Possible Clues:

• Police stopping game — important one?
• Last game after a draw
• George W. Bush's nickname for himself, with 'the'
• Take up gamble in one choice of roulette bet for important game
• Final game or match which settles the outcome
• Police stopping game — important one
• Half the side will have drink after critical game
• Bush 43, so he said, with "the"
• Replay perhaps turning bloody chilly
• Bush 43, so he said, with 'the'