm; wager a few chickens instead.

They also did not make any friendly wagers on this year's series, as they had in 1994.

So 500 people were exposed to the sport from an angle that did not involve a single wagering dollar.

The alcohol-dependent and control groups did not differ in their wagering in the ascend condition (group: F 1,40) = 0.185, P = 0.6; box ratio × group: F(2.3,91.4) = 1.39, P = 0.25) but diverged in the descend condition, where alcohol-dependent subjects placed higher wagers (group: F 1,40) = 8.51, P = 0.006).

It is a highly popular, and lucrative, wager that did not exist in the United States until 1980 and it demands a regimen from bettors trying to win: they must bet more than one horse in almost all the six races to have a good chance, even though that means a single pick-six ticket can cost hundreds of dollars.

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