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, Sacbee.com, 1 Feb. 2026
The round was led by Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital, with participation from Google Ventures, validating a shift in investment philosophy: treating biology less like a game of chance and more like an engineering problem.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
All of the cockfighters, lottery participants, and sailors throwing scrimshaw dice had to work around the ethical code imposed by Quakers, Shakers, and Puritans who vehemently opposed these games of chance.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
The tribes contend the slot-machine-like machines are a game of chance and under its purview.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 1 Feb. 2026
The round was led by Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital, with participation from Google Ventures, validating a shift in investment philosophy: treating biology less like a game of chance and more like an engineering problem.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
All of the cockfighters, lottery participants, and sailors throwing scrimshaw dice had to work around the ethical code imposed by Quakers, Shakers, and Puritans who vehemently opposed these games of chance.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
The tribes contend the slot-machine-like machines are a game of chance and under its purview.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Game of chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/game%20of%20chance. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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