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game of chance
noun phrase
: a game (such as a dice game) in which chance rather than skill determines the outcome
Examples of game of chance in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 June 2024
Upper Marlboro is about a 20-mile drive southeast of Washington, D.C.
Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm.
—Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
Practice Responsible Gambling: Remember that slots are games of chance, and there’s no guaranteed way to win.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
With the decline of in-person games like bingo, Shirley’s Way has turned to electronic pull tabs, a game of chance, as a way to raise money for the community, Mulrooney said.
—The Courier-Journal, 9 Apr. 2024
Unlike the Mill and Rain Rock casinos, Class III facilities featuring slots and card games such as blackjack, the Coquille’s Medford plan calls for a Class II casino with electronic bingo-style games of chance.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
But, unsurprisingly, the nation’s most popular game of chance has a sinister undertone as major lotteries capitalize on people’s hopes and dangle the ever-elusive carrot of a jackpot over financially vulnerable Americans.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
The steak dinner is taken right from Squid Game, but where did the idea come from to add in the button-pushing game of chance?
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2023
In the end, Squid Game: The Challenge came down to an intense game of Rock, Paper, Scissors — which Player 451/Phill Cain thought was just a game of chance.
—EW.com, 7 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1660, in the meaning defined above
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“Game of chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/game%20of%20chance. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024.
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