1.   Bass has made a career of playing the odds.

2.   Boston played the odds and deduced that it would get another chance with the ball.

3.   But, used to playing the odds, he has often fared well.

4.   Eva Fellows is playing those odds.

5.   Otherwise, why play the odds by being away from home when the clock strikes midnight in the city without clocks.

6.   Santa plays the odds just like everyone else, and with each delivery risks criminal prosecution for breaking and entering.

7.   Some schools play the odds like overbooked airlines, knowing that attrition will free up residence hall rooms during the course of the semester.

8.   Tarkanian checked his savings, weighed the advice, played the odds.

9.   Strategy is about playing the odds.

10.   They know the sermons about hepatitis and HIV, but many still share needles, playing the odds in a kind of microbiological roulette.