Sentence examples for winning gambling from inspiring English sources

A mathematical genius and bon vivant, according to Mackay, he developed a winning gambling system that got him kicked out of a number of countries until he ingratiated himself with the Duke of Orleans, who became regent to Louis XV.

That could also describe the winning gamble Disney took in 1997 with Julie Taymor and the African elements she added to her stage version of "The Lion King".

It is a remarkable turnabout for Mr. Paulson, whose winning gamble against the housing market plucked him from obscurity and transformed him into one of the most celebrated money managers in the business.

He continually demanded a vote which he knew he could not win, gambling that the Senate would cave in.

The friend showing me around bought a brand-new black 5-Series BMW with money she won gambling.

With some money he won gambling, his girlfriend's credit card, and $10,000 his father set aside for college, Anderson decided to make a twenty-minute film that would be his "college".

In his acclaimed account of the 1981 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the author captures the wild ups and downs of a ruthless, high-stakes sport in which "the next best thing to gambling and winning is gambling and losing".

"The next best thing to gambling and winning is gambling and losing".

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.

Winning Gamble The indie hit of the summer is turning out to be the British thriller "Croupier," which opened on April 21 in New York and has now spread to 117 theaters nationwide.

A recent study showed that participants were more risk seeking after losing a gamble than after winning a gamble [ 3].