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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At the same time, more than a dozen state lawsuits are focusing on whether Polymarket and its prediction market competitors such as Kalshi and Coinbase are unlicensed gambling platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The regulations were issued to address "problems" such as people being deceived into leaving the country or engaging in illegal gambling and scam activities abroad, the statement said.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Worries over doomsday scenarios tied to increasingly powerful technology skyrocketed last week after an Anthropic employee resigned, saying AI companies were gambling with humanity’s future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Jacob Coxon -- who resigned from Anthropic and previously worked at OpenAI -- publicly accused both startups of lax security standards and "gambling with our lives."
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Mr. Leroy said, “You hear tell if a man from Canada what call hisself Preacher been gambling with anyone ’round here?”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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