#gambling__gaming__play  the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table"
  supertype:  recreation  vice
  subtype:  sporting_life  active interest in gambling on sports events
  subtype:  bet__wager  the act of gambling; "he did it on a bet"
     subtype:  daily_double__dailydouble  a single bet on two horse races in the same day
     subtype:  exacta__perfecta  a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order
     subtype:  parimutuel  betting where winners share the total amount wagered
     subtype:  place_bet__placebet  a bet that a horse will finish a race no worse than second
     subtype:  superfecta  a bet that you can pick the first four finishers in a race in the right order
  subtype:  game_of_chance__gambling_game  a game that involves gambling
     subtype:  fantan  a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0 or 1 or 2 or 3) modulo 4
     subtype:  lottery.game_of_chance__drawing  players buy chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots
        subtype:  tombola  (British) a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum
        subtype:  numbers_pool__numberspool__numbers_game__numbersgame__numbers_racket__numbersracket__numbers__number  an illegal daily lottery
        subtype:  raffle  a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
        subtype:  sweepstake__sweepstakes__sweepstake  a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants
     subtype:  crap_shooting__craps__crap__crap_game  a gambling game using two dice
     subtype:  roulette  a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in
     subtype:  banking_game__bankinggame  any gambling game in which bets are laid against the gambling house or the dealer
  subtype:  unlicensed_gambling  unlicensed gambling is illegal in most jurisdictions
  subtype:  throw.gambling  the throwing of an object in order to determine an outcome randomly; "he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice"
     subtype:  cast__roll  the act of throwing dice
        subtype:  natural  (in craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
     subtype:  flip.throw__toss  the act of flipping a coin

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