- present participle of gamble.
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
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The consistent position is to welcome competition and apply equivalent gambling safeguards to equivalent activities, with adjustments when their structures warrant them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Utah, one of Kalshi’s main state opponents, bans gambling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The system prevents people who register with it from accessing gambling websites and apps licensed in Great Britain.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Kalshi sued Utah in February to block enforcement of the state's gambling laws.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 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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