gambling

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noun

gam·​bling ˈgam-b(ə-)liŋ 

: the practice or activity of betting : the practice of risking money or other stakes in a game or bet

illegal gambling

compulsive gambling

Then, within the past 18 months, after the explosion in Internet gambling … and the cable TV debut of the World Poker Tour, the game took off again.

—Walter Kirn

—often used before another noun

a gambling game

gambling regulations

a gambling empire

gambling

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present participle of gamble entry 1

Examples of gambling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The online gambling space has seen dramatic growth of late as the likes of FanDuel and DraftKings battle it out and newer prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket find their lane. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

Football is putting itself in a bit of jeopardy, allowing people to experience it without caring, entertaining the fantasy and gambling and the social aspect. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

The investment firm downgraded the online gambling stock to neutral from buy. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

Hoekstra, a Florida attorney whose firm was involved in an earlier win in court against Meta, recently filed a series of 15 lawsuits against the two biggest sports gambling apps in the country, FanDuel and DraftKings. — Jake Rosenwasser, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1700, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing gambling

• anti-gambling

Rhymes for gambling

• ambling
• scrambling
• shambling