Sentence examples for over the gamble from inspiring English sources

After immersing myself in the expert thinking on both sides, I think that, forced to choose, I would swallow hard and take the risks of a nuclear Iran over the gamble of a pre-emptive war.

We thus estimated the probability with which monkeys were choosing the safe reward over the gamble for a wide range of reward magnitudes.

The group took over the gambling dens, the bars, the cabaret clubs, and the sex trade.

Most people (in non-Muslim countries, at least) believe that drinking alcohol should be allowed even if a small minority is alcoholic.The third argument is that the bill will allow big business and American big business, horrors to take over the gambling industry.

Nick Pileggi ("Casino," "Goodfellas") has written a great script that vividly paints a portrait of Sin City on the rise, deftly setting up Lamb and his brothers' inevitable clashes with the mobsters beginning to take over the gambling mecca.

The charges describe two related gambling networks — one led by Mr. Nahmad — that laundered tens of millions of dollars through shell companies in Cyprus; legitimate hedge funds and real estate assets in the United States; a car-repair shop in Brooklyn; and even a Bronx plumbing company that had been taken over by the gambling ring as payment for a bettor's losses.

The more transparent, regulated forms of speculation grew with the over-the-counter gambling.

In 2000, Kerkorian took over the Mirage Resorts gambling empire in Las Vegas run by the city's foremost owner, Steve Wynn.

Mr. Doyle and the Republicans argued over control of the gambling compacts with Indian tribes and over a proposed cap on local property taxes.

Norman looked out over the gambling floor at Resorts Atlantic City, a cacophony of clanging and a blur of ostentatious colors.

Mr. McCain has portrayed the fight over the gambling ban as additional proof of the need to restrain the influence of money in politics.