Europol the criminal group behind most of the match fixing was placing bets mainly in Asia.
Bookmakers in Britain have been placing bets for years about when William and Kate would finally tie the knot.
It appears that some investors are placing bets that Facebook has bottomed and they no longer need the security of Apple.
Without those two elements in place, growth simply becomes a game of foolishly placing bets when the odds are stacked against you.
Gold's recent price declines have spurred fears that the 12-year rally is over, but some money managers are placing bets that the metal will resume its climb.
And look, any poll that shows us tied with women and with men in this country is not a poll that we are placing bets on in Vegas.
The most cutting-edge B2B and B2C brands are placing bets on on-domain, owned, social media hubs where they can control the brand, guide the experience, and drive real business outcomes.
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In this summer's World Cup, around a third of the industry's turnover came from foreign punters placing bets with British bookies, with much of this coming from rich Asian football fans.
After bingeing on stock in Japan's exporters, investors are now buying companies that will benefit from a stronger Japanese economy, placing bets that Tokyo's latest push to rev up growth will pay off.
Goldman (nyse: GS - news - people ) investment bankers were placing bets among themselves on the direction of Archipelago's stock the day before the electronic exchange announced its deal to merge with the New York Stock Exchange.
Think of it as the equivalent of a bookmaker placing bets with his firm's cash, and only pretending to lay off those bets with other bookmakers - which would be financial suicide if the real bets were not to come good.
Or maybe they are just running out of exciting options for placing their bets.
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The Detroit Free Press and Detroit News are placing some bets on the competition, though.
In terms of placing your bets, two competitors stand out here: Juniper and Cisco Systems.
In the case of Siemens, which has a mix of energy options, it is placing big bets on natural gas.
By placing aggressive bets on currencies, the argument goes, hedge funds destabilise financial markets and drive fragile economies to the wall.
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There wasn't a link that we were able to uncover between tightening credit for homeowners and placing these bets in the marketplace.
For instance, short sellers are placing heavy bets against a continued run higher, with nearly 13% of the stock's float currently sold short.
Some speculators are already placing their bets, swapping their dollars for yuan, on the assumption the Chinese currency will soon jump in value.
Nintendo is placing its bets on the new Nintendo 3DS system, due out in March in the U.S., to replace its aging DS line.
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However, calls are not always bought by those placing bullish bets.
Traders should carefully consider their time horizon before placing their bets.
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And as long as I'm President we're going to keep placing our bets on America's future -- America's workers, America's technology, America's ingenuity, and American-made energy.
Many Bangkok business people are placing their bets on the Democrats to win the most seats, which could mean the return of Chuan Leekpai as PM.
If a gold mutual fund were placing its bets based on where gold itself might be headed, it might focus on a limited number of factors.
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For U.S. investors who own foreign stocks or stock funds, they are, in effect placing two bets: One on the stock itself and one on currency.
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Bond arbitrage involves spotting apparently unjustified differences in the prices of bonds with similar risks and placing huge bets that the prices will revert to their normal relationship.
So what you're trying to do there is make sure that you are placing your bets on your most likely winners and that you don't waste precious resources.
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