gambling house

Example Sentences

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Now, in anonymous, interchangeable gambling houses, he sits at blackjack and poker tables with strangers and sometimes other pros, counting, betting and often winning.

From New York Times

None of those detained were residents of the house on South Rita Way, which authorities described as an illegal gambling house.

From Los Angeles Times

Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Altoona has been the lone legal gambling house in metropolitan Des Moines since it opened as a horse track in 1989.

From Washington Times

In 1907, the African American cowboy Nat Love wrote of his life in Dodge City, Kansas, as “a great many saloons, dance halls, and gambling houses, and very little of anything else”.

From The Guardian

The gleaming gambling houses and hotels here have helped turn the Philippines into Asia’s third-most lucrative gambling destination, just behind Singapore and very far behind world-leading Macau.

From Los Angeles Times