Is this grammaticly correct? Am I using gamble correctly?

Question

The gamble was whether or not my parents wanted to drive me to a school that was some distance from our house.

Thanks for the quick reply! I took the sentence out of context. Here it is back in...

When I was a kid I hated to go to school. I believe the hardest job that my mother ever had to do was to wake me up for the bus every weekday morning. Saturday and Sunday it was easy for her to wake me up because of the morning cartoon factor. But on those weekdays it was hard because I knew if I could stay in bed just long enough to miss the bus there would be a chance that I could stay home. The gamble was whether or not my parents wanted to drive me to a school that was some distance from our house.

Answer 1

Correct.

Answer 2

You are using gamble correctly but I feel like you are trying too hard. The sentence doesn't sound natural. How would you say it if you were speaking to someone? I would say something like "I gambled on whether or not my parents wanted to drive me to a school that far from our house".

Answer 3

The sentence is a bit awkward, but is still correct. I think I would rephrase the sentence: "The chance I was taking was whether or not my parents would be willing to drive me to a school so far from our home."

Answer 4

Hi, Yes, it's grammatically correct, but, at least for American English, it's a little out of the usage mainstream. Perhaps the most likely informal statement would be the following: He flew to The United States. You will also frequently hear, "He took a plane to The United States." Incidentally, in case you are interested, referring to The United States of America as the States is an English phrase and referring to the US as America is more common in foreign countries than the US. Most people who are natives of the US refer to our country as The United States. FE

Answer 5

Yes, you are. Gamble in this sentence refers to risk.

Answer 6

I would reword the sentence. Just my take.