#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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