gambles
Bets on uncertainty
Gambles is the verb form of gamble, meaning to risk money or something valuable on an uncertain outcome.
A gambler gambles at casinos, on sports, or in card games.
The word extends to any risky bet on success: She gambles that the market will recover.
As a noun, gambles are risks taken: His gambles rarely pay off.
Stake on uncertainty
- stakesPosts or wagers
- casinoFacility for wagering
- pokerHearth implement for coals
- blackjackCard game to twenty-one
roulette · lottery · jackpot · odds · bookmaker · sportsbook · payout · parlay
Likelihood of occurrence
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- hazardSource of potential harm
long shot · leap of faith · roll of the dice · calculated risk · outside chance · wild card · coin flip · crapshoot
wager
Stake on uncertainty
blackjack · roulette · lottery · jackpot · odds · bookmaker · sportsbook · payout · parlay · ante
chance
Likelihood of occurrence
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
hazard · long shot · leap of faith · roll of the dice · calculated risk · outside chance · wild card · coin flip · crapshoot · all-or-nothing
- life eventswedding, funeral, graduation, birthday party, anniversary
gambleshedges
Planted boundary lines
holds back · insures · safeguards · protects · secures
gamblescalculates
Performs mathematical operations
saves · conserves · safeguards · deliberates · hoards
- take a gambleRisk for uncertain gain
- gambling addictionUncontrollable urge to wager
- online gamblingWagering conducted via internet
- gambling debtsLosses from wagering
- illegal gamblingProhibited wagering activity
- gambling denPlace for wagering