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We have the inside story on the board’s gamble on transparency, how it backfired and what lies ahead for Big Blue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

“This is a gamble, but one worth taking.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Is there a smart way to manage an irregular income without feeling like every financial decision is a gamble?

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

The gamble didn't pay off, though, as Australia made it through to stumps unscathed and went on to win a thrilling first Test at Edgbaston by two wickets.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

It was by far the most brazen thing Hitler had yet attempted, his biggest gamble, and a major step toward the catastrophe that was soon to envelop the world.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Having just raised $122 billion in new funds at a valuation of $852 billion, OpenAI can probably afford a few speculative gambles.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

You don’t want to end up like this lost soul, lugging his giant gambles through the hellscape of his own mind:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

Industry observers noted during that time that their planned lineup for the year was dotted with films believed to be high-stakes gambles, including “One Battle After Another” and Zach Cregger’s horror flick “Weapons.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

To Rangers, the brevity of Rohl's managerial career would represent a monumental gamble - and after Martin, the new Ibrox board probably thought they were done with monumental gambles.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025

A smaller group used credit default swaps to make what often turned out to be spectacularly disastrous gambles on the relative value of subprime mortgage bonds—buying one subprime mortgage bond while simultaneously selling another.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Bonilla had excelled with the Mets earlier in his career, and they gambled that he could recapture the production of his youth by taking on the last two years and $11.65 million of his contract.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

"Like many legacy automakers it gambled on motorists making a quick move to EVs - and lost as the world shifted."

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

A hot Silicon Valley tech player on the cusp of going public, a payday for all of those who gambled on its once unlikely success that somehow became obvious…and then trouble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

That means Disney and ABC either chose to disregard its existence, or gambled – correctly, it turns out – that the public wouldn’t bother to look too deeply into what happened.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

“The true value of such objects is their beauty, which can never be gambled away,” she thought, watching the man go.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Brazil on Friday made it mandatory for gambling advertisements to carry warnings about addiction and money loss, tightening regulations on a sector that has exploded in recent years, dragging many into debt.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

Macau, a gambling hub, could be a harbinger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Gambling Minister Baroness Twycross said the assessments must work for "consumers, gambling operators and the wider ecosystem".

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

A fund either excludes alcohol and gambling or it does not.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

It had a large number of fairly well dressed young men hanging around out front, not drinking or gambling, not visibly occupied with anything except paying close attention to passing cars.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover