play the odds

We can only do the possible and play the odds.

Everybody knew it, but the company was playing the odds.

But so is running the numbers and playing the odds.

The market potential means many are willing to play the odds.

"I was willing to play the odds and see what happened," she said.

And because the city owned the land, it was happy to play the odds.

But we're willing to play the odds and take our chances.

In policing, once again, you had to play the odds.

You have to play the odds and even your hunches sometimes.

It's obvious the scheme is designed to play the odds.

When you only got one shot, you had to play the odds.

Clearly, these people had played the odds and lost.

But, as with any investment, you’re playing the odds when you pick an insurance plan and pay your premium.

I’ll play the odds and go with Mike again.

He could be playing the odds by limiting the bad stuff to, say, one container in ten.

He also said that he considered trying to pass for a first down but played the odds instead.

Even in his rage the Tyrant was still playing the odds.

"You may play the odds that the merger will go through and therefore hold on until the resolution," he said.

This impaired their ability to make good decisions, and to successfully play the odds.

He never played the odds unless they were steeply in his favor.

Some of what passes and extraordinary psychic ability is nothing but playing the odds.

So the pirates win, and many shippers continue to play the odds.

Normally he was a conservative guy who played the odds and didn't like unnecessary risks.

So, play the odds that its still in the uptown apartment, and build a plan of attack from there.

Better to play the odds and hope for a chance to make her break lat- er.