Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of gamble.
- n. An activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize).
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
Examples
“Estrada, who spent much of his term gambling and carousing, was a roguish former movie star who most Filipinos believe disgraced his office and their nation.”
“The most money one can legally win gambling is three dollars.”
“Nevada casinos won almost $6.9 million on this year's as bettors wagered $82.7 million on the title gambling regulators said Tuesday.”
“It appears that the term gambling is used generally within the state to refer to any activity relative to wagering, while the term gaming is used in all official references.”
“They won't tell us what they are, but there's been a lot of speculation they will find that there has been excessive speculation which I call gambling in the energy markets, and they're thinking about new kinds of limits.”
“While relating the habits and customs of the Gualala, whose homes were near Fort Ross, he describes what he calls the gambling game of "_wi_ and _tep_" and says that one description with slight variations will answer for nearly all the tribes of central and southern California.”
“He could not bear what he called gambling "Never touch stocks, Loudon," he would say; "nothing but legitimate business.”
“The word "gambling" is highlighted, and if you click on it you will be redirected to a page which discusses "pathological gambling.”
OHSU biotech breakthrough -- worthless to Portland (Jack Bog's Blog)
“Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!”
Mayor McGinn: I Understand the Budget, the Council Doesn’t « PubliCola
“The problem with this sort of gambling is that society is left with the choice of either (1) picking up the costs in one way or another, either through higher insurance premiums for those who pay, or through longer waits and less adequate care for everyone, or higher taxes on lots of someones or (2) denying care to those who cannot pay, and letting people suffer or die.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gambling’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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Vices
Don't drink. Don't smoke. What do you do?
alcohol, tobacco, chocolate, anger, coffee, dancing, playing cards, gambling, blasphemy, pride, intoxicants, superbia and 16 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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Probe~ation
An obnoxious and ridiculous madlib list where verbish '-ing' words fill in the blank wherein the blank is a call for a beating.
For example:
"You're ________in' for a brus...searching, looking, hunting, seeking, questing, exploring, asking, inquiring, snooping, poking, probing, scouting and 262 more...
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old west.
cowboy, outlaw, desperado, rancher, cattleman, brawl, gunslinger, chaps, saloon, whiskey, frontier, gold and 44 more...
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Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Bite my shiny metal ass."
chump, chumpette, yours, up, pimpmobile, bite, my, shiny, daffodil, ass, robosexual, meatbag and 12 more...
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Betting's Words
Tweets
Looking for tweets for gambling.
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