the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); as, his gambling cost him a fortune.
To bet money on the outcome of a game, contest, or event. Gambler's Anonymous (GA): A treatment/ support group in which members share their experience, support, and hope in order to help one another to stop gambling. Gam-Anon: A fellowship in which families of compulsive gamblers learn effective ways to cope with the gambling problem by seeking help for themselves and gaining serenity and peace of mind.
The voluntary risking of a sum of money on the outcome of a game or other event.
What you do with your excess money when you are too lazy to invest the way Buffett does.
betting of money or valuables on, and often participation in, games of chance ( some involving degrees of skill)
preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies"
a way for someone to either lose a lot of money quickly or vice versa
To risk money or property on something involving chance or random outcomes. Basically the riskiest thing you can do with your money, hope you have fun.
Unlawful engaging in playing, operating, or assisting in operating a game of chance for money or some other stake.
The act of risking or giving something of value for the opportunity to obtain a benefit from a game or contest of chance or skill. ARS 13-3301
Betting money at unfavorable investment and edge odds.
Gambling is a game of betting, which involves risking of money and other valuables, based on the result of the game.
Playing any game of skill or chance for money or anything of value.
Staking money on a chance.
To bet money on the outcome of a game, contest, or other event. Playing a game of chance.
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A conscious act that involves the risk of material or psychological loss.
Creation of risk which did not previously exist, such as placing a bet on a horse race—the exact opposite of insurance, which transfers risk of loss to a professional risk taker (underwriter).
Playing games of chance for money.
The creation of a situation where there is a chance of either loss or gain. This is the opposite of insurance, which either eliminates or reduces the risk of loss and presents no chance of gain.
The term gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used. Currently, in Western societies, it has an economic definition, referring to "wagering money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods". Typically the outcome of the wager is evident within a short period of time.