gambler's chance
Example Sentences
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Gibbons will take a gambler's chance with a percentage of the gate receipts.
From Time Magazine Archive
You think it has, Mr. Gorham; but that is where the gambler's chance comes in.
From The Lever A Novel by Orcutt, William Dana
“No,” said the prospective buyer, “I will give you $500, and I am taking a gambler’s chance in giving you that much.”
From Commercialized Prostitution in New York City by Kneeland, George Jackson
Americans still have an idea that the German Government adopted the submarine campaign as the last despairing gambler's chance, and that they only half believed in its success themselves.
From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.
For the third time in ten hours, though puzzled and groping, trembling between gain and loss, he plunged on the gambler’s chance.
From Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance by Horton, Marcus
