1.   And the XFL also creates needed carbonation for desperate gamblers, who long have found football the most desirable sport in which to blow their money.

2.   A loanshark who allegedly preyed on desperate gamblers was sentenced to four years in prison Friday.

3.   Like desperate gamblers in a fast game of poker, the Serbs swiftly upped the stakes, seizing at least eight U.N. monitors in Pale.

4.   Like desperate gamblers, the Serbs swiftly upped the stakes, seizing at least eight U.N. monitors in Pale.