Thesaurus results for GAMBLING

gambling

verb

Definition of gambling

present participle of gamble

as in betting

to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event a foolish man who gambled his life savings on the lottery

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Recent Examples of gambling But Amodei is gambling with, by his and his company’s own telling, the future of humanity. — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 27 Oct. 2026 Consumers are gambling with their health, with no way of knowing when a dangerous vial may arrive at their door. — Adam Yamaguchi, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 American Future doesn’t mention gambling whatsoever in its ads. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Three in college, and four later, gambling with the delicate calibration that exists between a meager bone density—after four years of iron deficiency, amenorrhea, and a propensity for fracturing—and a need for running like breathing, like air. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 The incident follows a similar stunt last year when a man jumped off Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in an attempt to evade nearly $17,000 in gambling debt. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 But Kalshi’s $2 million deal sparked backlash because the platform rejected the idea that its business was gambling. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 Every dollar received should represent a dollar’s worth of service rendered—not gambling in stocks but service rendered. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 Calls to Ohio’s gambling helpline jumped nearly 300% after the state legalized online sports betting in 2023. — Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gambling

Verb

There is currently a split among federal courts as to whether Kalshi, Polymarket and other companies can be regulated by states’ sports betting laws or whether federal law for commodities preempts states.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2026
The German company is also betting further on agentic commerce, with an addition that will be able to look for products on other online shops within the Zalando app.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of betting

Verb

Polymarket can, for example, see the number of trades being made, the total value of buys and sells, how much traders are wagering relative to their overall activity, and their total profits and losses.

— Melissa Lee,Paige Tortorelli, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
Fanatics Sportsbook is offering new users $350 in FanCash when wagering $20 and using promo code FOXNEWS350.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026