Sentence examples for figures bet from inspiring English sources

I'm going to go out on an enormous limb here and claim he just made a very poor investment decision by placing a reportedly "upper five figures" bet on this startup.

Barney Curley, now 75, is a legendary punter and former trainer, who has masterminded several seven-figure betting coups over the past 40 years.

Mayweather espouses a lavish lifestyle, careening through his 22,000-square-foot mansion on Segways, tweeting six-figure betting slips, and collecting Maybachs like they were Silly Bandz.

VC Bet reported one four-figure bet at 13-8 whiLadbrokeskes took eight times more money on a stalemate than a victory for either side in the 24 hours before the match.

As Foursquare struggles to live up to its hype, Mailbox, an app that has over half a million people still lined up just for the privilege of using it, cashed in on what was perhaps the most lucrative product relaunch in tech news history — getting Dropbox to place a nine-figure bet on the hope that the app will one day be able to expertly handle email attachments.

Case in point: this man, who got breast implants after making a 6-figure bet with his friend.

The figures on betting shop crime were released by the Gambling Commission under the Freedom of Information Act.

Merrill Lynch figures illegal betting is a similar amount again.

Paddy Power have seen four-figure bets on the hosts in each of the three matches so far (all of which India have won at odds-on prices).

Paddy Power have seen a string of three-figure bets for Hatton plus one of £1,100 and now have taken five times more money for the underdog.

Portsmouth were well backed to win the FA Cup against Cardiff City last weekend, with VC Bet standing a £50,000 bet at 4-5 and Hill's taking "several five-figure bets of up to £20,000 a time".