#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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