Sentence examples for they were gambling from inspiring English sources
When some bondholders bought debt in casinos operated by Caesars Entertainment, they didn't think they were gambling.
They were gambling away their pensions, $2 at a time, betting on the wrong ponies, the slow ponies.
Thus the investors weren't truly "investing" — they were gambling on the success or failure of the bonds that actually did own mortgages.
But those investors left their money in the bank, in part because they were gambling that the banks would be bailed out at no cost to them.
"Members of the board were determined not to again gamble on a Broadway production, and were not informed that they were gambling with the Public Theater's budget to produce these plays," said someone close to the Public.
They are gambling in its purest form.
Now they are gambling on Detroit.
And if someone gets into financial trouble because they are gambling they are ripe for the plucking".
In taking on more risk, they're gambling with more than money," said Richard Wolffe, an Obama biographer.
street corners, in grocery stores, bars, and movie theatres across the country, except where the law says they're gambling.
