" crapshoots "

 [ "crapshoot" ]

1:  A toss up, roll of the dice, or a gamble. Anything could happen.

  * e.g.,  ...  My internet connection has been a crapshoot lately with all the storms and power outages. 

 [ "crapshoot" ]

2:  Taking a bet purely for the action of it, not based on the odds in one's favor.

  * e.g.,  ...  That team has been up and down lately but I got a good feeling about tonight, at the least it's a crapshoot. 

 [ "crapshoot" ]

3:  In poker, making a call for a large amount purely on a draw just to take a chance at the reward.

  * e.g.,  ...  I figured I'd take a crapshoot and try to catch the flush on him after his comments at the table all night, would have been straight crenshaw to piss that prick off. 

 [ "Fare Crapshoot" ]

1: An attempt to ask people on a bus that only accepts change to break one dollar bills so that you can pay the fare.

  * e.g.,  ... "If the Bee-Line bus system accepted dollar bills, then I wouldn't be doing a fare crapshoot right now."