1.   People were betting on a further easing of credit conditions.

2.   And if people will bet, Vegas bookies will set opening odds and adjust the line to balance the bets.

3.   Advances in medical care are regularly stretching life expectancies, and I like to see people bet on long lives for themselves.

4.   But I think the New York people will bet on their horses.

5.   Common sense might suggest that if more people bet stock prices will fall, then stocks are probably headed lower.

6.   Doctors tend to discount the idea that exercising your face can excise wrinkles and sags but some people are betting on it.

7.   Few people would bet against Abraham Gosman, chairman of Meditrust.

8.   More people bet on the horses because the slot-subsidized track now draws better entries with larger purses.

9.   Most people bet infrequently and informally, as a relatively harmless form of social entertainment.

10.   Over Memorial Day weekend, the Web programmer built a site where people could bet on which Internet startup would be next to fall.