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GAME OF CHANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A game that involves gambling
Synonyms:
gambling game; game of chance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("game of chance" is a kind of...):
gambling; gaming; play (the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize))
game (a contest with rules to determine a winner)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "game of chance"):
fan tan; fantan (a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4))
drawing; lottery (players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots)
craps (a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice)
roulette (a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in)
banking game (any gambling game in which bets are laid against the gambling house or the dealer)
