Sentence examples for gambling cost from inspiring English sources

Sure Michael Jordon was a great basketball player, but he wasn't much of a baseball player and his golf game gambling cost him a lot of money.

Wagering-related problem gambling costs Victorians between $1.5bn and $2.8bn each year.

Often they end up two-time losers: Their gambling costs them real dough and raises their tax bills to boot.

According to a paper from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, multiple studies in the US have found that casino gambling costs taxpayers three times the amount that it generates in state taxes – because it tends to cause an increase in social welfare costs, regulatory costs, criminal justice costs and infrastructure costs.

Unsurprisingly, social media lit up with aggrieved Australians pointing out the links between problem gambling and mental health which you might expect to be a concern of a leading health professional and the fact that gambling costs Australia up to $4.7 billion a year.

"Today, Republicans face a major choice: Will they stand up for the American people, and join us to hold Wall Street accountable for the reckless gambling that cost 8 million Americans their jobs and millions more their economic livelihood?

They aren't penalized when their gambling ultimately costs their employers money (or drives the firms out of business).

Mr. Cennamo's gamble will cost him and the family members and friends who are backing his presentation just over $50,000, a sum not easily recouped.

A gambling machine costs money to play, but if you win, a lot of money can come out and you get to keep it.

Under Mr. Mack, Morgan Stanley made errant mortgage bets and commercial property gambles that cost it billions of dollars and almost destroyed it.

Problem gambling is costing the UK up to £1.2bn a year, according to a new report that its authors say should act as a "wake-up call" for the government.