How to Use wager in a Sentence

wager

1 of 2 noun
  • He has a wager on the game.
  • I don't think the horse will win. What's your wager?
  • Place a wager of $5 or more on the 49ers vs. Eagles game.
    Catena Media, oregonlive, 29 Jan. 2023
  • White said the two have yet to finalize the terms of their wager.
    Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Place at least a $10 wager on the Bengals-Ravens game, or any game of your choice.
    al, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Place a $5 wager on the Eagles or Chiefs in Super Bowl 57.
    cleveland, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Some have promised $1,000 in free bets to people who lose on their first wager.
    Erin Cox, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
  • But the door is now legally open for fans to make a wager on the big game in 33 states, among them Arizona.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Half a year’s time will tell who proves triumphant in the Deepfake wager of 2018.
    IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Click here to sign up and place your first $10 wager on the 49ers vs. Eagles or Bengals vs. Chiefs.
    cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Per our wager, this will be my profile photo for the rest of the playoffs.
    Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
  • All three were found to have placed wagers on NFL games last season, the league said in a statement.
    USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
  • And in all of these wagers, a gambler has to give up a small fee for the honor, known as the vigorish, or vig.
    Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Make a wager of at least $10 on SNF’s Chargers vs. 49ers game, or use it on any game of your choosing.
    Catena Media, oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2022
  • This offer is only valid if the wager settles as a loss.
    Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Deposit at least $10 and wager at least $10 on the Colts vs. Chargers game on Monday.
    Catena Media, al, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Next, make a $5 wager on either team’s moneyline odds in the MNF matchup.
    Catena Media, oregonlive, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The bonus bet will land in your account within 48 hours of the wager’s settlement.
    Catena Media, al, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Those who bet $49 or less will be given a single bet credit worth the amount of their first wager.
    al, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Toss in a friendly wager to spice things up a little. Throw a casino night.
    Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Over 50% of Americans will place an online wager on the event.
    Dante Chinni, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • If your wager was above $50, BetMGM will send you five tokens, which are each worth 20% of your bet.
    al, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The outcome of the original wager will have no impact on whether or not this bonus converts.
    cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Right now, BetRivers offers new users up to $500 in free bets if their first wager losses.
    Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
  • If your bet loses, your wager will be returned in bonus bets in roughly 24 hours.
    Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • No Run First Inning bets, that is, the wager that has gone from niche bet to one of the most popular in the entire industry.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
  • His wager is that the escalation will not deter Ukraine so much as its backers in the West.
    Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Bettors need to place a wager of at least $10 to trigger this promotion.
    Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2023
  • If your bet loses, your wager will be returned in bonus bets within 72 hours.
    Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2023
  • This year, however, the biggest wager in baseball was placed by the league itself.
    Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
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wager

2 of 2 verb
  • I wouldn't wager against them.
  • She wagered $50 on the game.
  • The goal, after all, is to get people to wager on the game.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 12 Feb. 2023
  • For those of you looking to wager on the over/under, take the over here.
    Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Those who wagered on the Rams saw their fortunes go from a loss to a win.
    oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Traders rushed to the options market to wager on stocks during the S&P 500's best week of the year.
    Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
  • From there, the world is your oyster on how much to wager and which bets to place.
    Rivan Stinson, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The safest play would be to wager on a favorite, but that choice is up to the new player.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2022
  • There are plenty of great matchups to wager on this weekend in the NFL.
    Catena Media, al, 20 Nov. 2022
  • For game picks this year, our staff was given a fake $100 to wager.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Your free bets are good to wager on any event in BetMGM’s menu.
    Catena Media, oregonlive, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Fans would stream in by the hundreds on almost any night to cheer on and wager on the players.
    Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Dec. 2021
  • There’s no shortage of events and sports to wager on in Ohio with the DraftKings sportsbook.
    Catena Media, al, 16 Dec. 2022
  • With a variety of ways to wager and win in play, the first full week of April marks a great time to jump into the mix.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 5 Apr. 2022
  • There is no shortage of games to wager on this weekend.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Millions of dollars will be wagered at the track and all over the world on strong favorites and wild longshots.
    Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 5 May 2023
  • Walker Buehler will be ready on full rest for Game 3, but after that, the Dodgers will wager again on Urías.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Oct. 2021
  • That means fans who want to wager on their local team in the Super Bowl — or against it — will have to leave the state to do it legally.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Then your friend must wager $10 or more on any casino game to unlock $25 in casino credit for the both of you.
    Doug Ziefel, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Visitors to the sportsbook have a vast menu of options for how to wager their money.
    Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Pick any game this weekend and wager up to $1,500 on any betting market.
    cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Against that backdrop, Ferrari wagers everything on one race, the 1,000-mile trek across Italy, the Mille Miglia.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 10 July 2023
  • Sportsbooks are bullish about the big game, in part because some of the trendiest ways to wager stack the odds against customers even more than usual.
    Danny Funt, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2023
  • For about 30 years, despite protests from some colleagues who wanted to wager more, Mr. Popera never raised the buy-in.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Players could instead choose to wager on any number of MLB games.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 30 May 2022
  • But the numbers are kind of squishy because people will re wager their winnings.
    Staff Reports, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Then your friend must wager $10 or more on any casino game to unlock $25 in casino credit for both of you.
    Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Add at least $5 to your account to unlock the promo. Choose any NFL or college football game to wager on.
    cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Meanwhile, those who wager on the Duke-Syracuse and Nets-Bucks games will receive a $25 free bet, regardless if the bets win or lose.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 25 Feb. 2022
  • But slot machines are the more popular way to gamble in the Buckeye State in terms of the amount being wagered, spin after spin.
    Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023

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