gambling

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Gambling stocks all traded higher Monday morning as U.S. senators introduced a bill banning sports bets through prediction markets.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Mulvaney is now the executive director of Gambling is Not Investing, a coalition that advocates against unregulated sports betting via prediction markets.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Gambling by millions was in the air everywhere; low common men held sometimes thirty companies, all their own, in one pocket, to be presently sprung in New York or elsewhere. 

From Memoirs by Leland, Charles Godfrey