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Noun

gambling den - a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)

gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house

business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"

building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"

casino, gambling casino - a public building for gambling and entertainment

business establishment, place of business - an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered

Translations

gambling den

, gambling joint

n → Spielhölle f

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gambling den

n → bisca

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We explored together on that afternoon an infinity of infamous grog shops, gambling dens, opium dens.

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The alleged operator of the gambling den was identified as municipal accountant Henry Bodaao.

4 Abra village chiefs nabbed for illegal gambling

Jhang Bazaar police conducted raid on a gambling den arrested seven gamblers and recovered stake money amounting Rs 15,000.

Two drug pushers, seven gamblers arrested

Police carried out the raid at the house based on a tip-off about a gambling den here in Rawalpindi's Banni locality.

Rawalpindi police tear off women's clothes during gambling den raid

According to SSP Ghotki Dr Farrukh Ali Lunjar, a police team raided a gambling den in village Pir Bux Mahar in Momal Ji Mari area of taluka Mirpur Mathelo, where they arrested 14 suspects including Ashfaq Ahmed, Abbas Soomro, Sadiq Kalhoro, Niaz Hussain, Nisar Ahmed and Sultan.

Police nab 14 gamblers, recover two gambled cars, five bikes

The Makati police seized about P1.2-million worth of 'shabu' (crystal meth) from an 18-year-old drug suspect following a raid of a suspected illegal gambling den in Makati.

Cops seize P1.2-M 'shabu' during raid of Makati gambling den

KHAIRPUR -- Khairpur Police on orders of SSP Umer Tufail conducted a raid in the gambling den in Kotdiji and managed to arrest seven gamblers on Friday.

Khairpur Police arrest 7 gamblers and a notorious criminal

FIVE men have been jailed for running a gambling den in Muharraq.

Gambling den five in prison

As per police report, SHO Par Hoti, Muqaddim Khan along with police team raided a gambling den in Kas Kuroona area and arrested 12 people besides recovering stake money of Rs87000.

Mardan police turn table on gamblers, 12 arrested

ISLAMABAD:Islamabad Police have arrested 50 outlaws during crackdown against gambling den, sheesha centre and drug peddlers besides recovery of stake money, vehicles and bikes from them, a police spokesman

50 outlaws including 26 gamblers held; stake money, two vehicles recovered

KARACHI:A suspect arrested in a gambling den at Masan Chowkin the Keamari locality of Karachi has been identified asthe brother of a police official.

Arrested gambling den leader disclosed as sub-inspector's brother

KARACHI -- Police conducted on Sunday a raid at a gambling den in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) and arrested 15 operators of an international gamblers' network.

Police arrest 15 men for betting on PSL matches in Karachi's DHA