Thesaurus results for GAMBLED

gambled

verb

Definition of gambled next

past tense of gamble

as in bet

to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event a foolish man who gambled his life savings on the lottery

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Recent Examples of gambled The Saints gambled by not making a single substitution until the final minute of the game, nearly becoming the first team since 1979 to play its starters all 40 minutes. —

Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026 The moves were a complete departure from last year, when the Rams wrongly gambled that a young and aggressive pass rush could offset their decision to not make a single upgrade to the secondary. —

Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026 Gamblers Anonymous has reported young men showing up in droves across the country, and one survey found that nearly one-third of 11-year-old boys had gambled in the past year. —

Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026 In this race, Delray Mayor Tom Carney also gambled — and lost. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026 Alerted to suspicious bets by its integrity partner, MLS opened an investigation and found that Jones and Yeboah had gambled extensively through 2024 and 2025, including on games they were actively involved in. —

Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026 Among those who had gambled online, more than three-quarters also gambled offline. —

Gillian Russell, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026 His father gambled in Monte Carlo and drove a Lamborghini Countach well into his 70s. —

Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026 The scale of underage wagering is hard to measure, but a recent survey of 1,017 adolescent boys nationwide, found 36% gambled in the last year. —

Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026

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In January, another Polymarket account won big by betting that Nicolás Maduro, the President of Venezuela, would soon be out of power.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Perhaps unfortunately for Flagg, some ROY voters probably tuned out the Mavericks during this 4-24 late-season skid, but according to the betting platform Kalshi, Knueppel’s percentage lead dipped from 60%-40% to start this week to 52%-46% on Wednesday.

— Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026