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The phrase "placed a bet" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a wager made on a sporting event or other activity in which the outcome is uncertain. Example sentence: John placed a bet on the football game and was excited to see the results.
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Landes's friend Bernie placed a bet via his iPhone.
Has she placed a bet on her victory?
"I fought hard, and placed a bet with him then and there — and I won".
Now it has been more than a year since you last placed a bet.
"I placed a bet and later modified it so it would win," Harn said.
But the young man said he had not placed a bet since just before Christmas.
In 1999, he walked into that same OTB parlor in Midtown and placed a bet.
It was the first time I had ever placed a bet on a horse race.
"Everybody around me said, 'Oh, No. 5 in the seventh race.' Everybody listened". Father Slattery placed a bet.
Mr. Koch explained that he was following the same strategy he once used when he placed a bet on the winner of the Kentucky Derby.
Hours before Apple announced its earnings late last month, a trader at a small Connecticut brokerage firm placed a bet on the outcome of the technology giant's results.
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