gambling
the activity or practice of playing at a game of chance for money or other stakes.
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.
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ESPN’s “The Last Dance” documentary film spent an episode detailing the basketball great’s controversial history of gambling in casinos, on team flights and on the golf course.
DraftKings stock jumps more than 6% on Michael Jordan investment | Lee Clifford | September 2, 2020 | FortuneDuring the 1990’s, Jordan’s propensity for gambling often overshadowed his play on the court.
DraftKings stock jumps more than 6% on Michael Jordan investment | Lee Clifford | September 2, 2020 | FortuneIn their absence, e-sports continued to grow — along with gambling on e-sports.
The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 20, 2020 | FreakonomicsThe legality of sports gambling has varied greatly over time and place.
The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 20, 2020 | FreakonomicsSo, here’s our look at the past, present, and future of sports gambling.
The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 20, 2020 | Freakonomics
At 17 acres, it was the largest gambling house ever constructed, and at a cost of $1.2 billion, it was also the most expensive.
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal | Olivia Nuzzi | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was not with him on the 29th when he was gambling and then drove home and actually got the DUI.
Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells All | Aurora Snow | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was gambling on a coin toss where somehow “heads, you win” would have been politically more advantageous than “tails, I lose.”
Keystone Senate Failure Is Environmental Kabuki Theater | Ben Jacobs | November 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIs gambling culture more desirable than gay culture and counterculture?
But the other side of the coin would be, inevitably, the flowering of crime and corruption around the gambling business.
Still, gambling seemed to be made particularly fascinating here, and he wanted to be fascinated, wanted it badly.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonJorgensen's gambling room was different from the bar and dining room as they were from each other.
Fee of the Frontier | Horace Brown FyfeShe wondered if the old gambling spirit had broken out again, and asked if they were playing poker or mont.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonLessard was away in the hole—gambling and other things—I hinted the idea to him; he jumped at it, as I thought he would.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairIt is in tune with the old gambling spirit that still colors the country; no doubt has kept it alive.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
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