- Look up
wager in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Wager can
refer to:
Wager, the
amount of a
valuable staked when
gambling on an
event with an uncertain...
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Gambling (also
known as
betting or gaming) is the
wagering of
something of
value ("the stakes") on a
random event with the
intent of
winning something...
- Pascal's
wager is a
philosophical argument advanced by
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), a
French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian. This...
- The
Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck,
Mutiny and
Murder is the
fifth nonfiction book by
American journalist David Grann. The book
focuses on the
Wager Mutiny...
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Wager Island (Spanish: Isla
Wager) is an
uninhabited island in
Guayaneco Archipelago, a
remote part of
western Patagonia.
Located 1,600
kilometres (990...
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Wager's Action was a
naval confrontation on 8 June 1708 N.S. (28 May O.S.),
between a
British squadron under Charles Wager and the
Spanish treasure fleet...
- The
Wager Mutiny is a
historical event that took
place in 1741,
after the
British warship HMS
Wager was
wrecked on a
desolate island off the
south coast...
- A
scientific wager is a
wager whose outcome is
settled by
experiment or observation,
following the
scientific method. It
typically comprises a commitment...
- HMS
Wager was a square-rigged sixth-rate
Royal Navy ship of 28 guns. It was
built as an East
Indiaman in
about 1734 and made two
voyages to
India for...
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Wagering excise taxes, also
known as
federal taxes, are
levied against specific gaming forms in the
United States.
Wagers are
accepted by
places such...
