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The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2024
Japanese citizens recognize that baseball players betting on baseball — even if the wagers aren’t made on a bettor’s team — is taboo.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Progressive Slots Progressive slot machines accumulate a fraction of each wager, contributing to a growing jackpot prize.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
When the antenna disconnects from one satellite and links to another, Buchman wagers that passengers rarely notice.
—Julia Buckley, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
Super Bowl 58 between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs has arrived with ample opportunity to watch the game and wager on nearly every aspect of it.
—Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
Fans typically vie for cash prizes organized through an office pool at work or place friendly wagers with family and friends.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
The win came down to the Final Jeopardy question with Raut, a social and personality psychologist, placing a savvy wager from second place despite answering the question incorrectly.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter and get the latest news and tips on wagers for weekend Horse Racing at Santa Anita and other Southern California tracks in your inbox.
—Staff Report, Orange County Register, 10 Feb. 2024
Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
At the time of the Supreme Court decision, about $5 billion was wagered on sports in the U.S., all of it in Nevada.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Prop – or proposition – bets let gamblers wager on a player’s statistics during the game, in lieu of the final score.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
Green wagered $20,000 that bitcoin would not reach a price of $100,000 per coin by the end of the year.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2024
Bettors at the casinos can wager on all types of pro and college events.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2024
Though none of the three players answered the question about Aeschylus’ first surviving play correctly, Barinholtz wagered all of his winnings, landing him in last place with an even $0.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2024
The watch and wager action on the biggest Derby prep races increases as 150th running of America’s biggest horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville nears on Sat., May 4, 2024.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Americans legally wagered $119.84 billion on sports, up 27.8% from the previous year.
—Wayne Parry, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Noun
Middle English wageour pledge, bet, from Anglo-French wageure, from *wager
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1602, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
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“Wager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wager. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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