Word: wager
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Take this new movie, for instance. When you first heard that Saturday Night Live's mega-popular Ladies Man sketch-generally regarded as one of the few remaining SNL sketches that are actually funny-was being turned into a movie, I'll wager the inflated cost of a movie ticket that this exact thought, or some variation thereof, flashed across your brain...
...Island and Bryant College uncovered a gambling ring involving student athletes; a Northwestern University running back who became the school's career rushing leader fumbled the football on the goal line to ensure that his team would not beat the point spread and that he would win his $400 wager; a Central Florida student team manager was convicted in federal court of offering $15,000 in bribes to players to hold down scoring and cover the point spread in a basketball game with Stanford; Boston College suspended 13 members of its football team for betting on college sports, including three...
...makes no sense to eliminate legalized sports gambling in Nevada because the amount wagered is dwarfed by illegal gaming in the other 49 states. Indeed, goes the argument, without a legal way to bet on college games, gamblers would wager illegally and contribute further to the growth in illegal gambling. To promote this view, the industry bought ads in newspapers warning of the consequences if Congress eliminates legal sports betting in Nevada. Under a headline declaring s. 2340: A "FIX" ONLY A BOOKIE COULD LOVE in the Washington Post on June 22, Harrah's Entertainment Inc. admonished, "If Congress bans...
Being a bookie is no more uncommon in South Philadelphia than being, say, a pizza-pie maker. Sure, it's illegal. But Max (whose real name is being withheld to protect his operation and Campaign Diary's wager) wonders what's the greater crime: a row-house palooka's supporting his family by offering a convenient alternative to government-run lottery bamboozles, or the fact that American public policy and the Lincoln Bedroom are for sale to the highest bidders...
...blood"--and watching sports with his friends. But he rarely sits still. Before dismantling the field at the British Open, he went salmon fishing in Ireland with O'Meara. The week after his triumph, Tiger scuba-dived in the Bahamas. Like Jordan, he will place a friendly wager on just about anything--but forget about getting him to pay up. Kelly Manos, one of Woods' childhood golf partners, won $20 from Tiger the last time they played together, in 1995. Manos hasn't seen the cash: "Whenever I ask him about it, he always says, 'I'll play...