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  • present participle of gamble.
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gambling

[gam-bling] / ˈgæm blɪŋ /
NOUN
betting
Synonyms


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Gambling revenues hit all-time highs, and weekend hotel rates skyrocketed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

He says the Gambling Commission has a "framework for handling" issues such as risk and addiction.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

The ban could cut those jobs by half, according to the California Gambling Assn.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The revelation that prediction markets could dodge state rules and taxes through what he calls a “loophole” prompted him to launch an anti-prediction market lobbying group called Gambling Is Not Investing.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Gambling sticks painted in lozenges, black and white.

From Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 by Stevenson, James




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