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  • GAMBLING — was known to the ancient world. Games of chance were an appreciated pastime, often turning into addiction, among the Greeks – Herodotus relates that the Lydians supposedly invented some games (History 1:94); among the Romans, who are known to… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Gambling in the United States — Gambling, often referred to as gaming , had 2005 gross revenues of $84.65 billion,cite web|url=http://www.americangaming.org/Industry/factsheets/statistics detail.cfv?id=7|publisher=American Gaming Association|title=Industry Information: Fact… …   Wikipedia

  • Gambling — • The staking of money or other thing of value on the issue of a game of chance Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gambling     Gambling      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Gambling 3NT — is a preemptive opening bid. The bid is used to describe a hand containing a minor suit of at least 7 cards in length and headed by the AKQ at minimum. The bid has the twin intentions of interrupting the opponents bidding if they hold the majors… …   Wikipedia

  • Gambling in the United Kingdom — is regulated by the Gambling Commission on behalf of the government s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) under the Gambling Act 2005. This Act of Parliament significantly updated the UK s gambling laws, including the introduction of a …   Wikipedia

  • Gambling for resurrection — is a situation in international relations when a leader weakened domestically is willing to risk war or prolong war to maintain office. Theory Leaders weakened domestically often undertake risky policies under the expectation that personally… …   Wikipedia

  • Gambling — Gamble redirects here. For other uses, see Gamble (disambiguation). Caravaggio, The Cardsharps, c. 1594 Ga …   Wikipedia

  • Gambling — ➡ nightlife * * * Betting or staking of something of value on the outcome of a game or event. Commonly associated with gambling are horse racing, boxing, numerous playing card and dice games, cockfighting, jai alai, recreational billiards and… …   Universalium

  • Gambling and information theory — Statistical inference might be thought of as gambling theory applied to the world around. The myriad applications for logarithmic information measures tell us precisely how to take the best guess in the face of partial information [Jaynes, E.T.… …   Wikipedia

  • gambling — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Games of chance Nouns 1. gambling, gaming, risk, betting, dicing, bookmaking, speculation, laying odds; bet, stake, wager, ante, pot, pool, kitty, bank, progressive betting, betting system, spread;… …   English dictionary for students

  • take — I n. (colloq.) reaction 1) a double take ( delayed reaction ) (to do a double take) illegal payments 2) on the take (they were all on the take) ( they were all accepting bribes ) II v. 1) to take (a matter) lightly; seriously 2) (A) ( to carry )… …   Combinatory dictionary

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