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Recent Examples of wager
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
Matching three symbols across the middle gets your wager back, but a diagonal match is worth several times your wager.
—Christopher Gerlacher, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Jessica Boehm, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
According to consumer protection officials, slot machines in Connecticut are regulated and required to pay back at least 80% of the amount wagered over time to players.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2025
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Noun
When teams face off in the playoffs, mayors of the cities often make wagers, and Lucas has cleaned up.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
Matching three symbols across the middle gets your wager back, but a diagonal match is worth several times your wager.
—Christopher Gerlacher, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
The American Gaming Association estimates betters nationwide will wager $1.39 billion on the big game — an 11.2% increase from the projection made by research firm Eilers & Krejcik Gaming for last year's Super Bowl.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
According to consumer protection officials, slot machines in Connecticut are regulated and required to pay back at least 80% of the amount wagered over time to players.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wager
Noun
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For us, when democracy is at stake, the answer is no.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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Preventing it from happening again, as Vance pledged to do at Dachau, Scholz said, cannot be reconciled with support for the AfD. More is at stake than German politics.—
Massimo Calabresi/Dachau,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Big Ten Teams Odds To Win The NCAA Tournament And Reach Final Four FanDuel is the official odds provider for The Associated Press, and provides daily college basketball odds and NCAA Tournament futures, which both refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live betting.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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For this year's tournament, several sportsbooks will offer the option to bet on either Duke or Auburn, or someone besides those two (the field).—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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However, after becoming the first man to stop Zhang, the boxing world has no choice but to put some respect on the 32-year-old German’s name.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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DeMelo, meanwhile, is putting together an underrated season.—
Peter Baugh,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Wager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wager. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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