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Gambling is the betting of money or other valuable items on something with an undetermined or unknown outcome, hoping to win additional wealth. Typical subjects for gambling include games of chance, card games, and sports fixtures.

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  • Gambling is the betting of money or other valuable items on something with an undetermined or unknown outcome, hoping to win additional wealth. Typical subjects for gambling include games of chance, card games, and sports fixtures.
  • Example: A starting Luck of 5:
  • Gambling is a ordinance in SimCity (2013).
  • A nation can legalize Gambling via a policy which sets in place just how regulated and monitored the nation's gambling industry is. Gambling is seen as a sin by the Religious but Liberals see it as an act of freedom. Capitalists also enjoy the policy for opening up a new market. The casinos that this policy allows help to improve the nation's GDP and provide jobs to reduce the amount of Unemployment.
  • Gambling (Awareness) Gambling is the skill of proffesional gambling, those who cheat.
  • In order to make money, games are set up in a way that makes then unfair. In other words, on average, a gambler will lose more money than he/she wins. People can become addicted to gambling, and may end up losing their life savings. Lotteries are also a form of gambling. In Las Vegas, free drinks are handed out, causing gamblers to become drunk, and therefore, gamble vast amounts of money away. For these reasons, gambling is a form of exploitation. It is detrimental to the creation of an egalitarian, socialist society. Because of this, gambling must be heavily regulated.
  • The big depression of the 1930's caused an increase in gambling. People unable to make a decent living looked towards any means to add to their income. In this decade alone 15 states legalized horse racing.
  • Along with prostitution, gambling is one of the first 10 professions In addition, gambling, as every child knows, is very much like cocaine addiction. Meaning it is good, very very good.[1]
  • In the United States, the center of the gambling industry is Los Vegas, NV
  • Sims can increase the skill by using the Hit 'em Harder Blackjack Table and the Triple Riches Slots O'Jackpots Slot Machine.
  • Gambling is the wagering of money on an event with uncertain outcomes with intent to win additional money.
  • Gambling means to bet money on the outcome of a game, contest, or event.
  • A large variety of casino games are offered in Las Vegas from Slot Machines to Video Poker; Sports betting to Bingo.
  • Gambling is an activity in Scarface - The World Is Yours, where the player is able to wager money, there are four types of gambling games in the game, the player can buy the investment Montana Sports to wager much higher than normal.
  • Apprentice: Langley, Tarant (Bridesdale Inn) Expert: Bartenders Master: Gurin Rockhollow at the "Gentleman's Club" in Tarant
  • As a general rule, there are two types of players when gambling occurs: the host, or player that offers a deal, takes the bet, and makes the event occur, and the "player" or "gamer", who places the bet. Odds almost always favour the host, who can make millions off of lost bets. The host is at risk to lose slightly less than the gamer should the gamer win (since hosts keep up to 10% of the winnings as their "fee" when chances of winning are 50-50), although the player/gamer is often put at even more risk through the dangers of a scam.
  • Time Taken: One round to several minutes. Specializations: Particular game of chance—sabacc, Trin sticks, warp-top. Gambling retlects a character's skill at various games of chance — it is used to increase his odds of winning. This skill doesn't affect games that are purely random, but does influence games with an element of strategy, like sabacc. When playing a skill game honestly, all characters make opposed gambling rolls, and the highest roll wins.
  • Each character bets an equal amount of money and then rolls D100. The winner is the character with the highest roll. Successful characters win a sum equal to the number of players multiplied by the sum staked on the game. In the unlikely event of a tie between one or more players, the tying characters make a second bet and roll again. The other characters drop out for that round of betting only.
  • Gambling is a form of trust trade in RuneScape. It can come in many forms, some more common than others. All forms, however, follow the same principle, in which a 'host' uses RuneScape items that can have various outcomes, which players then bet on by giving the host money with the promise of receiving a prize (usually an expensive item or twice the coins originally wagered). Gambling hosts first became widely popular following the re-release of the Wilderness and Free Trade in February 2011, then suddenly surged in popularity over the years due to the profits that were possible for both bettors and hosts. However, they also brought in multiple problems:
  • In 2370, Prylar Rhit, a Bajoran vedek, had run up a sizable gambling debt playing dabo, something that caused quite a scandal in the Vedek Assembly. (DS9: "Shadowplay") In 2371, Doctor Bashir ordered Major Kira to relax during a particularly stressful period. With the assistance of Quark, Bashir prescribed several means of relaxation, which included a small stack of gambling tokens to use for gambling. (DS9: "Defiant") The same year, Quark discovered that the House of Kozak had incurred several large gambling debts. (DS9: "The House of Quark")
  • You will find that a much larger audience, (and a larger variety as well), participate in Duel Arena Staking, or staking. In this particular form of gambling, users can bet a specific amount of gold or item(s) in their particular form of staking. There is a large variety of stakes you can participate in, the point is to choose your favorite and have fun! Also, as with Dicing you have the opportunity to double your gold stack. Where do I go? Go to your minigame teleports and click "Duel Arena", once you will be there in the dicing area. Run to the left and up to get to the dueling arena.
  • Gambling is a generic term that refers to any type of betting on the unknown outcome of some future event (usually card games, dice, races, wrestling or other competitions). In the narrow Tibian sense, gambling is usually a game of chance between two people rolling dice.
  • Gambling is a generic term that refers to any type of betting on the unknown outcome of some future event (usually card games, dice, races, wrestling or other competitions). In the narrow Tibian sense, gambling is usually a game of chance between two people rolling dice.
  • Gambling is a method of stealing lots and lots of money really really fast and all the lights go off and WOOO! Your down $50 because that ASSHOLE you call a friend said that you should put your money on the Bears. ASSFUCK. Y'know what you should do? Bring a Baseball bat to his House and beat him until the Brains come out the back of his head, and who gives a shit if his mom Calls the Cops? Sometimes, people can get arrested for gambling and therefore end up in jail for it because it totally sucks.
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