They can gamble until they haven't one penny piece to rub against another, but that's the end of it. There's no borrowing from the house here.

我们可以一直赌到身上没剩下一文钱，可是事情到此为止了，从这里的赌场是不可能借到钱的。

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Then, after a little hesitation, he added a fourth piece which he had long kept by him on the chance of his wanting to gamble a little some morning at the tea house.

犹豫了一下，他又添进一块。这块银元他一直带在身上很久了，想哪天上午的时候在茶楼赌一把。

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But that is a bit of a gamble for the potential house-buyer.

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Experimental evidence suggests that people are more willing to gamble with money they consider house money.

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"It's a gamble, but we couldn't see the house increasing in value much more than it is worth now, " Silverman adds.

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