The island makes the best of some poor bets.

I think, sir, it is a poor bet.

Even in the unlikely event that stocks decline over the next 14 years, the top performers last month would still be poor bets.

That happens to succeed, thanks to the even spade split, but is a poor bet.

The truth was, it was a poor bet that any of them would survive this adventure.

For example, these machines are poor bets if you're into multimedia Web sites.

Last summer, with the stock at $14.50, that seemed like a poor bet.

A spade finesse was not only a poor bet but also pointless.

Trading revenue fell sharply because of poor bets on both stocks and bonds.

As the cold war should have taught us, cozying up to friendly authoritarians is a poor bet in the long term.