Make Room
Lance ignored the jab at his uncanny tendency to win most of the crew's gambling money.
Alcatraz Ch. XV-Dead Infinity
The 50/50's of life and sheer gambling of it all, she was disgusted with it, that god made it the way he did, and she was disgusted with him. then again, there was one superior always. she was only the most important woman on earth.
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 97
They were gambling with their very lives, and if kiana was to be believed, he was the one who had cast the first die. but if there was hope, if there was even the smallest chance, then wasn't it worth the risk? maybe.
Project X | Chapter IX: Clairty
"what i'm trying to say is that i had a gut feeling you weren't like other people, so i decided to take a gamble on that gut feeling and hope for the best that you weren't going to turn out to be a dick."
The Odyssey: Act III
Thankfully my gamble worked.} {why would they take their frustration out on you? you did nothing to them,} jason asked. this time, she turned to look down at the sack, as if he'd just asked was she an oryctolagus. slowly, she turned away.
Daemon - Chapter 20 (Shaman)
Moving him was a gamble. it was dangerous to move him, he could die from it, but we didn't have the medicines to treat his wounds out here. getting him back to town as quickly as possible was the best chance he had!
Luck Be a Lady
"they'd vanished after fortuna's last, sacrificial gamble - even back then, i had to admire her resolve." anitra could only agree.
Scepters
Then, they gamble that king chatherral will be willing to offer substantial concessions in order to win her release." even before colonel k'nsullach asked me, i knew that neither 'gamble' was especially risky.
Gortoz 'A Ran - Ch 98 - A little spark of hope...
He started drinking, gambling and managed to build up a huge debt which caused me to drop out of college to help him out...' 'i see...' 'i was working three days a week at my dad's business as a receptionist and had another job on the side...
The Beast Within
gambling debt he'd been hiding for years. but uh...old man ibuki; now he is a different story. he told me all about his daughter and how he hated that she was a lycanthrope. how she was such a disgrace.
Stories From Elton High | Chapter 24
I guess i really have gambled and lost; how fitting. "mark, is everything okay?" sally walks in. she must have heard the laughter. "just loving the irony," i say, pointing to my broken leg. "how long 'til this comes off?" "six to eight weeks."
Change Your Spoons
But that was a gamble, at best. but, yes, the macaroni cheese was unparalleled.