How to Use wager in a Sentence
- He has a wager on the game.
- I don't think the horse will win. What's your wager?
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Place a wager of $5 or more on the 49ers vs. Eagles game.
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Catena Media,
oregonlive,
29 Jan. 2023
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White said the two have yet to finalize the terms of their wager.
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Adam Himmelsbach,
BostonGlobe.com,
19 Nov. 2022
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Place at least a $10 wager on the Bengals-Ravens game, or any game of your choice.
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al,
7 Jan. 2023
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Place a $5 wager on the Eagles or Chiefs in Super Bowl 57.
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cleveland,
5 Feb. 2023
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Some have promised $1,000 in free bets to people who lose on their first wager.
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Erin Cox,
Washington Post,
22 Nov. 2022
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But the door is now legally open for fans to make a wager on the big game in 33 states, among them Arizona.
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Victor Mather,
New York Times,
10 Feb. 2023
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Half a year’s time will tell who proves triumphant in the Deepfake wager of 2018.
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IEEE Spectrum,
14 Mar. 2023
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Click here to sign up and place your first $10 wager on the 49ers vs. Eagles or Bengals vs. Chiefs.
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cleveland,
29 Jan. 2023
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Per our wager, this will be my profile photo for the rest of the playoffs.
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Diane Bellcolumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2022
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All three were found to have placed wagers on NFL games last season, the league said in a statement.
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USA TODAY,
30 June 2023
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And in all of these wagers, a gambler has to give up a small fee for the honor, known as the vigorish, or vig.
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Jason Abbruzzese,
NBC News,
12 Feb. 2024
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Make a wager of at least $10 on SNF’s Chargers vs. 49ers game, or use it on any game of your choosing.
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Catena Media,
oregonlive,
13 Nov. 2022
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This offer is only valid if the wager settles as a loss.
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Chris Ilenstine,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2023
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Deposit at least $10 and wager at least $10 on the Colts vs. Chargers game on Monday.
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Catena Media,
al,
26 Dec. 2022
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Next, make a $5 wager on either team’s moneyline odds in the MNF matchup.
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Catena Media,
oregonlive,
21 Nov. 2022
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The bonus bet will land in your account within 48 hours of the wager’s settlement.
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Catena Media,
al,
29 Jan. 2023
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Those who bet $49 or less will be given a single bet credit worth the amount of their first wager.
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al,
14 Jan. 2023
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Toss in a friendly wager to spice things up a little. Throw a casino night.
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Lizz Schumer,
Good Housekeeping,
29 Nov. 2022
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Over 50% of Americans will place an online wager on the event.
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Dante Chinni,
NBC News,
12 Mar. 2023
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If your wager was above $50, BetMGM will send you five tokens, which are each worth 20% of your bet.
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al,
10 Oct. 2022
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The outcome of the original wager will have no impact on whether or not this bonus converts.
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cleveland,
29 Jan. 2023
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Right now, BetRivers offers new users up to $500 in free bets if their first wager losses.
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Ian Firstenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Dec. 2022
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If your bet loses, your wager will be returned in bonus bets in roughly 24 hours.
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Ian Firstenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2023
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No Run First Inning bets, that is, the wager that has gone from niche bet to one of the most popular in the entire industry.
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Chris Bumbaca,
USA TODAY,
6 July 2023
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His wager is that the escalation will not deter Ukraine so much as its backers in the West.
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Joshua Yaffa,
The New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2022
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Bettors need to place a wager of at least $10 to trigger this promotion.
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Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2023
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Fans typically vie for cash prizes organized through an office pool at work or place friendly wagers with family and friends.
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Khristopher J. Brooks,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2024
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The absence of legal betting in Missouri is especially noticeable in the Kansas City metro, where gamblers only need to cross into Kansas to place legal wagers.
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Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
1 Feb. 2024
- I wouldn't wager against them.
- She wagered $50 on the game.
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The goal, after all, is to get people to wager on the game.
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Paul R. La Monica,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2023
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For those of you looking to wager on the over/under, take the over here.
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Ian Firstenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Dec. 2022
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Those who wagered on the Rams saw their fortunes go from a loss to a win.
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oregonlive,
18 Sep. 2023
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Traders rushed to the options market to wager on stocks during the S&P 500's best week of the year.
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Gunjan Banerji,
WSJ,
6 Nov. 2023
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From there, the world is your oyster on how much to wager and which bets to place.
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Rivan Stinson,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2024
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The safest play would be to wager on a favorite, but that choice is up to the new player.
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Xl Media,
cleveland,
22 Mar. 2022
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There are plenty of great matchups to wager on this weekend in the NFL.
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Catena Media,
al,
20 Nov. 2022
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For game picks this year, our staff was given a fake $100 to wager.
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Dan Labbe,
cleveland,
13 Nov. 2022
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Your free bets are good to wager on any event in BetMGM’s menu.
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Catena Media,
oregonlive,
4 Dec. 2022
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Fans would stream in by the hundreds on almost any night to cheer on and wager on the players.
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Martin E. Comas,
orlandosentinel.com,
21 Dec. 2021
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There’s no shortage of events and sports to wager on in Ohio with the DraftKings sportsbook.
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Catena Media,
al,
16 Dec. 2022
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With a variety of ways to wager and win in play, the first full week of April marks a great time to jump into the mix.
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Xl Media,
cleveland,
5 Apr. 2022
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There is no shortage of games to wager on this weekend.
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Xl Media,
cleveland,
3 Sep. 2022
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Millions of dollars will be wagered at the track and all over the world on strong favorites and wild longshots.
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Alexis Cubit,
The Courier-Journal,
5 May 2023
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Walker Buehler will be ready on full rest for Game 3, but after that, the Dodgers will wager again on Urías.
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San Francisco Chronicle,
17 Oct. 2021
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That means fans who want to wager on their local team in the Super Bowl — or against it — will have to leave the state to do it legally.
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Victor Mather,
New York Times,
10 Feb. 2023
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Then your friend must wager $10 or more on any casino game to unlock $25 in casino credit for the both of you.
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Doug Ziefel,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Sep. 2022
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Visitors to the sportsbook have a vast menu of options for how to wager their money.
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Emily Opilo,
baltimoresun.com,
10 Dec. 2021
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Pick any game this weekend and wager up to $1,500 on any betting market.
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cleveland,
29 Jan. 2023
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Against that backdrop, Ferrari wagers everything on one race, the 1,000-mile trek across Italy, the Mille Miglia.
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
10 July 2023
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Sportsbooks are bullish about the big game, in part because some of the trendiest ways to wager stack the odds against customers even more than usual.
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Danny Funt,
WSJ,
11 Feb. 2023
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For about 30 years, despite protests from some colleagues who wanted to wager more, Mr. Popera never raised the buy-in.
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Dan Belson,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Mar. 2023
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Players could instead choose to wager on any number of MLB games.
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Xl Media,
cleveland,
30 May 2022
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But the numbers are kind of squishy because people will re wager their winnings.
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Staff Reports,
cleveland,
10 Aug. 2023
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Then your friend must wager $10 or more on any casino game to unlock $25 in casino credit for both of you.
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Ian Firstenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Jan. 2023
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Add at least $5 to your account to unlock the promo. Choose any NFL or college football game to wager on.
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cleveland,
13 Sep. 2022
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Meanwhile, those who wager on the Duke-Syracuse and Nets-Bucks games will receive a $25 free bet, regardless if the bets win or lose.
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Xl Media,
cleveland,
25 Feb. 2022
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Bettors would wager around $23.1 billion, according to the survey.
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Cortlynn Stark,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Feb. 2024
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