gambling
Americannoun
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the activity or practice of playing at a game of chance for money or other stakes.
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the act or practice of risking the loss of something important by taking a chance or acting recklessly.
If you don't back up your data, that's gambling.
Etymology
Origin of gambling
Example Sentences
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To be sure, there are questions about whether binary events contracts should be regulated—and taxed—more like gambling.
From Barron's
The National Weather Service issued extreme heat warnings Friday for much of the southwest, ranging from Los Angeles and coastal southern California to the desert gambling capital of Las Vegas.
From Barron's
Professional sports leagues in America have at this point all embraced sports gambling, which is now legal in most of states.
Federal prosecutors later indicted Rozier as part of a broader gambling conspiracy.
From MarketWatch
But Kalshi faces similar legal challenges in several other states where gaming regulators have issued cease-and-desist orders or filed suit accusing the platform of operating an unlicensed gambling business.
From Barron's
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