gambling
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gamble/ˈɡambl/
▶verb
- 1 play games of chance for money; bet.
■ bet (a sum of money).
- 2 take risky action in the hope of a desired result.
- 1 an act of gambling.
- 2 a risky undertaking or enterprise.
– derivatives
gambler noun.
gambler noun.
'gambling' also found in these Oxford entries:
against
- ante-post
- baccarat
- back
- bank
- banker
- bet
- blackjack
- blue-chip
- book
- bookmaker
- casino
- check
- chip
- crap
- craps
- croupier
- debt of honour
- double
- doublet
- dreidel
- each-way
- even money
- evens
- exacta
- fan-tan
- faro
- fixed odds
- fruit machine
- gamble
- handle
- hazard
- jackpot
- jetton
- lansquenet
- lay
- load
- loaded
- loo
- lottery
- lotto
- martingale
- mutuel
- numbers game
- odds
- one-armed bandit
- pari-mutuel
- parlay
- perfecta
- permutation
