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Michael John McLeod, a Fairfield, Conn., man who has been gambling on “CS:GO” since 2014, filed a lawsuit Thursday in the U.S.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2016

The news that the Internet is fast approaching mass-market proportions was well received on Wall Street, which has been gambling wildly on Internet-related stocks in recent months.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jim Ling, to be sure, has been gambling on vast success?or flamboyant failure?ever since 1946, when he began building a tiny electrical-contracting business into a huge conglomerate.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Fox," she said then abruptly, "Charlie has been gambling."

From Concerning Sally by Hopkins, William John

"It is said that he has been gambling in stocks secretly with Commandant Robert, and that he has made much money."

From Mysteries of Paris, V3 by Sue, Eugène