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Common expressions with a betting theme?

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Can you think of any?

Some examples:

-to be holding all the aces

-when the chips are down

-backing a lame horse

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  1. Dead mans hand( Ace's and Eight's)


  2. A non-runner or an also-ran

    Hit the jackpot

    A hot favourite

    You can bet your bottom dollar

    To raise the ante or the stakes

    Rien ne va plus

    Poker faced

    and of course:

    D'yer wanna bet on that, d'yer?

  3. even stevens, bet your bottom dollar

  4. Having a winning hand

    There Off!!!

    My horse is still running.

    He`s the pick of the winners.

    He has an ace up his sleeve.

    You can bet on it.

    I would put money on it.

    You can bet your bottom dollar.

  5. going all in

  6. Three horse race?  Aces high?

  7. Two of my favorites are from ex-President of the United States - Harry Truman.

    "Pass the Buck!" and "The Buck Stops Here!"  In poker the dealer button is also known as "the buck"  Truman played poker in the White House with Foreign Leaders and other politicians and generally used either of these terms in State of the Union adresses and political speeches...

  8. All bets are off

    Dicey

    Ace up your sleeve

    Ace in the hole

    Roll the dice

    Call your bluff

    Sooner or later you have to show your hand

    Raise the stakes

    It's a c**p shoot

    The deck is stacked in our favor (or against us)

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