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"
the activitiy of playing role-playing games.
Playing cards, dice, VLTs, etc. for money; gambling conducted on land-based casinos, river boats, and Indian reservation facilities.
Playing a game of chance for money.
enjoying your work by pretending it's all a game, even though people's livelihoods are at stake. Gaming is also the process of making yourself look better by improving only specific, measured, strategies. See Information Radiators and Game Theory
A term used by politicians who support legalized gambling and Organized Gambling, but are afraid to be known as publicly supportive of them. It is similar to calling a homicide a sudden unexpected termination of life.