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It’s not just having the usual stuff that people have been able to wager… it’s the conversation starter questions around those sports: what’s happening in those sports that keep them relevant, even when the first pitch of the season hasn’t started yet. – Pat Morrow	Found on CNN 1 year ago
People still want to wager in person, you have sports betting operating right where the fans are. – Keith Wall	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The capacity restrictions in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 presented a very challenging operating environment for Nevada’s Sports Books, in Nevada, Super Bowl handle is driven by visitation and Las Vegas along with other areas across the state are destination markets for customers to come and wager on the game. – Nevada Gaming Control Board	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Hell tell you, hell be like, Oh that small wager might come back to haunt you, kid. – Ken Jennings	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
You would not want to wager that your liberties and your freedoms in a country - the United States in this case - should be left solely to the free market. – Rick Perry	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Consult your dragon before you wager his hide. – Melaine Rawn, Dragon Star 1: Stronghold	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Let us weigh the gain and the loss, in wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives: if you win, you win all, if you lose you lose nothing. Do not hesitate, then, to wager that he is. – Blaise Pascal	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge. – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is, but let us consider the two possibilities. If you gain, you gain all if you lose you lose nothing. Hesitate not, then, to wager that He is. – Blaise Pascal	added by anonymous 14 years ago

It’s not just having the usual stuff that people have been able to wager… it’s the conversation starter questions around those sports: what’s happening in those sports that keep them relevant, even when the first pitch of the season hasn’t started yet.

– Pat Morrow

Found on CNN
1 year ago

People still want to wager in person, you have sports betting operating right where the fans are.

– Keith Wall

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The capacity restrictions in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 presented a very challenging operating environment for Nevada’s Sports Books, in Nevada, Super Bowl handle is driven by visitation and Las Vegas along with other areas across the state are destination markets for customers to come and wager on the game.

– Nevada Gaming Control Board

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Hell tell you, hell be like, Oh that small wager might come back to haunt you, kid.

– Ken Jennings

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

You would not want to wager that your liberties and your freedoms in a country - the United States in this case - should be left solely to the free market.

– Rick Perry

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Consult your dragon before you wager his hide.

– Melaine Rawn, Dragon Star 1: Stronghold

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Let us weigh the gain and the loss, in wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives: if you win, you win all, if you lose you lose nothing. Do not hesitate, then, to wager that he is.

– Blaise Pascal

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.

– Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is, but let us consider the two possibilities. If you gain, you gain all if you lose you lose nothing. Hesitate not, then, to wager that He is.

– Blaise Pascal

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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