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You can view them like long-odds bets on the GLD booming.

How to Bet Like John Paulson Brett Arends 2010

The only sure bet in this long-odds race is that fewer than half the runners will reach the finish: In 1928, only two of the 42 horses completed the race; only four of 40 finished as recently as 2001.

Grand National Now a Matter of Class Jonathan Clegg 2011

One of the surest bets in this long-odds race is that fewer than half the runners will reach the finish: In 1928, only two of the 42 horses completed the race; only four of 40 finished as recently as 2001.

The National's Weighty Issue Jonathan Clegg 2011

She also said the film, which ends with the children and parents learning their fates in the long-odds lotteries, moved her.

Rhee gets star turn in education film 'Waiting for Superman' at Silverdocs 2010

She also said the film, which ends with the children and parents learning their fates in the long-odds lotteries, moved her.

Rhee gets star turn in education film 'Waiting for Superman' at Silverdocs 2010

These constitute a kind of long-odds bet on the stock rallying.

In Wake of Oil Spill, BP Stock Looks Cheap 2010

Like a barnacle on a whale, they struggle for parasitic survival -- while I struggle for femininity and beauty against the long-odds hope that I won't end up walking the stages of a circus with the sign "Bearded Lady" dangling from my neck.

Emily Bracken: Harley Riding Chin Hair 2009

This won't necessarily open things up for the long-odds entrants, but it might set up a battle among the remaining three or four horses that have a legitimate shot.

Matthew DeBord: The Kentucky Derby: The Most Surreal and Seedy Spectacle in All of Sports 2009

On the other hand, if you want to gamble that the market will rise much higher, take a look at buying out of the money call options -- a kind of long-odds bet on a big rise -- on stocks most likely to benefit.

China’s Market Bubble Not Close To Bursting -- Yet 2009

"I don't spend a lot of time looking at polls because a year ago today, I was down 20," he said Wednesday in Norfolk, Virginia, referring to his long-odds bid to wrest the Democratic nomination from Hillary Clinton.

Palin: Okay! Okay! I Didn't Quite Say "Thanks, But No Thanks," Alright? 2009