game of chance
noun phrase
: a game (such as a dice game) in which chance rather than skill determines the outcome
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Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm.
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Don Sweeney, Miami Herald, 11 May 2025
That’s a heavy loss for what are advertised as fun games of chance.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
For each dollar spent on the services, the purchaser received a corresponding number of free sweepstakes points which could be used to play games of chance for cash prizes on computer terminals provided at the defendants’ Internet cafés.
—Daniel Wallach, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Rockville is about a 20-mile drive northwest of Washington D.C.
Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm.
—Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
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Don Sweeney, Miami Herald, 11 May 2025
That’s a heavy loss for what are advertised as fun games of chance.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
For each dollar spent on the services, the purchaser received a corresponding number of free sweepstakes points which could be used to play games of chance for cash prizes on computer terminals provided at the defendants’ Internet cafés.
—Daniel Wallach, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Rockville is about a 20-mile drive northwest of Washington D.C.
Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm.
—Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for game of chance
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“Game of chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/game%20of%20chance. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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