gambling

[ gam-bling ]

noun

1. the activity or practice of playing at a game of chance for money or other stakes.
2. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gambling¹

gamble + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Melvin is also the author of “Pops,” a memoir about his relationship with his father who overcame addictions to alcohol and gambling.

From Los Angeles Times

Its new watermarking scheme on X is an amorphous advertising campaign that ignores international borders and the gambling laws that exist within them.

From Slate

Stake may be shameless about using its Kick stars to promote gambling, but its marketing strategies are not isolated to their Twitch knockoff.

From Slate

While marketing gambling to minors across international borders might be an actual crime, it’s well understood what the real crime is in the eyes of an irony-poisoned, meme-consuming council: being cringe.

From Slate

Viewers, seemingly tired of the account’s engagement-baiting antics and appalled by the obvious money grab, Community Noted all of @FearedBuck’s Stake-sponsored posts, explaining that the user was violating X’s guidelines on undisclosed promotions as well as violating the Federal Trade Commission’s guidelines on gambling advertisements.

From Slate

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