Gambling is risking money on the result of a game or a race. Online gambling, a gambling debt, give up gambling.
The house edge means the operator wins over time whatever any individual does, which is the whole business. Gambling addiction is now treated as a disorder in its own right rather than as a habit.
1noungamblingRisking money on the result of a game or a race.
“He lost all his savings through gambling on horse races.”
gambling is a risking.
Middle English
*gamlen
English
gamble
English, today
gambling
Built from
by surface analysis, gamble + -ing. gamble comes from earlier gamel, from Middle English gamlen, gamelen, variant of Middle English gamenen, from Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian (“to joke; play”), related to Old English gamen (“joy; mirth; pleasure; entertainment; pastime; sport; game”), equivalent to game + le. Compare gmq-oda gammel, Middle High German gamel (“pleasure; fun”). More at game.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA