gamble away

Cards were also to be found there by those who wished to gamble away their hard-earned gains or double them.

They not unfrequently gamble away their share of a boya before any indication of one is discernible in the mine.

They would gamble away everything they owned, stopping only at the short cotton skirt they wore.

The natives will gamble away the last cent they possess before they will stop.

As their country's proverb hath it, "they would gamble away the sun before sunrise."