It's a financial gamble, and a major strategic gamble, but they've probably got the pockets to ride it out.

The film is a Wall Street-size financial gamble in itself.

And with the divorce rate hovering at 50 percent, it's more of a career and a financial gamble.

Kids, especially from poorer backgrounds, will just see the giant cloud of future debt and infer that higher education isn't a welcome opportunity but a big financial gamble.

The Americans took financial gambles, whereas this was very slow in this country".

At current prices of 75 cents on the dollar, the investment is worth less than $100 million - not a big financial gamble for Mr. Icahn.

The move into the memory chip business was a big financial gamble that has given Siemens a place in the semiconductor race.

"This is a real financial gamble," said Stephen S. Kurtz, an accountant in Denver who is advising a prospective ownership group there.

But it is ultimately a financial gamble as well.

"I am not going to say it was a steal," Neil Smith, the general manager of the Rangers, said of his modest financial gamble on Sheppard.