Sentence examples for wager more from inspiring English sources

We're enthralled by David, but wager more on Goliath.

"Never wager more than you can afford to lose," Chen is admonished at the table.

Because the maximum amount one wagers depends their current earnings, first place contestants typically wager more than those in second place, who tend to wager more than third place contestants.

Millions of punters were expected to wager more cash than usual as Saturday's race at Aintree is the only major sporting event of the weekend.

Kornegay and Sinisi said they expected Americans to wager more money on the 32-team World Cup this year, but far less than the amounts to be gambled in Europe.

And once more, the bettors — to wager more than they could spend or just enough to have some fun or, for the lucky ones, to make a buck on a horse — filed dutifully inside.

Mr. Giuliani said he rarely wagered more than a few food items or tickets to events.

It can leverage the advantage by wagering more money when the odds shift in its favor.

In the first three months of football season, gamblers wagered more than $1.1bn.

He would sit in front of them for hours, often wagering more than $100 a hand.

Their imaginations were working overtime in 1999 as Americans wagered more than $742 billion, according to an industry analyst, Christiansen Capital Advisors.