gambling

gam·ble  (gmbl)

v. gam·bled, gam·bling, gam·bles

v.intr.

1.

a. To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest.

b. To play a game of chance for stakes.

2. To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit.

3. To engage in reckless or hazardous behavior: You are gambling with your health by continuing to smoke.

v.tr.

1. To put up as a stake in gambling; wager.

2. To expose to hazard; risk: gambled their lives in a dangerous rescue mission.

n.

1. A bet, wager, or other gambling venture.

2. An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk: I took a gamble that stock prices would rise.

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[Perhaps from obsolete gamel, to play games, from Middle English gamen, gamenen, to play, from Old English gamenian, from gamen, fun.]

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gambler n.

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Gambling

See also chance; games

pari-mutuel

a system of betting used at horseracing tracks under which holders of winning tickets divide the total amount wagered in proportion to their wagers.

philocubist

a devotee of games involving dice.

sortition

the casting of lots, as in a gambling game.

totalizator, totalizer

a machine used in pari-mutuel betting for posting odds and results.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gambling - the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table" gaming, play diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" sporting life - active interest in gambling on sports events wager, bet - the act of gambling; "he did it on a bet" gambling game, game of chance - a game that involves gambling vice - a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community" throw - casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly; "he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice"

Translations

gambling [ˈgæmblɪŋ] n → juego

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gambling [ˈgæmblɪŋ] gamble n → jeu m

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gambling [ˈgæmblɪŋ] gamble n → Spielen nt;

(on horses etc) → Wetten nt

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gambling [ˈgæmblɪŋ] n → gioco d'azzardo