Sentence examples for on a gamble from inspiring English sources

Compared to passing on a gamble (Norisk), taking a gamble, especially winning a gamble (Riskwin), was associated with significantly stronger activation in the insular and dorsal medial prefrontal cortices.

By pledging a referendum within five years on Britain's European Union membership, and warning that voting to leave would be a "one-way ticket," Mr. Cameron embarked Wednesday on a gamble with few precedents in modern British politics, and one few commentators saw him as likely to win.

"People invested on a gamble and got rich beyond anything they expected," Mr. Akerlof said.

They have moved out to the East End on a gamble.

On a gamble, he asked the owners of the shop to let him sell African records and tapes out of the back corner of the store.

Mr. Chalfant, who had managed ski-boot-fitting shops, and Mr. Satloff, with a background on Wall Street, started their company five years ago on a gamble.

Mr Putin's Chechnya policy amounts to a gamble on Ramzan Kadyrov's loyalty.

Thomas is part of a weekly poker game, and one night his friends suggest he join them for an online poker game on a gambling website.

Negotiations were continuing on a gambling bill that would affect Chicago and elsewhere.

Michael Mott and Bradley Nacht stole scenes as gangsters sent to collect on a gambling debt.

He was sent to Sing Sing on a gambling conviction in 1912, the only time he ever went to prison.