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gambling

 noun
     
gam‧bling [uncountable]
when people risk money or possessions on the result of something which is not certain, such as a card game or a horse race [↪ betting]:
The lottery is probably the most popular form of gambling.
gambling debts
The police raided a number of illegal gambling dens (=places for illegal gambling).
  
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