crapshoot

Noun
  1. A risky and uncertain venture (synset 100804446)
    "getting admitted to the college of your choice has become a crapshoot"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    is a type of: danger, peril, risk - a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
  2. Playing craps (synset 100510313)
    is a type of: craps - a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice
    same as: crap game, crap shooting

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