Similar words: rambling, trembling, gamble, sibling, gambol, ramble, scramble, preamble. Meaning: ['gæmblɪŋ] n. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize).
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181 He embezzled large amounts of money to finance his gambling.
182 These activities supported high-stakes gambling, for example, on the outcome of fights between selectively bred bull terriers.
183 Aides are gambling that his broken promise of a tax cut on the middle class was never taken seriously.
184 Claudio is the false friend who leads Leonardo astray into drinking and gambling.
185 This bull market bears no relation to that gambling spree.
186 It is easy to think of gambling as innocent pleasure.
187 This year, citizens in 20 states will vote on 89 ballot initiatives on issues from property taxes to gambling to education.
188 He said the commission is considering creating casinos that are like social centers with salons for family gatherings alongside gambling tables.
189 The appointments come as interest in legalized gambling appears to be growing in the legislature.
190 The tradition of gambling that had been associated with brutal sports came to be centred on horse-racing and later football.
191 People who are under pressure, or have low self- esteem and confidence, are more likely to tell lies. People who are addicted to gambling, alcohol, and drugs are potential liars. Dr T.P.Chia
192 Last fall a congressional tourism commission started debate on legalizing gambling.
193 The Times did a nice piece on the illegal gambling.
194 We started gambling with scraps of papers because we hadn't any real money and matchsticks were forbidden.
195 It has long been used in gambling and underworld jargon.
196 He is on probation for illegally gambling on a college basketball game.
197 It is certainly better than any horse race, or any other gambling, when the odds are never in your favor.
198 Being of very modest means, but having some contacts upon the turf, he attempted to increase his wages by gambling.
199 The previous mayor, Sanyu Ishii,(http://sentencedict.com/gambling.html) disappeared suddenly after resigning in mid-June because of mounting gambling debts.
200 Yorris's youth organisation is involved in gambling, prostitution and protection rackets.
201 It was while he was working as a croupier in a gambling joint that some friends coaxed him into singing in public.
202 A poll last month indicated that 70 percent of Arizonans favor a state law to halt cockfight gambling.
203 He stopped smoking, drinking, and gambling, and rediscovered the joy of swimming.
204 He says that every business move is a calculated risk, but gambling is for idiots who believe in luck.
205 Love is foolish and self- destructive when people get addicted to gambling, alcohol, drugs, and sensual indulgence. Many people suffer from this kind of negative love. Dr T.P.Chia
206 Now her family are gambling on yet another operation, this time with her father, David as the donor.
207 So that night they celebrated, getting roaring drunk, playing cards and gambling.
208 The place had been built as a gambling casino in the forties.
209 It occurred to me that this was not some two-bit gambling ring.
210 Western gunfights were alcohol-related, or else involved battles over gambling, prostitution, or political preferment.