Lays on the line

Usage examples of wagers.

They paid ten ceramics apiece for the privilege of creating new characters and remaining in the game, though they lost not only their previous wagers, but all of their experience points as well, since their characters had died.

She seemed happier about this, even though she had lost heavily with her wagers as a cleric.

And on those occasions when no safe choice was available, the Guardian gave the dice a small assist when Sorak rolled, and he emerged from the encounters unscathed and successful in his wagers every time.

Some stayed and created new characters, others left to play at other games, but Sorak, Valsavis, and Ryana continued to score well and win their wagers, accumulating more experience points with each encounter.

I suppose you know the members are all busy settling the wagers they made regarding your engagement.

Did you know several members placed wagers on how long your engagement would last?

At the Outislander table, I suspected that wagers were already being laid that the boy would fail.

Not only do opponents wager against each other, but now men back favourite players, and the wagers on a single game may mount to a small fortune.