gambling
Noun
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The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) (synset 100431125)
"his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table"is a type of:
- diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
- vice - a specific form of evildoing
subtypes:- sporting life - active interest in gambling on sports events
- bet, wager - the act of gambling
- gambling game, game of chance - a game that involves gambling
- throw - casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
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