Bill and I, frankly, have staked our future on that fact and, so far, the gamble is proving us correct.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business and the Media: Prime Time and the Bottom Line] Reference

As the bombardment of Gaza has failed to break Palestinian "will," now the gamble is that ground troops will.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Invasion | ATTACKERMAN] Reference

Their gamble is that their strategies, taken from "The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich," will pay off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama defends $787B stimulus bill] Reference

"Kagame's strategy for stability is a dangerous, long-term gamble," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.    From Wordnik.com.  [post-gazette.com - News] Reference

But while his initial gamble was on Clegg's Liberal Democrats staying steadfast, the more dangerous gamble is with his own party.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Cameron is taking a big gamble with his own party] Reference

The gamble is that after the departures from Iraq and Afghanistan and the heat of conflict, there will be a considerable cooling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cameron's Defense Cuts Reveal a U.K. Preparing to do Less With Less] Reference

Bad advice aggravated an already adolescent attitude and the short-term gamble on the glitz of Real Madrid ended in predictable failure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Football.co.uk news feed] Reference

The operative word in that paragraph seems to be 'gamble' -- and to a degree, it seems to be working.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daled Amos] Reference

How much of a gamble was the final pit stop for four tires?.    From Wordnik.com.  [PaddockTalk Racing News]

Cattle-raisin 'as a gamble will be a losing bet right soon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fighting Edge] Reference

The gamble was a huge failure -- a massive error in judgment.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain's Snivelling On Letterman The Last Straw?] Reference

The mine is a short-term gamble with possible serious, long-term consequences. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Union - All Categories] Reference

So in other words, your gamble is a lot less than if you were to court somebody else.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

But to her mind, such a gamble was a small one to take in the face of such high stakes.    From Wordnik.com.  [String Theory, Book 3: Evolution] Reference

"India" can't be described as a gamble, Raphael Correa, Globo TV Intl. head of sales, said at Mip TV.    From Wordnik.com.  [Variety.com]

So, taking a gamble, which is what he was known for, he bought them two tickets to some place out west.    From Wordnik.com.  [when Irish eyes are cryin'] Reference

But Webb said he felt certain the mayor had a chance to succeed at trial, but the gamble was a big one.    From Wordnik.com.  [WXYZ-TV Detroit - 7 Action News] Reference

Of course, we won't know for sure if their gamble has been a success or not until the band goes on tour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Technology news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference

"gamble" - that's saying quite a bit about her abilities.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bellingham Herald: Sports News] Reference

The gamble is on the margin loan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Social Security Transition Cost, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

The gamble is that the uuid will be Unique.    From Wordnik.com.  [Happy developers + happy museums = happy punters (my JISC dev8D talk)] Reference

George Osborne is taking a "gamble" with the recovery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics live blog – Monday 29 November 2010] Reference

And take a different kind of gamble and drop us an e-mail.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2004] Reference

Certainly not the kind of gamble even insane people would make.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Uh-Oh] Reference

City Hall News weighs in on the "gamble" of a Bloomberg third term.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weekend in Review: Election Day Looms] Reference

Is he willing to take that kind of gamble with the American people's security?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Do You Need Immunity If You Haven't Broken the Law?] Reference

Such words as a "gamble," that could have been catastrophic, and that it was irresponsible.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 9, 2003] Reference

It was a "gamble" to try to (3) pick up the Hillary voters, which I suspect will fail badly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Report: Palin's Spokesperson Didn't Know About Pregnancy Two Days Ago] Reference

It also introduced the 'gamble' element into individual decisions - for no reasonable reason.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meaning of the word 'Honourable'.] Reference

JaVale on the the other hand is the "gamble" pick.    From Wordnik.com.  [NBA.com: Fantasy News] Reference

Yoshida's "gamble" paid off, both critically and financially.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joystiq [PlayStation]] Reference

Obviously it gets the message across that the "gamble" paid off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Movie City News] Reference

Arthur spoke about how the Proteas would "gamble" to win the Test.    From Wordnik.com.  [News24 Top Stories] Reference

And he denied increasing borrowing to fund tax cuts was a "gamble", saying it was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack's Newswatch] Reference

But the chance of having a great nose tackle is the kind of gamble I will gladly take.    From Wordnik.com.  [Battle Red Blog] Reference

That risk is not, technically, a "gamble," because if the investment pays off, no one loses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pyromaniacs] Reference

Should we allow anyone to 'gamble' with the future of civilization … considering what's at stake?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conceptual Guerilla - Central Command in the War of Ideas] Reference