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gambling

The staking of money or anything else of value on the outcome of a competition. Forms of gambling include betting on sports results, casino games like blackjack and roulette, card games like poker, slot machines, and lotteries.

For many years certain forms of gambling were illegal in the USA, but revenue needs in state and local governments led to the the legalization of some gambling operations, such as casinos, state-wide lotteries, and off-track bookmakers.

Gambling is a multibillion-dollar operation worldwide and can be addictive. Gamblers Anonymous was set up in the US in 1957 to help compulsive gamblers overcome their addiction.



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Dorsey, a Marylander, received early education in the sport of kings from his uncle, who was a professional gambler, and there were tracks at Bowie and Pimlico and Havre de Grace, where he could have honed his skills as a youthful bettor.
A friend I met too late by Peters, Charles / Washington Monthly
On Santa Anita's ``Bet a little, win a lot'' TV ads, a bettor is shown punching out a pick-six ticket in $100 combinations -- instead of the $2 combinations used by, let's see, everybody.
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That bettor world is now under siege at a campus near you.
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