I'm taking wagers that he'll come out on top.
Many of them use World Wide Web sites to take wagers.
But Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill.
Chigorin accepted the match conditions and the bookmakers began to take wagers on the outcome.
An illegal industry of video poker arose in bars and restaurants, with as many as 6,000 machines taking annual wagers of $100 million by 1989.
He has admitted that after injuring his knee he became a bookmaker, taking wagers from student-athletes.
Bookies reportedly had refused to take wagers on the fight.
They can also build a dog track if they choose, and take off-track horse-racing wagers.
It lets anyone make a prediction and take wagers on it, with the proceeds going to a charity named by the winner.
If someone had been taking wagers on it, Jake would have bet on something.