If the company's CEO steps down, all bets are off as to what direction the company will take.

如果公司的首席执行官下台，所有关于公司将走向何方的赌注都将落空。

They made a few small bets for kicks.

为了追求刺激，他们下了几个小赌注。

I hear you're taking bets on whether she'll marry him.

我听说你愿意拿她是否会嫁给他的事和人打赌。

The company tried to hedge its bets by diversifying into other fields.

该公司试图通过兼营其他领域几面下注。

If Amazon could cut out bookshops and sell books directly to the public, why shouldn't one use the internet to let people place bets with one another?

如果亚马逊能够砍掉实体书店而将书直销到公众手中，那为什么不能通过互联网让人们互相下注赌博呢？

They have risks that a steady stream of people won't come and be making a steady stream of bets at which each of them has a slightly negative expectation.

他们有这样的风险，稳定的人流不会来，他们不会持续不断地下注，每个人都对其有一个稍微消极的期望。