Gambled in a sentence

A loan could have been taken to plug state budget gaps, he said, at a time when interest rates were practically zero, whereas instead the state "gambled" by taking money from pension fund holders without the knowledge of the cost of subsequent repayments.

As reported in this masthead, local government areas grappling with the worst pokie losses in the state have for many months been demanding the Andrews government introduce tougher rules to stem the billions of dollars being gambled away.

Benny Safdie has gambled on himself at a crucial moment in his career, but his performance in has proven that it may well pay off.

It turns out he couldn’t pass. The Denver Broncos gambled on teaching him how to do so and still selected him No. 25 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.

Li did so on 16 occasions, defrauding the temple of S$207,234 that she gambled away playing baccarat at the Marina Bay Sands casino.

Millwall had gambled on trying to get to the Premier League, which the new stadium was geared towards.

She had delusions - including of having triplets, and that her husband had gambled their money away.

The Canadian failed to make it out of the first phase qualifying only 18th after the team gambled on running on a single set of soft tyres in an attempt to save a set for the second session.

The ruling military government gambled on protecting the interests of Chinese crime groups over the Chinese state and appears to have overplayed its hand.

They kept their heads above water against the odds, but in 2008/09 it all went wrong, with an early managerial change, more than 50 players used and far too much money gambled on an escape act that never looked close to likely under Martin Allen.

In recent years, the Tories have gambled with the economy while the squandered billions in public money – and it’s working Scots, you, who have paid the price.

Millions were gambled in these contests.

Most of the money was gambled away and used to pay Karen McGowan's gambling debts.

Niners coach Kyle Shanahan gambled on fourth-and-three from the Kansas City 15, passing up a chance for a tying field goal.

Ohtani held a news conference Monday saying he was victimized by the interpreter and has not gambled on baseball or any other sports.

The Conservatives have gambled during the campaign on big policies, such as the national service announcement, that have been designed to appeal to supporters of Reform UK.

The venue was Vivek Singh’s Cinnamon Club, and I’d gambled on Singh not being the sort to lay his restaurant’s reputation on the line for a bunch of hacks armed with spatulas.

We need to find out what she gambled on and make sure we always bet the other way!

Both sides had gambled and failed.

He perhaps gambled on Hamilton losing tire grip himself, but the gap was 10 seconds when Hamilton pitted for new tires on Lap 41.